Today saw the last meeting of the Working Group – Council Officials and site association delegates – on this subject. The Consultation responses have been analysed, and accordingly, in a few places, adjustments have been made.
The Council say that they will shortly write to all Site Representatives, then tenants, setting out the next steps in plain English / Welsh, and attaching a copy of the new Agreement. They will also include an executive summary of the consultation report. The process remains on course to have all of us tenants who wish to continue with our plots signed up to the new conditions by February 1st 2027. That is, there will be over a year’s notice, during which we can all make any changes needed to our plots.
With particular reference to the last sentence, the Working Group were told that the watchword, that the Council expect to be applied is “pragmatism“. That is, reasonableness, when it comes to enforcing the new conditions. For instance, it would be unconscionable to expect someone who had a previously approved greenhouse, somewhat larger than the new limit, to dismantle it, and it would also break the general convention on non-retrospection for rules where that would cause undue hardship. However, our understanding is that if a tenant’s breach of the rules were to be causing – or likely to cause – problems for anyone, then such breaches would receive priority for Council time on enforcement.
PPA Website Team
