NEW Welsh Section 8 Applications

Other Section 8s

April 2007 - February 2008

The following Statutory sites were currently under consideration for closure.   

Site Name	Local Authority	Decision	Date of Decision	New use of Land
Alderway Allotments	Bolsover
Carshalton Athletic FC, War Memorial Sports Ground	London Borough of Sutton	GRANTED	01/08/07	Land was acquired on 18/2/21 by Carshalton UDC under the Small Holdings & Allotments Act 1908. 5yr lease expires 30 June. Terms re-negotiated with club for 50 year lease.
Church Fields allotment land	Surrey Heath Borough Council	GRANTED	06/08/07	Additional grave space
Cinque Port of new Romney	Kent County Council	GRANTED	02/01/08	Extend current allotment land.
Days Field, Breckland	Swaffham Town Council	Minded to grant consent	13/09/07	Residential development.
Edge Lane, Manchester	Manchester Unitary Authority	REFUSED	19/11/07	Intended for use as a residential development.
Elephants Lane, Thatto	St Helens Unitary Authority	GRANTED	08/01/08	Not Known
Elmfield Close	Cambridge	GRANTED	06/12/07	For use for older persons housing. 0.25 acres of land to be disposed of. (two plots of allotment land)
Flash Allotments, Somercoates	Amber Valley
Gayton Road Park Allotment	King's Lynn & West Norfolk Council	GRANTED	18/01/08	To extend the existing cemetery. No plotholders displaced. No one on the waiting list.
Hollin Lane Rochdale Road , Middleton	Rochdale Unitary Authority	GRANTED	29/08/07	Not Known
Hop Yard Field, Whaplode	South Holland
Not yet informed	West Berkshire District Council
Land in Beccles	Suffolk Coastal	WITHDRAWN	10/01/08	For leisure facilities.
Land at Manners Way etc	Southend on Sea BC	GRANTED	28/01/08	To be used as a cleansing depot.
Longlands and oxcroft Lane	Bolsover
New Romney	Kent County Council
Park Parade Allotments Dewsbury	Kirkless Unitary Authority	GRANTED	29/11/07	Lease for 10 years to Dewsbury Celtic ARLFC. 1.7 hectares of allotment land. To be used for recreation/training facilities.
Polly fields	Torridge District Council
Sallowbush Road	Huntingdon Town Council	GRANTED	31/10/07	For Development by Hotel Chocolat.
Scotchman Road Allotments	City of Bradford Metropolitan High District Council UA	APPLICATION IN ABEYANCE	17/01/08	To dispose of appropriate allotment land.
Silvester Close Allotments	Basingstoke and Deane
Stobilee, langley Park, Durham	Derwentshire High
Shoulder of Mutton, Breckland	Swaffham Town Council	Minded to grant consent	13/09/07	Residential development
Storrinton	West Sussex CC
Storrington	West sussex RC
South Acton Estate	London Borough of Ealing	GRANTED	04/09/07	Disposal of allotment
Southwood Road	Tunbridge Wells	GRANTED	15/11/07	Change of use to play area
Thetford Railway Station Allotment	Norfolk CC	GRANTED	20/11/07	To widen footpath/cycle track . No plotholders displaced. Total 38 sq meters land lost from the end of 4 plots .
Whitton Church Lane	Ipswitch BC	GRANTED	06/08/07	For use as football pitches. Not used as an allotment since 1985. No current users.

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