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Odense wants to bring dissatisfied allotment municipalities together in a joint offensive. The goal is to get the government to tighten the law. The minister acknowledges the problem.

38 allotment owners reported to the police in controversial garden association

240 square meters must be stripped from this nationally known allotment house before it becomes legal. But the owner refuses, and has now been reported to the police as one of 38 allotment owners in Lilletoften. Foto: Finn Frandsen
240 square meters must be stripped from this nationally known allotment house before it becomes legal. But the owner refuses, and has now been reported to the police as one of 38 allotment owners in Lilletoften. Foto: Finn Frandsen

The Lilletoften allotment association in Odense is breaking almost every record when it comes to illegally oversized allotment gardens.

The largest has been measured at 369 square meters, compared with the maximum permitted 60 square meters. But the nationally known association can likely boast several more records:

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