London Borough of Redbridge has been asked by gas company supplier Cadent for the right to take over an allotment site in Wanstead.

https://www.change.org/p/redbridge-council-save-redbridge-lane-west-allotments-from-cadent?use_react=false

It will strip it and use the site as a car park for upgrade work, apparently. But once lost, who can believe this will ever be returned to allotment use?

On the other side of the road, Thames Water has a Victorian pumping station with a huge amount of land that could be used for parking.

This is backdoor development and must be resisted. Allotments have been in huge demand ever since the financial crisis of 2008. This demand has only increased with increased awareness of mental health and the need to get out and get some exercise.

My first experience of an allotment was on this site, as my old man had a plot for a number of years. That’s not my reason for keeping it. It has been an allotment for more than 50 years – quite possibly as much as twice that – and this site will be lost if the council allows this to happen.

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