I moved into this village 6 years ago. They have twice as many allotments as there is a requirement for. The Parish council subsidise the rent on each allotment, cover all legal expenses etc. We are very fortunate in that should the allotments need to be relocated to free up valuable land, there is plenty of alternative sites within the village. Some years ago, in an ex-mining village, I was on the allotment association management committee. The allotments were land locked in between commercial and residential developments on prime potential development land. The majority of the community wanted the allotments to be relocated and the land sold. Their argument was that residents from neighbouring villages made up the majority of allotment holders in the village. These allotment plots were also being subsidized through the rate paying community via the parish council.