Allotment waiting lists

Dear Margaret Campbell

Freedom of Information request- ref LS0048

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 4th
January 2010. In that request, you asked for the following information:

As of January 2010:

1) How many allotment sites are there in Wolverhampton for which
Wolverhampton City 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

I am pleased to provide the following information:

Wolverhampton City Council has a total of 1091 allotment plots which are
let on 31 sites situated across the city.

Each allotment site is run through a volunteer site secretary, or a
committee of plot holders, who represent the site and arrange the
letting of plots, collecting of rent etc. All waiting lists for
allotments are held by the site secretary. No waiting list information
is held centrally by the Council.

Many people looking for an allotment will put their names on several
waiting lists and not everyone takes their name off all of the lists
when they find an allotment. This means that any calculation of the
total number of people waiting for an allotment is only an
approximation. Our current estimate of numbers waiting for an allotment
in the city, is around 180.

Non of the waiting lists are closed.

No new allotment sites were brought into use during 2009.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to
your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our
decision, please write to:

Amy Hardiman
FOI & Corporate Complaints Coordinator
Wolverhampton City Council
Civic Centre, St Peter's Square
Wolverhampton
WV1 1SH
[email address]

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have
exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the council. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely,

Anton Emery
Allotment Co-ordinator
Parks & Contracts
Wolverhampton City Council

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