Dear Sir or Madam,

As of December 2008, 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) 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 Council area?

Yours faithfully,

Margaret Campbell

Dear Ms Campbell,

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can confirm that this authority holds the information you have requested.
Our answers to your questions are below.

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Yours sincerely,

Kerry Wolfe
Information Officer
Hastings Borough Council
Telephone: 01424 451066

Request for Information Ref: 08/271

Information relating to allotments. As of December 2008:

1) How many allotment sites are there in the Council area for which the
council has access to waiting list data?
13

2) How many plots are on these sites?
573

3) How many people are on these waiting lists for an allotment?
285 which includes applicants who are on more than one site waiting list.

4) Are any of these waiting lists closed to further applications?
No

5) How many sites are there in total in the Council area?
13 plus 1 private site (Vale Road) and 1 self managed site (Marina
Allotment)

End of Request for Information Ref: 08/271

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Dear Information Officer,

Thank you for your prompt reply.

Yours sincerely,

Margaret Campbell