Dear Mrs Campbell 4^th January 2010

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

I am writing in respect of your enquiry dated 2^nd January 2010 for information held by the Council. Your enquiry is being dealt with under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

1. You requested information relating to:

As of January 2010:

1) How many allotment sites are there in the Council area for which the council has access to waiting list data?

2) How many plots are on these sites?

3) How many people are on these waiting lists for an allotment?

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

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

2. The following information is provided free of charge in response to your enquiry. The information relates to the period 1^st January 2009 to 1^st January 2010

1) Dartford Borough Council does not hold any waiting list data for the allotments in the Dartford area. All Dartford Borough Council owned allotments are self-managed by Allotment Associations and Parish owned allotments hold their own records independently from the Borough Council.

2) As at 1^st January 2010 there were a total of 408 plots on the 9 Borough owned sites. Dartford Borough Council holds no information on the number of plots at Parish owned allotment sites.

3) Dartford Borough Council does not hold any waiting list data for the allotments in Dartford.

4) Not to Dartford Borough Council's knowledge.

5) Dartford Borough Council has not brought any new sites into use in the last year.

3. If you are unhappy with the way in which your enquiry has been dealt with, you may ask for an internal review by initiating the Council's Corporate Complaints Procedure, details of which may be obtained by logging onto the Council's website http://www.dartford.gov.uk/council/ or telephoning or emailing me. Should you remain dissatisfied with the decision on internal review, you may appeal to the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF.

I would be grateful if you would address any future correspondence you may have in relation to this matter, to me, quoting the reference number LS217(694). Please familiarise yourself with the informative on re-use of information.

Yours sincerely

Frank Brown

Leisure Services Manager

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INFORMATIVE

THE RE-USE OF PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION

The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations came into force on 1^st July 2005.

The first step towards re-using public sector information is to know what significant information is available for re-use.

All documents registered within the Council's Publication Scheme (with the exception of those documents where charges apply) are available for re-use on the terms of the Licence to Reproduce Public Sector Information. No re-use fee is charged under this licence. http://www.dartford.gov.uk/foi/

Private Study and Non-Commercial Re-use of Information

The Council's standard Licence to Reproduce Public Sector Information applies.

Re-use of Information for Commercial Gain

If you intend to re-use the material for commercial gain then you must write to the relevant Department or author of the material concerned, giving full details of your proposed use of the material, including whether you intend to publish and sell the material as part of your product. You will be advised of any charge due to be paid in these circumstances and the terms of a specific licence for re-use for commercial purposes will be agreed. Please note that any fees already paid (if any) under the Freedom of Information legislation in respect of the information will be deducted from the charge for its re-use.

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