{"id":32713,"date":"2016-11-02T19:12:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T12:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/watford-allotment-campaigners-lose-high-court-battle-to-save-site\/"},"modified":"2016-11-02T19:59:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T12:59:17","slug":"watford-allotment-campaigners-lose-high-court-battle-to-save-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/watford-allotment-campaigners-lose-high-court-battle-to-save-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Watford allotment campaigners lose high court battle to save site"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGardeners at Farm Terrace site had hoped a victory would help protect allotments across countryA group of amateur gardeners have lost a high court battle to prevent their allotments being built over, which they hoped would help protect green spaces across the country from development. Gardeners at Farm Terrace allotments in Watford believed that a favourable ruling would save not only their own allotments but other similar sites under threat. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Gardeners at Farm Terrace site had hoped a victory would help protect allotments across countryA...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-8vD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32733,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/this-ruling-puts-all-uk-allotments-under-threat-sara-jane-trebar\/","url_meta":{"origin":32713,"position":0},"title":"This ruling puts all UK allotments under threat | Sara Jane Trebar","date":"November 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r We may have failed to save Save Terrace allotment in Watford from developers, but the battle to protect community spaces across the country will go onToday at 10.25am our fight to save Farm Terrace allotments ended in defeat. 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The interest in grow-your-own is stronger than ever and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129155,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/englands-gardeners-to-be-banned-from-using-peat-based-compost\/","url_meta":{"origin":32713,"position":3},"title":"England\u2019s gardeners to be banned from using peat-based compost","date":"August 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Sale of peat-based compost for use on private gardens and allotments to be outlawed within 18 monthsSales of peat for use on private gardens and allotments will be banned in England from 2024, the government has announced.Environmental campaigners have long called for stricter laws to restore peatlands. 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