Additional Allotment provision in Manchester:
Submitted by rob on Sat, 19/07/2008 - 20:27
Summary:
Summary:
- The current allotment allocation in Manchester is 59.11 hectares, or on average 13.99 sq ft per person. This is above the national standard, which is 13.45 sq ft per person.
- Extra provision in Manchester will be an additional 3.91 hectares to 68.02. hectares. This will mean on average 14.96 sq ft per person.
- This is about the size of two fully grown males lying side by side!!
- There will be an additional 316 new plots.
- There are currently 2098 plots, and this will rise to 2414 plots.
These figures are summarised from the following notes, which were provided to me by Tim McMahon from the Sustainable Neighbourhood Pool on July 18th:
The National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners set a national standard for allotments provision which is:
20 plots / 1000 households which =
1 plot / 200 people =
0.125 hectares / 1000 people =
13.45 sq ft / person
Current Allotment Provision in Manchester is 59.11 hectares which is:
0.13 hectares / 1000 people (assuming 454,692 people in Manchester) =
20 plots / 1000 households which =
1 plot / 200 people =
0.125 hectares / 1000 people =
13.45 sq ft / person
Current Allotment Provision in Manchester is 59.11 hectares which is:
0.13 hectares / 1000 people (assuming 454,692 people in Manchester) =
0.00013 hectares / person =
13.99 sq ft / person (there are 107,639 sq ft per hectare)
so we are currently above the national standard, however the 1970 Thorpe Report suggests that the National Standard should be 0.2 hectares / 1000 people
Extra provision in Manchester will be an additional 3.91 hectares to 68.02 hectares which is:
0.134 hectares / 1000 people =
14.96 sq ft / person
In terms of plots this means that there will be an additional 316 plots across the city. This is worked out through this calculation:
59.11 ha / 2098 which is current number of plots = 0.02817 ha / plot and applied the (A) / (C) = (B) equation
68.02 ha / 2414 which is the additional number of plots = 0.02817 ha / plot
So in answer there will be an extra about 316 new allotment plots if my calculations are correct, but this is still below what Thorpe recommends:
0.2 hectares / 1000 people =
21.53 sq ft / 1 person =
the size of a double bed!!
Hope that's ok???
13.99 sq ft / person (there are 107,639 sq ft per hectare)
so we are currently above the national standard, however the 1970 Thorpe Report suggests that the National Standard should be 0.2 hectares / 1000 people
Extra provision in Manchester will be an additional 3.91 hectares to 68.02 hectares which is:
0.134 hectares / 1000 people =
14.96 sq ft / person
In terms of plots this means that there will be an additional 316 plots across the city. This is worked out through this calculation:
59.11 ha / 2098 which is current number of plots = 0.02817 ha / plot and applied the (A) / (C) = (B) equation
68.02 ha / 2414 which is the additional number of plots = 0.02817 ha / plot
So in answer there will be an extra about 316 new allotment plots if my calculations are correct, but this is still below what Thorpe recommends:
0.2 hectares / 1000 people =
21.53 sq ft / 1 person =
the size of a double bed!!
Hope that's ok???
