This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Allotment waiting lists'.

Borough Solicitor

Francis Fernandes

LLM; LLB; MBA; LARTPI

Information Governance

The Guildhall

St Giles Square

Northampton

NN1 1DE

Tel: (01604) 838536

Fax: (01604) 837057

Minicom: (01604) 838970

DX 703139 Northampton 6

Ms Margaret Campbell

Ref No:

NBC1094-003

Officer:

David Taylor

Tel:

01604 838536

Email:

Date:

4th January 2010

Dear Ms Campbell

Information Request NBC1094-003

I am writing to acknowledge your request for information dated 1st January 2010 which has been dealt with under the Freedom Of Information Act 2000 (FOI).

Your request has been given the unique access to information code above. Please quote this reference on any correspondence relating to this request.

In response to your request regarding allotment sites for Northampton Borough Council (the Council). Please see detailed below the Council's response in point turn.

  1. The Council manages the waiting list for 14 Allotment fields in Northampton

  2. There are a total of 1543 plots on these 14 Allotment sites

  3. As of today's date the Council has a waiting list of 347

  4. The Council has not closed any of the waiting lists

  5. The Council did not open any new Allotment sites in 2009. However, the Council did create approx 150 new plots out of previously derelict areas of existing sites.

The disclosure to you of the enclosed information does not give you a right to reproduce or publish such information without the express permission of Northampton Borough Council or any other owners of the copyright therein. To do so you will need a licence under the `Reuse of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005'.

If you consider the Council has not provided the information you have requested you have the right to challenge that decision in respect of your information request within 6 months.

Please write to:

Information Access Challenges

Northampton Borough Council

The Guildhall

St Giles Square

Northampton NN1 1DE

Or email: [email address]

If your challenge is not resolved to your complete satisfaction, you will then have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner.

If you feel your request has been handled unfairly you should, in the first instance, complain using the Council's Customer Feedback form and address it to the department you have been dealing with. The Council's Complaints procedure (a full copy of which is available on the internet, from any Council reception or by telephoning or writing to the Council's Complaints Co-ordinator) will then be used to try and resolve your complaint.

Yours sincerely

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Mr D J Taylor

Freedom of Information Officer

Senior Information Governance Officer

Borough Solicitor's Department

www.northampton.gov.uk

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