Westborough Allotments Self Help Association- WASHA -

Currently, due to such high demand, the waiting list for allotments is closed. Adequate provision of allotments is a political decision.  Please write to your local councillors or MP about the fact that 39 plots are unused on the top of the Aldershot Road site (GAS is not allowed to rent them out).  This area is still ‘earmarked’ for housing even though this is a statutory site and representations for change of use would need to be made to the Secretary of State.  These representations would need to show that the allotments were surplus to requirements.  This is clearly untrue as numbers of people on waiting lists across Guildford have risen to over 500.  There are over 100 people in Westborough alone waiting for an allotment.  As well as this, the recent site allocations consultation showed that local residents want this open space kept for allotments for future generations.

The Aldershot Road site is Guildford’s only site with a formalised teaching program to encourage the next generation of food growers.