Thanks to the sterling efforts of Anne Chamberlain, Johnny Earl and Carole Forbes the allotments project is gathering momentum. I'll hand you over to the project's mastermind, Anne Chamberlain:
Anne said: "The plan remains to put in an application for grant funding to clear the site above the tennis courts. The fund is set up as the Kings Cliffe Environmental Association (ie from Landfill tax) for their next meeting in Dec/Jan. To that end we have had quotes from three out of four potential contractors and are waiting for the fourth. The rest of the application is filled in and ready to go. We are setting up a bank account and have the promise of some funding from the County Council. The target is to have the site ready to use in March 2010 – probably about 10 modest size plots."
Anne adds: "There are a couple of ‘ripples’ which we hope to address in the next week or two. One is that we may need to describe the project as ”Community Gardens” and allow some access to the whole village and a second is obtaining written confirmation from the owners of the site that they will grant us a lease for, say, 10 years. Johnny is working on this latter and may have more up to date news.
Probably we will have a short meeting in November at the Kings Head of all those interested to bring you up to date and help us make final decisions. I will email all those who have expressed interest in having an allotment, plus Malcolm Winder and Marc Potter, with the date and time."
If you are interested and think you may not be on Anne's allotment mailing list – please drop me an email or call Anne Chamberlain on: 470455 or email anne.chamberlain@farming.co.uk
