22/12/2008

Drayton Allotments are ours

The Drayton West Allotments are ours...!!

Finally, after almost six years of defending Daventry Town Council’s legal right to own the Drayton West allotment site against Daventry District Council’s assertion that they were the legal owners, an independent arbitrator has pronounced that the Town Council is, indeed, the rightful owner.

The judgement is clear, unequivocal and binding and draws a line under this long running and, in our view, unnecessary dispute. See copy of Arbitrator’s decision here.

The Town Council regrets that matters were not concluded sooner and that the protracted dispute could not be resolved without resorting to a legal judgement, with costs incurred by both sides; however the Drayton West site is now able to be used for its intended purpose – allotments – and work now begins on clearing the site and making it suitable for letting.

We have a long waiting list of potential allotment gardeners which should be whittled down considerably when plots are available and ready for letting in the New Year.

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