“It is recommended that from January 1 2024 the allotment rent charge be increased from 24p per square metre per annum to 25p per square metre per annum'
Hyndburn Council’s cabinet meeting will be asked to increase the yearly price of its smallholdings to tenants from 24 pence per square metre to 25. The minimum charge will remain at £50.
A report by environment boss Cllr Steven Smithson says: “It is recommended that from January 1 2024 the allotment rent charge be increased from 24p per square metre per annum to 25p per square metre per annum – a 4.2 per cent increase. “During 2012 the council consulted with the allotment tenants. 83 per cent said that rent should be increased regularly in small amounts rather than a single large increase at irregular intervals.
“Having taken into account inflationary pressures 2023 to 2024, and increased council costs, the recommended rent increase will enable the council to continue to provide the present ‘cost neutral’ service level. The councils allotment related costs have been estimated to increase 4.88 per cent from 2023 to 2024.“The allotment rent charged by Hyndburn remains year-on-year below average and extremely favourable when compared to the rents charged by Hyndburn’s immediate neighbours.
“In August Cath Holmes, chair of the Hyndburn Federation of Allotments, held no objections to the proposed rent increase and said The rents are still good value for money and less than many neighbouring authorities and nationally.”
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