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Dolly Theis

By email

Your Ref:

Our Ref: LT/DA/FOI/166/10

Please ask for: Mr D Armiger

Direct Dialling: (01909) 533418

Email: [email address]

27 July 2010

Dear Mrs Theis

Re: Freedom of Information Request: Allotments

1. Thank you for your email received on 7 July 2010 that has been passed to me to reply. Please find set out below my response to the issues raised in your letter.

2. I note that your letter is a request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act and in the circumstances I can advise you as follows:

(a) The Council has a duty to confirm or deny that it holds recorded information that an applicant seeks from it and a duty to supply the information requested, subject to any exemption that may apply.

(b) However, under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the right of access is to the information and not the document.

I have set out responses to each element of your request below;

  1. What land for allotments or growing spaces, both private and public, have you requested in the last 5 years? - None

  1. From the land requested in the last 5 years, what land has not been put into use for your residents to grow on? - None

  1. How many planning applications do you currently have which could be used to make a Section 106 requirement for land to grow on? - None where this is being considered

  1. What targets are in place to increase the use of Section 106 to provide more land for your residents to grow on? - None

  1. What is currently being done in your borough to provide alternative land for residents to grow on ? - Some consideration is being given to this within the Manton area of Worksop. This is being lead by the Manton community Alliance.

If you are dissatisfied with the Freedom of Information response set out above, you are able to utilise the Council's Complaints Procedure, details of which are enclosed.

Information of any right of appeal to the Information Commissioner may be found at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk or by writing to the Information Commissioner at Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, Phone: 01625 545 745.

Yours sincerely

Mr D Armiger

Head of Planning Services

cc Council Solicitor