Page 18 - 21st Century Allotments in New Developments

MAIN ROAD
from Main Road
HOUSES
HOUSES
boundary fences/walls to properties 3m. width
shed positions thus.
3m. width
new site fencing (?stock proof)
42 plots
all plots 2Im. x 6m.
Taking every opportunity for natural surveillance can be achieved by locating the allotment site close to housing, footpaths and cycle routes as well as public transport routes.This interconnection with active design in turn enables plot-holders and their visitors to take active travel routes to and from the allotment site, e.g. walking and cycling.
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
Although it can be tempting to locate allotments in a SuDS zone (because they are not a priority compared to homes or priority services) do bear in mind that the ability to grow food can be affected by contaminated flood waste for years, e.g. E. coli bacteria in soil. If an allotment site is lost due to ongoing flood damage the council will need to step in and provide replace allotment plots - in this respect a more environmentally sustainable location external to a SuDS is actually more economically sustainable too.
SITE = approx. 2 ACRES approx. I90m. stock fencing
approx. 97m. single rail 900mm high fencing
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4m.‘no-go’ zone with communal dwarf stock fruit trees, clipped at 2m. low post and rail fence as ‘no-go’ boundary line, except for maintenance.
3m. w
idth
4m. width
4m.
width
communal space
approx. position of existing field gate
3m. width
Restricted Byway Track
4m. width 4m. width
existing hedge
3m. width