Allotment waiting lists

Ref: RFI 2337/ACK
Date: 04/01/2010

Dear <not specified> Campbell

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

In all further correspondence please quote our reference RFI 2337.

Thank you for your request for the following information.

"As of January 2010, please could you tell me:
1) How many allotment sites are there in North Tyneside for which North
Tyneside Borough Council has access to waiting list data?

2) What is the total number of plots on these sites?
3) What is the total number of people on waiting lists for these
sites?
4) Are any of these waiting lists closed to further applications?
5) How many new council allotment sites were brought into use in 2009?
Please give:
a) number of new sites
b) names of new sites
c) total area of new land in hectares
d) total number of new plots"

Your request was received on 04/01/2010 and we are dealing with it under
the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

As required by the legislation, we aim to answer your request within 20
working days from the date we received it. This has been calculated to be
01/02/2010. If for any reason we are unable to meet this deadline we will
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If you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact
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Regards
 
Sarah Wright
Team Leader
Information Governance
Performance, Research and Intelligence
Organisational Improvement
North Tyneside Council
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North Tyneside
NE27 0BY
 
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Ref: RFI 2337/FDL/SL
Date: 13/01/2010

Dear Margaret Campbell

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

In all further correspondence please quote our reference RFI 2337.

Your request for information under the above legislation has now been
considered.

The information you asked for is attached:

<<Response RFI 2337.pdf>>

Please note that an anonymised copy of this response will be published in
our Disclosure Log. This is a record of all responses to completed
requests for information that we have received and dealt with under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations
2004 from 6th July 2009 onwards. Our Disclosure Log is available online at
the following address:

<[1]http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/foi-disc...>

I trust that this information answers your enquiry, but if you have any
further queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

If you are unhappy with the way the Council has handled your request, you
may ask for an internal review. Please contact the Information Governance
Team no later than 40 working days after the date of this letter, after
which time we will consider the matter closed.

Information Governance Team
North Tyneside Council
Quadrant
The Silverlink North
Cobalt Business Park
North Tyneside
NE27 0BY

e-mail [North Tyneside Borough Council request email]

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at:

Information Commissioner's Office
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Cheshire
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Regards

Geoff Snary
Policy Officer (Information Governance)
Performance, Research and Intelligence
Organisational Improvement
North Tyneside Council
Quadrant
The Silverlink North
Cobalt Business Park
North Tyneside
NE27 0BY

Tel: 0191 643 2333
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