A new 'friends group' is being formed to have a say in the future of allotments in Carnforth.
The group of volunteers is being created to "allow allotment holders to continue to have a collective voice and come up with ideas for improvements to the allotments", said Carnforth Town Council.
The announcement of a new Friends of Carnforth (Highfield) Allotments comes as the town council announced they would be taking over responsibility for running the allotments from April 1.
The town council has held the freehold of the allotments since its transfer from Lancaster City Council a decade ago although the administration and day-to-day management of the allotments has been in the hands of a volunteer Allotments Committee.
Carnforth Town Council commissioned a professional survey of the allotments in August 2022 which has created an accurate record of the size of each plot on the site.
A town council spokesperson said this had "helped to remove the rather antiquated method of charging rents based on the system where plots are measured in perches with a simpler and fairer charge for each square metre occupied".
Residents of Carnforth who wish to take up an allotment will be given priority and the town council intends to "encourage allotment holders, old and young, to take a pride in their plots and to pass their skills to others" and "promote the environmental and economic benefits of growing fruit and vegetables to the residents of Carnforth as a whole".
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