Allotment waiting list data

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Dear Margaret

Your request for information.

Thank you for your request for information about allotments. Your request was received on 21st December 2008 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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Yours sincerely,
Hannah Quinn

FOI (21/12/2008 10:12):
from Margaret Campbell :

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

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Dear Margaret

Your request for information on allotments.

We have now considered your request for information and a copy of the information is below.

1) How many allotment sites are there in the Council area for which the council has access to waiting list data?
68.

2) How many plots are on these sites?
Approximately 3102.

Some plots are used as wildlife areas or communal storage space. Some plots are 'split' to provide two smaller plots and some plots cannot be let due to flooding or poor growing conditions (i.e. in the shade of trees or property).

3) How many people are on these waiting lists for an allotment?
Approximately 300.

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

5) How many sites are there in total in the Council area?
76, excluding privately owned land.

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Yours sincerely,
Hannah Quinn

FOI (21/12/2008 10:12):
from Margaret Campbell :

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

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