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On Sunday, 20th November from 3pm to 5pm there will be a drop-in session in the Hall, Open to all plot holders, we look forward to meeting you there.
Please come in and have a chat with the Spa Hill team.
Bring your questions and any issues you may have. We would like to hear your views!
All are welcome.
In the Hall. Tea and coffee provided.
The office and the distribution centre will close at 12.00 noon on Sunday 4th December 2022.
They will both reopen at 10.00 am on Saturday 4th February 2023. Opening hours will then continue to be from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon on Saturdays and Sundays.
The office will be open for the payment of rents only at these times:
Friday 28th, Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October between 10.00 am and 12.00 noon
Saturday 5th, Sunday 6th and Thursday 10th November between 10.00 am and 12.00 noon
The 10th of November is the last day to be able to pay the rent.
All plotholders should have received an invoice by post, providing the amount to be paid, together with a breakdown of how that is calculated. Please complete the form on the back of the invoice and bring it with your payment to the office/hall.
Payments must be made in person, together with:
Please note that payment must be made in cash or by cheque.
BACS payments and card payments are not possible, nor can payments be posted in the mailbox.
A proposal to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting has been requested by Society Members to discuss the reason for the proposed increase in water charges.
The meeting will be held at 2:30pm on Saturday 24th September 2022 in the hall at 180 Spa Hill, SE19 3TU.
Thames Water have changed their information regarding the hosepipe ban.
The changes appear to allow the use of hosepipes to water food being grown – but not flowers – where no other means of watering is reasonably possible.
Specifically, their website now includes the following additions:
What changes have we made?
“We’ve received a number of helpful comments and queries since we first announced the restrictions. As a result, we’ve made changes which mean you can:
Use a hosepipe on an allotment – but not in a garden – to water food being grown there, where essential.
https://www.thameswater.co.uk/help/water-restrictions
and also states:
The following additional exceptions to the prohibition are now included:
Watering food crops on allotments
Allotment holders shall be able to water their food crops (but not other plants and flowers) with a hosepipe, where no other means of watering is reasonably possible.
https://www.thameswater.co.uk/help/water-restrictions/legal-notice