A Potted History
No expertise in allotment law is professed and some more obscure piece of legislation may have been missed but based on the UK Statute Law Database what is contained here is believed to be reasonably accurate. The usual definition an allotment in Scottish law is a plot of land one acre or smaller provided for rental for agricultural or horticultural use. Originally an allotment was intended as much for grazing animals as it was for growing fruit and vegetables; the idea of an allotment garden appeared later. Usually a smaller piece of land but still intended also for animal husbandry. The earliest allotment law appeared in 1892 , largely still in force but partially amended and replaced by further legislation in 1919 , 1922 and 1950 . Other legislation does affect allotments in similar ways to other land and property particularly in respect to the duty of care owed by landlord and tenant . The legislation places a clear duty to provide allotments and provides the necessary...