Allotment waiting lists

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F.A.O. Margaret Campbell.

Margaret. The response to your FOI enquiry concerning allotments is as
follows:

The information that you have requested can all be obtained from the
Bristol City Council allotments website, www.bristol.gov.uk/allotments
and is therefore already publicly available, including the no of plots
and the length of waiting lists for specific sites. The lettable sites
are all listed, with 4 exceptions which I have listed below. I can
confirm that there are no sites whose waiting lists are closed, although
there are a few where we actively discourage people from going on those
lists, either because of the small size (one has only 2 plots so
allowing a long waiting list is pointless), or because they are
unsuitable as allotments in their current condition (one has no topsoil
so we allow only poultry keeping on these plots, so would only keep a
specific waiting list of people wanting plots for that purpose). In
addition, one site (Craydon Grove) is only accessible through houses so
could not have an open waiting list, whilst we have only recently taken
over Clancy's Farm from Housing Services and are in the process of
producing new tenancy agreements for the existing tenants. The plots
available and the waiting lists of the 4 sites not shown on the website
are as follows: -
Craydon Grove 6 plots, 5 let, one under offer, 2 on waiting list
Clancy's Farm 5 plots all let, no waiting list
Stanley Terrace 2 plots all let, 21 on waiting list
Brooklea 28 lettable plots, 6 on waiting list

Those that do not have the number of plots and a waiting list shown
have a waiting list managed by an allotments association or Plot Letting
Site Representative, so we do not hold the waiting list information.

With regard to new sites, although we have not created any new sites,
we have brought the following plots back into use that were previously
overgrown or let as grazing: -

Bourchier Gardens 13 plots
Woodcroft Road 6 plots
Whittock Road 5 plots
Bourchier Gardens 13 plots
Bath Road 30 plots

The Allotment Strategy adopted on 30th July 2009 has identified 9.3
hectares of open spce land to be earmarked for potential future
allotments, subject to local consultation. In addition, there are still
various sites with grazing land that could be returned to allotments as
and when demand increases in those areas in future.
I trust that this information is of assistance to you.

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