Contents
- Schedule of draft fees and charges 2025/26
- Adult social care
- Library services
- Licensing and trading standards
- Outdoor leisure
- Allotments
- Cemeteries
- Environmental health
- Food safety
- Parks and open spaces
- Waste services
- Local land charges, street name and numbering and planning
- Highways
- Parking
- Halls Place and gardens
- Parking season ticket price list
6. Allotments
The Council’s allotment rental period runs annually from 1 October to 30 September.
Legislation requires that tenants are given a 12 month notice period of rent increases.
| Fee / Charge | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council Managed Sites (Allotment charges for residents will increase by 5.3% from Oct 2021 and by 10% from Oct 2022) | Resident | £0.49 | £0.50 | 2.04% |
| Non-Resident | £0.58 | £0.60 | 3.45% | |
| Resident Concession | £0.25 | £0.26 | 4.00% | |
| Non-Resident Concession | £0.29 | £0.30 | 3.45% | |
| Delegated Allotment sites are charged £0.065p m² annually for vacant or let plots and are permitted to charge their tenants up to £0.02p m² more or less than Council approved rates. | £0.07 | £0.07 | 7.69% | |
In summary the increase in charges for allotment rents for 1st October 2023 to 30 Sep 2024 are set out in the following table:
| 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024 | 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025 | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size m² | Borough resident annual full price (£0.40p/m²) | |||
| 125 | £55.00 | £61.25 | 2.04% | |
| 250 | £110.00 | £122.50 | 2.04% | |
| Non borough resident annual full price (£0.48p/m²) | ||||
| 125 | £65.00 | £72.50 | 3.45% | |
| 250 | £130.00 | £145.00 | 3.45% |