Laura Somers

01252 398766

[email address]

11^th January 2010

Margaret Campbell

Dear Margaret

Re: Freedom of Information request - allotment waiting lists

Thank you for your enquiry under the freedom of information request regarding information on Rushmoor waiting lists.

Your enquiry has been allocated reference number 734.

Please find below, a copy of your questions and the answers you have requested information on -

As of January 2010, please could you tell me:

1. How many allotment sites are there in Rushmoor for which

Rushmoor Borough Council has access to waiting list data?

There are 11 Council owned sites in total; nine in Farnborough and two in

Aldershot.

2. What is the total number of plots on these sites?

Alexandra Road - 4

Calvert Close - 2

Birchett Road - 17

Cherrywood Road - 40

Ratcliffe Road - 4

Cove Green - 68

Hazel Avenue - 35

Horn Road - 72

Oak Court - 7

Park Road - 73

Prospect Road - 37

3. What is the total number of people on waiting lists for these

sites?

413 people waiting in total for any site that becomes available

4. Are any of these waiting lists closed to further applications?

Waiting list closed as of November 2008

5) How many new council allotment sites were brought into use in

2009? Please give:

a) number of new sites

b) names of new sites

c) total area of new land in hectares

d) total number of new plots

Zero

If you require further information regarding Council owned allotments in Rushmoor, please see our website - www.rushmoor.gov.uk/allotments

I hope that this answers your question satisfactorily, but if you are unhappy with the reply you have received, I attach a link to the Council's Complaints Procedure, which is the means by which you may request the Council to review it.

http://eforms.rushmoor.gov.uk/AF3/an/default.aspx/RenderForm/?F.Name=Nn2Sbp5nVNS

Alternatively, a printed copy of the Comments and Complaints Leaflet is available if you wish.

If, following a review you are still dissatisfied, you can ask the Information Commissioner to decide whether your request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the legislation. The address is:

FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545 745

08456 30 60 60

Fax: 01625 524 510

An online complaints form is available on the ICO website at www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Laura Somers

Community Development