Self-managed sites

Responsibility for running many of Salford's allotment sites has now been handed over to allotment associations in a successful self-management initiative.

The main principles of the agreement include that the associations will:

• Provide three trustees from a formally constituted group, with whom the council makes the agreement

• Manage and control the allotments and collect the rent payable

• Manage and control the tenant waiting lists/rents, etc

• Be responsible for the general infrastructural maintenance of the site

• Take out adequate public liability insurance for the period of agreement

• Provide details of their proposed charges to tenant which must be agreed by the council

• Continue to maintain a water supply where it already exists and contribute to the water charges

Whereas, Salford City Council will:

• Provide initial details of existing tenants/waiting list to the association

• Act as arbiter in any dispute between the trustees and tenants

• Undertake any necessary tree work on the sites

• Continue to support the trustees, where applicable, in the development of the sites

If you're interested in developing self-management at your own allotment site, please email allotments.envs@salford.gov.uk.

List of sites

The following allotment sites are managed by an allotment association and if you would like to apply for one of these allotment plots, please contact the site directly.

This page was last updated on 19 August 2026