Yes heard that on the news this morning and thought the same TSC.

Although allotments don’t benefit the majority of us it’s a facet of our society that’s admired by many countries and should be protected. I’d like to see some changes though. Restrictions on what you can and cannot do on allotments need to be looked at if they’re going to survive. I had a lawn on part of mine, which was allowed and where I also grew flowers - great if you have young children but no garden of your own. Some local authorities allow beekeeping some don’t. Most allow you to keep rabbits but not hens.

Always thought one way to encourage a wider interest in allotments would be to allow allotment holders to sell their produce directly from their allotment if they wanted to – maybe that is allowed by some authorities but it isn’t by the one here.