Allotment co-workers

How to register a co-worker to your allotment, and request to transfer your plot to a co-worker.

How to register a co-worker

You can share cultivation on your allotment by registering a co-worker. Co-workers have a key so they can work unsupervised on the plot.

Co-workers have no legal tenancy rights. They are not responsible for any part of the rent. You're not allowed to take money from your co-workers for using your plot.

The maximum number of co-workers per plot is:

  • standard plot – 2 co-workers
  • double plot – 3 co-workers

To register a co-worker on your plot, contact the Allotments Service. They’ll give you:

  • a copy of the co-worker’s agreement form to fill in
  • information for your Site Representative to arrange a spare key with

You will need to complete a copy of the agreement per co-worker.

Send a copy of the form:

If you want more than 3 co-workers on your plot, you’ll need to register as a community gardening group.

Allotment tenants are responsible for the behaviour of their co-workers. If a co-worker breaks the tenancy rules, we can end their co-worker status.

How to transfer your plot to a co-worker

If a co-worker has been registered to your plot for at least 2 years or for as long as the person at the top of the waiting list on your site, they can take over your tenancy.

The Allotments Service must agree on plot transfers. They are not automatic.

We won't agree upon a transfer until a co-worker has worked on the plot for at least as long as the person at the top of the waiting list has been waiting as this stops co-workers from getting a plot before people on the waiting list.

To complete a plot transfer we’ll need to:

  • check your co-worker has been registered to your plot for the required amount of time
  • receive a written request from the current tenant
  • receive a new tenancy agreement from the co-worker
  • agree to the plot transfer

When we transfer a tenancy to a co-worker, we'll remove them from the allotment waiting lists. You need to update us if you’re taking over a tenancy. This helps us keep the waiting lists up to date.

To arrange a plot transfer, send an email to allotments@brighton-hove.gov.uk.