Skip to main content
Norwich City Council Home

Main navigation

  • Your accounts

Services menu

  • Allotments
  • Benefits
  • Bereavement services
  • Bins and recycling
  • Communities and neighbourhoods
  • Cost of living support
  • Council Tax
  • Culture and events
  • Customer services
  • Digital access and support
  • Elections and voting
  • Energy, climate and biodiversity
  • Environmental issues
  • Food, health and safety
  • Housing and community safety
  • Job opportunities
  • Licensing
  • Local business
  • News
  • Norwich Market
  • Parking
  • Parks and green spaces
  • Planning
  • Policies, plans and strategies
  • Private tenants and landlords
  • Refugee support
  • Regeneration and major projects
  • Sports and leisure
  • Streets and travel
  • Your council

Breadcrumbs

  1. Home
  2. Allotments
  3. Allotment guidelines
  4. Getting started

Getting started
Allotment guidelines

Contents

Skip Guide Navigation
  • Allotment guidelines
  • Getting started
  • What you can build and burn
  • Preventing rats
  • Keeping animals
  • Water use
  • Ending your allotment tenancy

Having an allotment is a big commitment. You’ll need to visit regularly to look after your plot, grow crops and manage weeds. When you first take on a plot, it may have been unused for a while, so you’ll need to spend time clearing and preparing it.

For help getting started, read our Get growing guide.

Rules and policies

Before you start, check out these important policies:

  • allotment rules
  • waste and pollution policy
  • waiting list policy
  • tenancy barring policy
  • Previous: Allotment guidelines
  • Next: What you can build and burn

Useful links

  • Contact us
  • Cookies
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
All content © 2026 Norwich City Council