UK: Inside the illegal ‘village’ built on a North London allotment
Fury as families construct ramshackle wooden huts decked out with sofas, kitchens, ‘double glazing’ and even chimneys on land for growing veg
By Megan Howe
Daily Mail
26 May 2024
Excerpt:
The council has recently launched an investigation into a ‘small house’ built on one of the allotment plots.
It has a front door, a patio and double glazed windows, as well as its own brick chimney, a water tank and trampoline. Inside the house there is a kitchen and large dining room table.
One man, who has a nearby plot, told MailOnline it belongs to ‘two families that have plots next to each other’ and they visit on a weekend.
He added: ‘It’s like a village here.’ They [the families] are here from seven o’clock to eight o’clock. They have a BBQ, a picnic and then they go home.’
According to the council website, tenants are allowed to have one small garden tool shed, one polytunnel or greenhouse, compost bins and fruit cages on their plots.
Tenants are not, however, allowed dwellings or summer houses, chalets, verandas, canopies or kitchen facilities.
There are no available plots at Barrowfield Allotments at present and prospective growers must join a waiting list.
Tom Malone, who has been secretary of the site for the last 40 years told MailOnline: ‘It looks like a house to me and it’s way too big, but the thing is there’s a lot of people who have things as well.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/uk-inside-the-illegal-village-built-on-a-north-london-allotment/
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