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Campaigners urge legal right to grow food on unused public land

A London-based campaign is pressing for people to be allowed to turn idle public plots into gardens, allotments and flowerbeds.

A campaign in London is calling for a legal right to use unused public land for growing food and planting flowers, according to the BBC. The proposal would let communities turn vacant plots into gardens and allotments.

The group behind the push says some London councils already permit this kind of use on land that is not being developed. It wants that practice to be recognised more widely.

The idea is aimed at making better use of empty public spaces and expanding local growing areas. The BBC reported that the campaign is focused on land that is currently sitting idle.

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