Tenants of Newmarket's Crockfords Park allotments could be forced off their land if a council sells it for a controversial housing scheme.
Three tenants, who have managed the plots opposite Ditton Lodge Primary School for five years, could be evicted.
Currently, the tenants rent the plots, which cover a third of an acre, from Forest Heath Council, which took possession of the site w
hen Newmarket Urban District Council ceased to exist during the 1970s when local government was re-organised.
Although Crockfords Park allotments officially belong to Forest Heath Council, they are sited in the East Cambridgeshire Council ward of Wood Ditton.
Forest Heath plans to sell the land to Kings' Forest Housing for development.
Mary Jacobs, chairman of Newmarket Allotment Association, which manages the land in Crockfords Park, as well as land in Field Terrace Road and New Cheveley Road, said she was very unhappy about the looming eviction.
"If it was my allotment, I would not be very happy at all," said Mrs Jacobs, who has been involved with allotments for 35 years.
"You have to put a lot of effort and time into cultivating it.
"We have got people on the waiting list who would like allotments and there is nowhere for them to go."
Newmarket Allotment Association has a collective waiting list for about 20 people.
A spokeswoman for Forest Heath Council said: "This piece of land has been the subject of discussion and negotiation for some time.
"We are hopeful that a satisfactory conclusion to these discussions will be agreed soon."
Although the land is earmarked for development, Crockfords Park residents have also protested against the housing plans, arguing that Forest Heath should not have owned land in an East Cambridgeshire area in the first place and that extra housing on the estate would cause extra traffic.
Residents told the council at a planning meeting in November that the loss of allotment land was unacceptable.
At the same planning meeting, East Cambridgeshire Council rejected building proposals from Kings' Forest Housing because part of the council's key strategy was to protect allotment land.
East Cambridgeshire officers argued that if the land was built on, suitable allotment land should be provided in its place.
