Abergele Allotment Application and Council Costs

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Dear Conwy County Borough Council,
Planning Application - 0/50673
To provide communal allotments and a recreational area for the people of Abergele in the form of 50 No. allotments, some with storage units. To support the scheme a toilet and a separate machinery and storage shed will be provided. Allotment parking areas on site, off road. Historic and native tree planting screening the site along with 400m of native wildlife hedge.

Can the council please clarify the following regarding the above application

1, Will the council be paying for anything or costs, grants for the site?
Including,
Water,
Sewage,
Waste Collection,
Electric.
Or anything else? And What costs please?

2, Will the council be making any adaptions to the roads? Roundabouts, Access Points?
(if so what are the costs?)

3, Will the council play any role in the running, maintenance of the site?
If so what are the costs please?

4, Apparently there are 50 people waiting for allotments in the area, is this on a Council Waiting list?

5, If so to the above are the people to be transferred to a private allotment scheme that will not include the councils own policies and procedure's?

6, How can a private allotment have a waiting list from the council transferred over to them in law?

7, If this is a private allotment will the council be inspecting it and monitoring it?

8, Also will the sewage be a soak away or flush to mains?

Thank you kindly

Yours faithfully,

PBarr

Uned Llyw-Gwyb / Info-Gov Unit, Conwy County Borough Council

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Dear Conwy County Borough Council,

Planning Application - 0/50673

To provide communal allotments and a recreational area for the people of
Abergele in the form of 50 No. allotments, some with storage units. To
support the scheme a toilet and a separate machinery and storage shed will
be provided. Allotment parking areas on site, off road. Historic and
native tree planting screening the site along with 400m of native wildlife
hedge.

 

Can the council please clarify the following regarding the above
application

 

1, Will the council be paying for anything or costs, grants for the site?

Including,

Water,

Sewage,

Waste Collection,

Electric.

Or anything else? And What costs please?

We understand this is a private development, not associated with Conwy /
ERF Facilities Management

 

2, Will the council be making any adaptions to the roads? Roundabouts,
Access Points?

(if so what are the costs?)

See above

 

3, Will the council play any role in the running, maintenance of the site?

If so what are the costs please?

See above

 

4, Apparently there are 50 people waiting for allotments in the area, is
this on a Council Waiting list?

The Council waiting list is maintained for council run / managed
allotments only

 

5, If so to the above are the people to be transferred to a private
allotment scheme that will not include the councils own policies and
procedure's?

Please see above, the list for council allotment applicants cannot be
transferred due to data management rules

 

6, How can a private allotment have a waiting list from the council
transferred over to them in law?

See above

 

7, If this is a private allotment will the council be inspecting it and
monitoring it?

No

 

8, Also will the sewage be a soak away or flush to mains?

The application proposed discharging the sewerage to a septic tamk

 

Thank you kindly

 

Yours faithfully,

 

PBarr

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