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Allotment plea; roundUP.


THE Government has been urged to dramatically expand the number of public allotments by building on brownfield sites and encouraging landowners to donate unused holdings to their local community.

With 100,000 people currently on a waiting list for an allotment, the New Local Government Network (NLGN NLGN New Local Government Network ) is calling for the Government and local councils to make better use of the estimated 3,500 hectares of unused brownfield land This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view.  - the equivalent size of 25 Hyde Parks - to create new community allotments.
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Publication:Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Date:Sep 17, 2009
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