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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

WATA General Meeting – Monday 15th December – Update and Christmas Social

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Hi everyone. Our next Association General Meeting will be held on Monday 15th December 2025 at 7.30pm at the Oakwood Centre in Woodley.

Unfortiunaltley, due to some last minute logistical issues, we will not be having a guest speaker. We will instead have another update meeting – and a Q & A session, combined with a Christmas Social with Mulled Wine and Minced Pies available.

Please let us know as soon as possible via readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk or by replying to this post if you will be attending so we know how many people to cater for.

Looking forward to seeing you on the 15th.

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 (13th Nov. 2025) and the last Committee/Woodley Town Council meeting (14th Nov. 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.

WATA – Monthly Meeting Minutes – 10th November 2025

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Please find below a link to the minutes of the above meeting.

Whilst, we did cover some allotment business (see minutes). The main event was for listening to our guest speaker, Tony Lack from the Wokingham Beekeepers Association

Another great presentation, I did not know the life of bees were so involved.

Many thanks go to our secretary Wendy Wilkinson for managing to capture all that she did for these minutes.

If you have any questions about items in the minutes, please contact us on readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk at this email address, and the Committee will be happy to provide any information required.

Look out for information about our next monthly meeting on Monday 15th December.

Many thanks &
Kind regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee

WATA/WTC Meeting Bullet Points – 17th October 2025

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Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee/Woodley Town Council meeting. 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.

Next WATA General Meeting – Monday 10th November – BEES

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Hi all,

Just a short reminder of our next monthly general meeting at the Oakwood Centre in Woodley on the 10th November at 7.30pm,

We will have a short update on Allotment Business items followed by a talk from a Tony Luck who is the Learning & Development Officer for the WDBKA – a local beekeeper association. Tony will talk to us about Bees, their habits and biology and their management. He will touch on the differences between Bees, wasps and Hornets (including the invasive Yellow Legged Hornet) and between Honey bees and Bumblebees.

He will look at the way bees live in synchronicity with plants and trees and with the changing of the seasons. Tony is also a Wokingham Beekeeper who has been keeping bees for over 5 years manages around 15 Honey Bee colonies in various apiaries in the Wokingham area.

The talk will last for about 45 minutes. Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Many thanks &
Kind regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee