Question follow-through · 75436

Local Government: Allotments

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statutory guidance entitled Flexible use of capital receipts: direction, updated on 26 March 2025, whether the sale of a local authority allotm

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
5 Sept 2025
Target answer date
9 Sept 2025
Answer
16 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statutory guidance entitled Flexible use of capital receipts: direction, updated on 26 March 2025, whether the sale of a local authority allotm

  2. 9 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The government has not changed the rules with respect to disposing of allotments. There remain in place strict criteria to protect allotments, whereby councils must seek approval from the Secretary of state to dispose of a statutory allotment and only sel...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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