Local residents are being asked their views on plans to increase allotment fees by over 33%.
Trafford Council, which provides 35 sites containing almost 1,500 plots across the borough, is proposing to increase the fees it charges allotment holders following a rental charge review in the autumn.
A consultation is seeking representations from allotment-holders and other interested parties.
The council is proposing that the annual allotment rental charge is increased in proportion to the rate inflation has risen between 2014 and 2024, a period during which allotment rents had not changed.
The charges would therefore rise from £104 to £138.80 for full plots, and £52 to £69.40 for half plots.
It is however proposed that the council continues to provide a 50% discount for people over the age of 60.
You can give your views on the proposed changes here.
Cllr Rose Thompson, Trafford Council’s Executive Member for Communities and Safety, said: “Allotments promote physical and mental wellbeing, and allow people to grow sustainable food sources and other plants and we want to ensure that as many people as possible are able to access them.
"Since we last set our fees, inflation has gone up by more than 33% and that is having an impact on the service.
“Therefore, we are looking to increase the rents and we are urging as many people as possible to fill in the consultation survey as soon as possible to give their views.”
The consultation will run until January 14th 2025.
