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Latest WATA Committee Meeting Bullet Points & WATA/WTC Meeting Bullet Points

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Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee meeting (12th February 2026) and the last Committee/Woodley Town Council meeting (6th February 2026). Simply click on the image below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.

If you have any questions/comments, then please let us know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post – ‘Leave a Reply‘- or by emailing readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and we will get back to you with a response.

Finally, we continue to build up our revised Mailing List, if you have not already joined it, you can opt-in here.

Notice Of Woodley Allotments Tenants Association – Annual General Meeting

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The Woodley Allotments Tenants Association (WATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Thursday 26th March 2026 at 7.30pm at the Oakwood Centre, Woodley: https://www.woodley.gov.uk/council-services/oakwood-centre/

Committee Elections
In accordance with the WATA Constitution (9th February 2022), elections will be held for non-office bearer Committee members.
The Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer elected at the 2025 AGM do not need to stand for re-election. The four current non-office bearer members will stand for re-election.

Any WATA member (as defined in Para 1b of the Constitution) may stand as a non-office bearer Committee member. Nominations must be submitted in writing to the Secretary (secretary@woodley-allotments.org.uk), including a proposer and seconder, by Thursday 26th February 2026 (4 weeks before the AGM).

Nominees must attend the AGM and will have the opportunity to speak before the election. Voting will take place at the AGM by ballot or show of hands.

AGM Agenda
A full agenda will be issued nearer the date. Motions or business for inclusion must be submitted in writing to the Secretary by Thursday 26th February 2026.

Members are encouraged to share feedback. Informal comments or suggestions can be sent to readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk.

We look forward to seeing you at the AGM.

Many thanks &
Kind regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee

Update on 2026 Plot Inspections and revised Welcome Pack for 2026

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You will recently have received an email from Woodley Town Council (WTC) announcing its new Allotment Plot Inspections Policy.

The Committee’s Plot Inspection Team will be using this policy as the basis for this year’s inspections, which will begin during the week commencing 11th May 2026.

To help tenants better understand what this means in practice, the Committee has updated its document “Plot Inspections – What are the Criteria” (attached), in line with the new WTC policy.

We hope this updated guidance will be helpful and will support tenants in meeting the inspection criteria. In particular, we encourage the use of the recycling schemes that the Committee has introduced to help improve the overall standard and appearance of the allotment site.

We have also updated the 2026 Welcome Pack (attached). Although this is issued to all new tenants via WTC, we felt it would be useful to share the latest version with existing tenants on our mailing list as well.

Click on either of images below to download your own copy of each document.

We welcome any feedback on these documents. Please reply to this email and we will respond as soon as possible.

Many thanks &
Kind regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee

Committee Managed Bonfires

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Another successful Committee managed bonfire on the site yesterday. Plus no rain!! The next Committee Managed Bonfire will be on Wednesday 12th February.

We can still see lots of old wood (broken pallets/tree branches etc.) left on many plots that needs to removed as soon as possible. Plot Tenants can deposit these at the designated red staked areas at the back gate.

Please place old/broken pallets behind the blue covering pile and any tree branches in the next area (nearest the gate). Thank you in advance for helping The Committee clean up the site.

If you need assistance moving any old/broken pallets or tree branches/cuttings etc. to the back gate, please let the Committee know either here on via our normal email, readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk.

Many thanks &
Kind regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee

Latest WATA Committee Meeting Bullet Points & WATA/WTC Meeting Bullet Points

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Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee meeting (8th January 2026) and the last Committee/Woodley Town Council meeting (9th January 2026). Simply click on the image below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.

If you have any questions/comments, then please let us know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post – ‘Leave a Reply‘- or by emailing readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and we will get back to you with a response.

Finally, we continue to build up our revised Mailing List, if you have not already joined it, you can opt-in here.

December 2025 General Meeting Minutes, Slides & 2025 Tenant Survey Results

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A Happy New Year to all our Blog Readers. It’s been a while since we last posted, so here is a bit of a catch-up…

December General meeting – 15th December 2025

As we did not have a designated speaker, we had an update meeting along with some seasonal Mulled Wine/Mince Pies. Please click on the images below to obtain a copy of the Meeting Minutes and Slides.

There was a question raised at the meeting about the use of Paving Slabs on plots under a list of items in the cover letter for the 2026 rent renewal. We have sought clarification and Paving Slabs will still be able to be used, however all tenants must request permission from the Council before they are laid. Please be aware, paving slabs CANNOT be laid on any kind of concrete/mortar base.

Tenants Survey from 2025

Click on the image below to obtain your own copy of the WTC Tenant Survey that was carried out in 2025. Apologies for the late delivery of these, there was a delay in it moving through the Council and getting it in a sendable format from the Council.

Vacant plots

With a number of tenants receiving termination notices and a number of long term tenants leaving the site, we now have 37 vacant plots for occupation from the waiting list. We are currently in the process of clearing a number of these (in some cases of rubbish left by previous tenants) and covering with weed suppression material. All the plots will be marked with Red topped stakes to redefine them as part of the Councils/Committees long term plan to remark all plots on the site to re-establish accurate boundaries.

That’s it for now. We will be issuing a few more updates over the coming weeks.

Many thanks &
Kind regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee

Latest WATA Committee Meeting Bullet Points

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Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee meeting on the 11th Dec. 2025. Simply click on the image below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline.

If you have any questions/comments, then please let us know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post – ‘Leave a Reply‘- or by emailing readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and we will get back to you with a response.

Finally, we continue to build up our revised Mailing List, if you have not already joined it, you can opt-in here.

Onsite Recycling & Compost/Horse Manure/Wood Chip resources

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Hi Everyone,

As part of the Committee’s work to help make the Allotment Site and Plots better able to deal with rubbish; Special_Bulletin-109 (click on image below for your own copy) explains how we are helping tenants deal with Metal, Glass, Wood and other recycling on site.

Also, Special_Bulletin-110 (click on image below for your own copy) is a list of Compost, Horse Manure and Wood chip resources. If you have any suitable resources that you have used that are not on our list, please let us know for future publication.

The Committee expects to make further announcements about other types of rubbish disposal/recycling schemes soon.

If you have any questions about this Special Bulletin, please contact us at readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk or reply to this post below.

Many thanks &
Kind regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee