Allotment Tenancy Agreement and Related Costs

Thank you for your request for information and I confirm we shall respond as quickly as possible but not later than 27 September 2011.

Wendy Kassamani
Information Compliance Officer
Brighton & Hove City Council
Tel: 01273 296636

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Regarding your request for information  under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000:  Ref:  foi/679/11

 

 

Please find set out below the information in response to the above
request:

 

Request and Response:

 

“1. Please could you send us the Tenancy Agreement that the Council

     currently uses for allotment plots in the Council?

 

A tenancy agreement is a legal document. It cannot be sent be sent
electronically to non  officers without risk of miss use. For this reason
a text only version of the agreement has been attached.

 

     2. Please could you send us the previous Tenancy Agreement for

     allotment plots in the Council?

The tenancy agreement has not been altered, however a new draft is being
considered by council officers

 

     3. Was the agreement changed following a public consultation?

 

Consultation shall take place if or when a new tenancy agreement is
created

 

     4. Please could you send us the documentation associated with this

     consultation that highlights the change in Tenancy Agreement for

     allotment plots in the Council?

 

As above

 

     5. Is the Council planning to chance the current Tenancy Agreement

     for allotment plots in the Council within the next 12 months?

 

Answer as for point 2.

 

     6. Can you please send us the cost of an allotment within your

     Council for the years: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and what they will be

     for 2012 and 2013.

 

NA rent is charged on a per sq metre area and plots vary in size so no
flat rate for all allotments

 

     7. Can you please send us the cost of using water as charged to

     individual plot holders within your Council for the years: 2008,

     2009, 2010, 2011 and what they will be for 2012 and 2013.

 

No individual cost is allocated to any tenant or plot.  Water cost is
spread across the service and incorporated within rent

 

     8. Can you please send us the rate of the discount available for

     renting an allotment plot within your Council for the years: 2008,

     2009, 2010, 2011 and what they will be for 2012 and 2013.

 

A flat rate of 25% discount is offered for all tenants due a concession,
this includes tenants over 60, tenants receiving certain benefits and full
time students.

 

     9. What has the cost of waste removal been to the Council in

     relation to allotment sites for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

     and what are they likely be for 2012 and 2013?

 

No records kept

 

     Yours faithfully,

    

     Farida Vis and Yana Manyukhina”

    

 

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Wendy Kassamani

Information Compliance Officer

Brighton & Hove City Council

Hove Town Hall

Norton Road

Hove, BN3 4AH

Tel: 01273 296636

 

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