Pease click on the image below to download a Special Bulletin providing an update on our On-site Recycling Schemes, along with details of a Metal Recycling Event that will be running alongside the upcoming September plot inspections.
If you have any questions or require further information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch the normal email or replying to the post.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
As you will already know from previous posts and information from Woodley Town Council (WTC), posted on the Main Gates and Notice Board, the Committee will be carrying out plot inspections on behalf of the Council during the week commencing 28th September 2026. These inspections will be carried out in line with the WTC 2026 Plot Inspections Policy.
To help tenants better understand what this means in practice, the Committee has updated its document, “Plot Inspections – What are the Criteria?”, in line with the new WTC policy. A copy of the updated document is attached to this email.
We hope this updated guidance will be helpful and will support tenants in meeting the inspection criteria.
Click on the image below to download your own copy of the 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
Please find below Bullet Points from our last WATA Committee (13th August 2026) and the Minutes from our last General Meeting (24th August 2026). Simply click on the images below if you would like a PDF to download and read offline. The associated discussion slides and water survey results can be seen here.
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.
Just when you thought it was time for a bit of a rest after the hottest year ever on our allotment plots, it’s now time to start thinking about what you’re going to grow next year and getting those seed orders sorted! Time to grab a cuppa, get planning, and start deciding what’s going where. 🌻🥕🍅
Teresa Buley (Plot E18) will be once again be running the organising of the seed ordering.
The process for placing this year’s seed order is much the same as before. However, Dobies are moving increasingly towards online ordering and have only sent us a small number of paper catalogues this year, so they are very much in short supply.
Any questions, please contact Teresa on teresa.buley@woodley-allotments.org.uk.
Our thanks go to Teresa for once again, organising this massive task.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
Our latest monthly meeting was held on 24th August 2026. The meeting took the form of an update from the Committee on what we have been doing and what to expect over the next few months.
You can find a copy of the slides from the meeting below, as well as a separate copy of the results of the Water Survey carried out in August. A few more people have responded to the survey since our meeting on 24th August, so these results are more up to date. Simply click on the relevant image to download your own copy.
The survey results have raised several further questions, which will be covered in a separate discussion document to be issued shortly.
If you did not attend the Monthly Meeting and would like to raise any questions about the Water Survey responses, you can send them to our usual email address at readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk.
We will be publishing the full minutes of the meeting shortly.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
As part of the Committee’s ongoing work to improve waste management on the allotment site and plots, WATA Special Bulletin 115 explains the arrangements for the skips that will be on site from Saturday 29th August to Monday 31st August 2026. Click on the image below to download your own copy of the Special Bulletin.
There will be two skips, as usual. However, this time:
– one skip is for green waste only
– one skip is for general waste
A member of the Committee will be on site during the skip opening times (see the special bulletin for details) to assist with any questions.
CCTV will be in operation. If the skips are closed, please do not leave rubbish beside them, take it away and return during the designated opening times. Please also note that it is not the Committee’s responsibility to load your rubbish into the skips.
If you have any questions about the bulletin, please contact us on the usual email of readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
Please find below Bullet Points from our last Committee/Woodley Town Council meeting (3rd August 2026). Click the images below to download a PDF to 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.
The Committee is interested in gathering feedback from all tenants about their thoughts on the water resources at the Reading Road Allotment site.
We have created this initial short survey using Google Forms to get things started. Please let us have your feedback, and we can perhaps develop a larger survey with more detailed questions.
This survey does not allow for long responses. If you feel you have more to add, simply reply via our normal email address of readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and let us know what you think about the current water resources on the allotment site.
You can access the survey here: https://forms.gle/zzUPiDqRcAKzMRTe9
We look forward to receiving your feedback.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
As they say, more haste less speed!!! Of course this should have read August 24th and not September! Apologies for the error,
Hi Everyone,
This is to let you know that we have moved the date of the August Monthly Meeting to Monday 24th August, at the usual time of 7.30pm, at the Oakwood Centre in Woodley (www.woodley.gov.uk/council-services/oakwood-centre).
This meeting will take the form of a half-term report, where the Committee will report on what has been happening over the past few months since the last AGM, as well as what is planned for the rest of the Committee year.
We are also looking forward to hearing your feedback about the allotment site, including how you think it is looking and how it could be further improved in areas such as water resources, security, etc.
If you have any specific thoughts or suggestions, please let us know by responding to our normal email address of readingroadplots@woodley-allotments.org.uk and we will aim to address these during the meeting.
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
Many thanks &
Kind regards
Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee
Please find below Bullet Points from our last WATA Committee (9th July 2026). Simply click on the images 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.
