Allotments guidance for local authorities: consultation

14. Assistance to local community groups

14.1 Local authorities should work in partnership with community groups and other stakeholders to identify land, including vacant land, in local authority ownership which could be used for food growing. Authorities should also consider what other assistance can be provided to community groups, such as by signposting the groups to various sources of funding, or to providing assistance with Land Registry searches to determine ownership of land, or assist with community group investigations into contaminated land.

14.2 Local authorities may find that community groups wish to approach the authority to make a Participation Request (Part 3 of the Act), or make an Asset Transfer Request (Part 5 of the Act) ^[69] .

14.3 Such Participation Requests, and Asset Transfer Requests if granted, may assist local authorities to meet their requirements to provide additional suitable land for growing, in addition to empowering communities.

Question 25 Are paragraphs 12.1 to 14.3 of the FGS statutory guidance clear and understandable, to allow the local authority to deliver its statutory obligations under Part 9?

Yes
No

If no, i.e. you consider that the guidance is not clear and understandable, please tell us why you think this, and how it needs to be improved. Please include the relevant paragraph numbers in your response.

Question 25 comments:

Question 26 Are there any gaps or omissions in paragraphs 12.1 to 14.3 of the FGS statutory guidance?

Yes
No

If yes, i.e. you consider that there are gaps or omissions, please tell us what you think is missing. If appropriate, please include the relevant paragraph numbers in your response.

Question 26 comments: