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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

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.

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

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

WATA – Monthly Meeting Minutes – 13th Oct. 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 speakers, Daniel Tyrkiel & Dr. Frida Mariana from the Soil Ecology Laboratory.

What an amazing presentation, it was also great to get some of our Compost/Soil samples analysed in front of us. Many thanks go to our secretary Wendy Wilkinson for managing to capture all that she did for the minutes.

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

Look out for information about our next monthly meeting on Monday 10th November.

Many thanks &
Kind regards

Mike McNamara
Chair – WATA Committee