LEAD member of Douglas Council’s regeneration and community advisory committee Stephen Pitts has dismissed calls from two councillors to set aside more of its allotments for school or charity use.
Isle of Man College’s special needs unit already has an allotment at Johnny Watterson’s Lane.
At Wednesday’s Douglas Council meeting Edward Joyce (Hills) and Sara Hackman (St George’s) asked whether the committee would consider making some of the next phase of allotments available.
Mrs Hackman said: ‘Schools tend to have so many concrete areas. They have no access to grow things, other than in pots.’
Mr Pitts said the plots had been advertised so people could apply for one, and there were currently 120 people on the waiting list.
‘I don’t see why we should step over asking people in favour of people who haven’t bothered writing in,’ he said.
The second allotment phase is due to be completed in the 2012/13 financial year.