The 'world's first no-dig allotment' criticized by Chris Packham and Deborah Meaden has sparked more anger with local planners - over a new access road.<br /><br />More than 3,400 people have signed a petition against the Roots Allotment site on a field next to the A369 at Abbots Leigh village near Bristol.<br /><br />It plans to have 700 allotment plots - which will make the site one of the biggest in the country when completed.<br /><br />'No dig' means growers plant into topsoil which has been placed on top of the ground so no soil is dug up, broken or turned.<br /> <br />But the site has been slammed over claims of a lack of consultation on the ecology of the land which boards two Sites of Specific Scientific Interest (SSSI).
