Eviction of plot holder 'too long

She complained to ombudsmen

- Phil Corrigan Local Democracy Reporter

COUNCIL officials took too long to evict a woman from an allotment site after she had put up an effigy of another plot holder, the ombudsman has found.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council issued the woman with a termination notice six months after officers had a conversation with her about an 'inapproriate decoration.' The delay meant the eviction came after the woman had already paid a full year's fee for her plot. She claimed the loss of the allotment also impacted her emotional wellbeing and ability to grow food for her family.