The leaflets below are all available to download or hard copies can be obtained  from NSALG, O'Dell House, Hunters Road, Corby, Northants. NN17 5JE. 

 

Farmland into Allotments? - Towards the end of last year, Head Office received a considerable number of queries from farmers – from Scotland, as well as England & Wales – as to the possibility of their converting land not currently ‘under the plough’ into allotments.

Head Office was not at this time sure of the effect that any such conversion might have on the EU Single Payment Scheme (SPS) made to farmers for land not currently under cultivation (what used to be called “set aside”). Inquiries were made of DEFRA, and the following information thus elicited.

First, there are no fewer than ten criteria which the farmer has to fulfil before SPS becomes payable. In my home village of Malpas (Cheshire) there are former neighbours of ours, on both sides of the Border, who await payment for 2006 . . . DEFRA does not have a sparkling track record as regards payments to farmers....

Some information that we think will be useful in relation to this would be: Creating a New Allotment Site,  Model Tenancy Agreement between Landowner and Individual/Association,  You can also download information sheets below, such as: Handy Hints for New Gardeners, Allotment Site Facilities, How to Form and Run a Gardening Association

 

Future Planning for Local Authories - If you are a Local Parish/Town/Borough Council and would like more information on future provision, please contact Head Office and we will arrange for information to be sent to you.

 

 

 

 

Bees on Allotment Sites
 

 

 

Save Money - Save Water (information on watering crops in the dry season)