Publication Draft

Support

Representation ID: 1549

Received: 31/08/2009

Respondent: B.L.A.S.T.

3b The vision needs to encompass the country's future needs for self-sufficiency and food production with in particular the ratio of garden land, including allotments, to house building being greater in favour of growing land.

Support

Representation ID: 1550

Received: 31/08/2009

Respondent: B.L.A.S.T.

3a On all future developments deliver a mutual beneficial policy towards green land for gardens and allotments, green spaces for recreation and healthy living, green attitude towards future self-sufficiency in home grown food production

Support

Representation ID: 1552

Received: 31/08/2009

Respondent: B.L.A.S.T.

4a Develop a culture where the local community is engaged and encourage to partake in local gardening activities to grow food including allotments from existing land and future provision. WDC needs to use its food producing land as effectively as possible to provide for our present and future needs as imports from overseas with carbon miles become more expensive with the changing climate and with 3rd world food demand increasing. Self sufficiency and building on food producing land do not go together.

Support

Representation ID: 1554

Received: 31/08/2009

Respondent: B.L.A.S.T.

5a How many local people out of work who need housing? Is there a prediction for this? BLAST believe working people and the unemployed would benefit from the opportunity to spend time on allotments if available to provide leisure time for the employed and for the unemployed to grow food to supplement their expenses

Object

Representation ID: 1555

Received: 31/08/2009

Respondent: B.L.A.S.T.

5bi Where are the planned roads, schools and services including land available for allotments. Warwick Gates are still waiting for the school promised by Gallagher when they built there. Who are the people and companies wishing to move here?

Object

Representation ID: 1556

Received: 31/08/2009

Respondent: B.L.A.S.T.

5bii Where are the plans for the infra structure - schools, services, allotments etc? Where will the current number of households (4,692) on waiting lists fit into this plan and where will they go if they can't afford what is built?

Support

Representation ID: 1557

Received: 31/08/2009

Respondent: B.L.A.S.T.

We fully support the identified options and wherever allotment people can be involved to help deliver further tourist attractions we will

Support

Representation ID: 1558

Received: 31/08/2009

Respondent: B.L.A.S.T.

7b Gardens both in the parks, historical locations and private, are a source of great tourist attraction to the district we must maintain and encourage our residents to get involved and develop even more attractions for the tourists that involve gardening - the project for the Pump Room Gardens is a good example. A living, working allotment in one of the parks would be a good idea as an incentive for people to try.

Support

Representation ID: 1559

Received: 31/08/2009

Respondent: B.L.A.S.T.

8a We at BLAST believe that regeneration of under used land that could be made into growing land could provide opportunities to grow food and be more self-supportive across the community - it could also help to reduce waiting lists of existing allotments

Support

Representation ID: 1560

Received: 31/08/2009

Respondent: B.L.A.S.T.

8b BLAST will be monitoring the progress of this strategy for sooner rather than later action