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Restormel Borough Council

Chief Executive - Andrew Tremaine CPFA, ACIS, IRRV

Improvement & Communications Unit

39 Penwinnick Road, St. Austell, Cornwall, PL25 5DR

DX 144560 ST AUSTELL 3

Telephone: (01726) 223300

Direct Dial.

(01726) 223570

Email.

[email address]

My Ref.

FOI

Please ask for.

Debbie Burton

Your Ref.

8 January 2009

Margaret Campbell

Dear Ms Campbell

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 224 - 2008 Campbell

I write in connection with your request for information dated 23 December 2008, which was received by Restormel Borough Council. I note you seek access to the following information:

Information regarding allotments in Restormel.

Following receipt of your request, enquiries were conducted in order to establish whether the information you requested is held by the Council. I can confirm that a response to your request is below:

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

    Restormel Borough Council have 10 allotment sites throughout the borough for which they have waiting lists.

  2. How many plots are on these sites in total?

    For the 10 sites there are 154 individual plots.

  3. In total, how many people are on these waiting lists for an allotment?

    There are currently 311 people on the waiting lists for an allotment and this is increasing all the time.

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

    None of our waiting lists are closed, but people requesting to go on the waiting list are told that it could be a few years time before an allotment becomes available for them.

  5. How many sites are there in total in the Council area?

    On top of the 10 allotments sites owned by Restormel Borough Council, various Parish Councils have allotments sites as well (providing allotments is actually a Parish/Town Council function). Unfortunately the number of allotments sites available in the Restormel area that are run by Parish Councils and other organisations is not available

Should you wish to discuss your request or if you have any complaints relating to this request, at any time, please contact the Information Compliance Officer at the above address. Details of the Council's Complaints Procedure for Freedom of Information Requests are attached for information, which also includes a brief guide to your rights under the Act.

Should any complaint not be resolved to your complete satisfaction, you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Their website address is www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Debbie Burton

Customer Care Officer

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RESTORMEL BOROUGH COUNCIL

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Debbie Burton

Customer Care Officer

Restormel Borough Council

Penwinnick Road

St. Austell

Cornwall

PL25 5DR

01726 223570

[email address]

www.restormel.gov.uk


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Information can be obtained in the following way:-

  1. If the information is already freely available and in the Publication Scheme you are entitled to receive any of the information free of charge (unless a fee has been identified), but subject to photocopy charges as detailed at the end of this document.

  1. Using the right of access to information provided by the Freedom of Information Act.

The Procedure:

  1. All requests have to be in writing

  2. The Council is required to respond within 20 working days in the majority of cases

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  7. You have a right to complain as outlined in the Complaints Procedure overleaf

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