Policy information sourced from Dacorum Local Plan 2004 Alteration
77 Allotments
Permission will not be given for development which would result in the loss of allotment land unless it can be demonstrated that:
- there is excess provision in the settlement as a whole compared with the Thorpe Committee standard of 0.2 hectares per 1,000 population; and
- more than half of the plots affected have been vacant for at least two years, in spite of convincing efforts made to let them.
Land which becomes surplus to allotments’ requirements must be retained in open use if:
- it forms part of the structural open land in a town or large village (Policy 116);
- it is essential to the rural character of a small village; or
- it would satisfactorily meet a leisure space deficiency (see Policy 73).
Conversion to leisure space, community orchards or woodland and wildlife habitat creation will be encouraged where appropriate.
The establishment of new allotment sites will be encouraged where there is excess demand or a shortfall of allotment provision.
For more information please see the Local Plan