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Cole
Park Allotments
Pit Park Regeneration
Pit Park.( The area behind Hounslow Furniture
Project, Northcote Road gate )
Recently the Association had a vote to back the proposed
PIT PARK COMMUNITY PROJECT as stated in the last minutes
A body called the Pit Park Community Project has been set
up by Judy, Lawrence, Martyn ( see
his article below) and Julia to put the area of land behind the Hounslow Furniture
Project
to good
use.
Isleworth Horticultural Society, Worton Estate Residents Association, North St.
Margarets Residents Association and Cole Park Allotments Association could be
involved in the benefits.
A grant has been applied for from the Peoples
Millions
fund
This would involve the area being turned into community allotments / space.
A vote was cast to see if Cole Park Allotments Association would be in favour.
The majority voted in favour.
There were some dissenters who voiced that they would rather
see the allotments at Cole Park properly looked after before
getting involved with external areas.
PIT PARK AS ALLOTMENTS? Written by
Martyn Day The Pit Park is the small parcel of
waste land behind the Furniture Warehouse by the Northcote
Avenue entrance to Cole
Park Allotments. Over the years it has been a Victorian rubbish
dump, a children’s play area and more recently a place
for fly tipping and for teenagers to hang out, scrawl graffiti,
ride motorcycles and generally raise hell. Residents on both
sides of the Crane are becoming increasing disturbed by this
nuisance and are anxious that something is done about it.
 CIP,
who manage Pit Park, have managed to improve things by
fencing off the area and levelling it but it still sits
as unused waste land. Last week local residents meet with
Isleworth councillors to discuss what might be done in the
future. After visiting the site – and our own allotments
-the councillors agreed that the best thing to do is
to turn the area into allotments. With hardly any money to spend
on redevelopment it would not take much time, effort or cash
to lay in a water main and tanks, install a gate and peg
out the new plots. It was also suggested at the meeting that
the newly formed Cole Park Allotments Association might be
willing to add these new plots to their current area of interest.
Over the next few weeks the Isleworth Councillors will be
speaking to other residents' groups and CIP to find out what
they think about the proposal but they are confident that
it will meet with everyone’s approval. It would put
the land to good use, it would stop the intermittent nuisance
and it sits very nicely with Hounslow Council’s policy
to “Green the Borough” .
What does the Cole Park Allotments Association feel expanding
its membership and taking on an annex?
If CIP were to agree
to allow Pit Park to become allotments would Cole
Park Allotments Association support the move?
Martyn Day
There is a stipulation in the Allotments Act
1925 that states
if 6 or more voters require an allotment the council
have a duty to provide the land by making use of council
land
or compulsory purchase.
We understand that there are more than six voters on the
waiting list at Cole Park. Can this be confirmed?
See reference below:
Section 23 provides that if allotment authorities 'are of
the opinion that there is a demand for allotments...in the
borough, district or parish the council shall provide a sufficient
number of allotments to persons...resident in the borough
district or parish and desiring the same'. In determining
demand an authority must take into consideration 'a representation
in writing by any six registered parliamentary electors or
rate payers Section 25 gives a local authority the power to compulsorily
purchase land for allotments if land cannot be acquired by
private agreement.
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