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Allotment FOI Response
Can you please provide the information on and where appropriate
copies of relevant documents of:
1) What land for allotments or growing spaces, both private and
public, have you requested in the last 5 years?
None
2) From the land requested in the last 5 years, what land has not been put into use for your residents to grow on?
N/A Please refer to 1)
3) How many planning applications do you currently have which could be used to make a Section 106 requirement for land to grow on?
The Council is not currently negotiating on any S106 agreement heads of terms relating to allotments or growing spaces.
4) What targets are in place to increase the use of Section 106 to provide more land for your residents to grow on?
There are no targets currently in place, however, as part of the portfolio of documents that make up the Local Development Framework, the Council intends to produce a S106 Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) . Core Policy 46 of the Submission Core Strategy details the list of provisions to be considered in obligations - these include green infrastructure. The SPD will set out in more detail the type and quantum of obligations that will be sought for green infrastructure having regard to core policies in the Environmental Protection and Green Infrastructure chapter of the Core Strategy and the Council's emerging Parks and Open Space Strategy.
http://www.enfield.gov.uk/downloads/file/1643/the_enfield_plan_proposed_submission_core_strategy_december_2009%20
5) What is currently being done in your borough to provide
alternative land for residents to grow on?
The draft Enfield Food Strategy has recently been published for consultation, and is available for comment at the following website: www.enfield.gov.uk/foodstrategy. One of the aims of the Strategy is to establish, maintain and protect community food-growing spaces. This includes identifying new urban growing sites in Partnership with Capital Growth. Schools, community groups and individuals who would like to produce their own food could also be supported. Annex 2 of the Food Strategy provides a 2-3 year rolling action plan which focuses on projects that will be taken forward in the short term, while the development plan in Annex 2 outlines projects that are being considered to meet the aims and objectives of the Food Strategy.