Currently nobody knows all the allotment plots in Scotland, and some local authorities do not know of the allotment plots in their area of responsibility. SAGS hopes to carry out an audit of all allotment sites in Scotland. If you have information which could help and is not present on this site please email the webmaster webmaster@sags.org.uk

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How to get an Allotment

In Scotland the provision of allotments is the responsibility of the local Authority. Normally you can not rent an allotment outwith the Local Authority area in which you live. In theory your Local Authority should have a record of all allotments in their area, should know about the availability of plots and be able to give you some idea about the length of the waiting list if there are no available plots.

The first step in getting an allotment is to check that there are allotments available in your L.A. area. See our preliminary audit results where we've posted the most up to date list of allotments that we have.

The second step is to apply to rent an allotment or at least get yourself put on a waiting list. You should be able to contact an appropriate person in your local authority to tell you how to do this and the information on these pages is primarily to help you contact this appropriate person. If your local authority is not helpful but you KNOW there is an allotment site in your area then the best advice we can give you is to stand outside the allotment site and grab the first plotholder you see and ask him/her who you should contact

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