Dear Sir or Madam,

As of December 2008, please could you tell me:

1) How many allotment sites are there in the Borough 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 sites are there in total in the Borough?

Yours faithfully,

Margaret Campbell

Thankyou for your email, I have passed it to the appropriate section and
asked that they reply to you direct.

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Performance & Development

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Our Ref: 880.09

Enquiries: Sue Hill

Date: 23/01/09

Dear Margaret Campbell,

RE: - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

I acknowledge with thanks your request for information held by Rochdale
Metropolitan Borough Council.

I write to advise to you that your request is being considered.

The deadline for a reply to your request should have been 21/01/09. I
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Dear Sue Hill ,

Thank you for letting me know that my request will be delayed. A
short delay is acceptable but I would be very grateful to have it
as soon as you are able.

Yours sincerely,

Margaret Campbell

Hi Margaret

Please find responses to the information requested as per below.

Hope the information is useful.

If you have any further questions feel free to contact myself direct .

Regards

Dave Woolrich

Events Planning, Allotments & Community Liaison Officer

Environmental Management

Green Lane

Heywood

OL 10 2DY

Tel 01706-922076

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Dear Dave Woolrich M,

Many thanks for that. Could I please have the figure for the total
number of plots on the 25 sites managed by the council?

Yours sincerely,

Margaret Campbell

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am still waiting for some of the data on allotment waiting lists
which I first requested on the 19th December.

I would be very grateful if you could look at this, as it is now
well outside the 20 working days required by the FOI Act.

My request was as follows:
19th Dec - "please could you tell me:
1) How many allotment sites are there in the Council area for which
the council has access to waiting list data?
2) In total, how many plots are on these sites ?
3) In total, 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 sites are there in total in the Council area?"

I received a reply but no answer to my question no.2.

Then on the 29th February:
"Dear Dave Woolrich M,
Could I please have the figure for the total number of plots on the
25 sites managed by the council?"

Yours sincerely,

Margaret Campbell

Your email has been forwarded to the appropriate section who will reply
to you directly, thanks

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Rochdale Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Allotment waiting list data'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/al...

Yours sincerely,

Margaret Campbell

Thankyou for your email, I have passed it to the appropriate section and
asked that they reply to you direct.

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