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Our allotment AGM today and we made a significant step towards increased biodiversity on our site. Agreeing in principle to allow small-scale ponds on individual allotment plots.
We need to agree the specifics of the ponds that will be allowed (size, depth, materials used, sustainability, location etc) but provided plot holders meet this criteria they will be allowed small ponds on site next year.
Oh, cool. Do you have a framework for what kind of effects on the neighbors are ok/not ok?
For the ponds or in general, I guess!
@clew Sorry, just saw this.
No small-scale ponds should adversely impact their neighbouring plots. The criteria for the ponds should ensure this consideration is met.
As to the site itself. It’s hypothetical but it may be after a survey that a recommendation would be to add two or three different types of ponds down the slope to slow and capture the flow of water.
Different designs of ponds will be more effective on different locations of the slope.
@Broadfork Two thoughts --
"should" is a little unclear (in US English, sorry). Meaning that it would be bad if they did have adverse impacts, or that you don't expect they will? And are there possible impacts that you have agreed would warrant changing or removing a pond?
Lots of group circumstances in which we only came to an agreement over what to do on the "happy path", the way we all hoped it would work out, and were doubly troubled when something else occurred.
@clew Provided the requirements are set out well and each individual small-scale pond is agreed and installed properly, in the correct place with overspill met, then no pond will adversely impact their neighbouring plots.
The ponds will be small-scale but numerous and varied enough to promote the biodiversity we want to encourage on site.
I don’t envision anything too problematic happening. Life span of materials used is key. Ponds that fail to meet criteria will be improved or removed.