Agenda item

The Cabinet considered a report of the Corporate Director of Neighbourhoods and Climate Change which considered a range of allotment policy and procedure changes, building on work and recommendations from the Environment and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee (ESCOSC) in January 2020.

The report also provided updated countywide policy and tenancy agreements for consideration and provided an update on Durham County Council allotment service (for copy of report, see file of minutes).

In Moving the report Councillor J Rowlandson, Portfolio Holder for Resources, Investment and Assets informed Cabinet that the report presented a positive, coherent and strategic way forward for the Council’s allotment service.  Councillor Rowlandson thanked the Members, both past and present, of the Environment and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee for their efforts in the production of the report.

In Seconding the report Councillor M Wilkes, Portfolio Holder for Neighbourhoods and Climate Change informed Cabinet that the report brought an important and fresh approach to the allotment service for the benefit of tenants and associations alike.

Resolved:

That the recommendations in the report be approved.