A few years ago, the then PPAA Committee discussed the possibility of putting up new, additional site notice boards, on which plot holders could place e.g. for sale notices.
This was partly informed by the periodic need – taking up volunteer time – to remove the remains of such notices attached to the gates, along with cable ties, bits of wire etc., and the general impression of untidiness created.
However, the Committee members who’d agreed to investigate taking this forward subsequently left. More importantly though, since then, this website’s been developed, to offer the facility to readers to place such advertisements on it, where they will likely find a much wider readership. It also means that PPAA funds don’t need to be spent on the installation and maintenance of physical boards. The place for such notices is on the “Lost/found etc.” page. However, a word of warning: it’s unwise to publish to the world email addresses or phone numbers. So e.g. just a first name and plot number should be used for contact, and meetings can easily be arranged by reply to the original comment.
This website has well over two hundred subscribers, and the stats show that it also has a steady flow of general readers.
We’d respectfully ask then, that people wanting to advertise things for sale, or to announce that they’ve found lost property, and so on, kindly don’t place notices on the gates, but advertise as just described.
(It’s not just that it creates work for unpaid volunteers in tidying up the gates. Our understanding is that it’s unlawful to attach private notices to public property, which would, on the face of it, also put the poster in breach of rule twenty-seven of our tenancy agreements.)
Thanks everyone.
Again noted…
PPA Website Team
