Allotment waiting lists

Margaret Campbell made this Freedom of Information request to South Lanarkshire Council

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From: Margaret Campbell

25 January 2010

Dear South Lanarkshire Council,

As of January 2010, please could you tell me:

1) How many allotment sites are there for which South Lanarkshire
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

Yours faithfully,

Margaret Campbell

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From: Bell, Lesley Ann

26 January 2010

Thank you for your email dated 25 January 2010 which was received at this
office on 26 January 2010.

Joanne Forbes, at telephone number 01698 455139, will be investigating
your enquiry and will respond to you by 23 February 2010.

In the meantime, if you have any queries, please contact the Officer on
the above telephone number.

On behalf of Jim McCaffer, Head of Regeneration

Lesley-Ann Bell

Secretary

Support Services

Enterprise Resources

South Lanarkshire Council

Montrose House

154 Montrose Crescent

Hamilton

ML3 6LB

Tel No. 01698 454642

Fax. 01698 455195

Email: [1][email address]

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From: Margaret Campbell

5 March 2010

Dear Lesley Ann Bell,

On the 25th January I submitted a request (see below) for
information and apart from an acknowledgement, have had no response
within the required time limit of 20 days. I would be very grateful
if you could follow this up.

Many thanks,
Margaret Campbell

As of January 2010, please could you tell me:

1) How many allotment sites are there for which
South Lanarkshire 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

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Margaret Campbell left an annotation (25 March 2010)

I have received a reply to this enquiry via a personal email:

"We are able to provide you with the information you have requested as follows:

1. There are 2 allotment sites which are managed by South Lanarkshire Council where we have access to the waiting lists; these are Allers Allotments in East Kilbride and Richmond Allotments in Rutherglen.
2. Allers Allotments has 90 plots and Richmond Allotments has 17 plots
3. The numbers of people on the waiting list are 297 for Allers and 114 for Richmond, giving a total waiting list of 411 ( figures correct as of 24/3/10)
4. Neither of these sites are closed to further applications
5. There were no new council allotment sites brought into use in 2009."

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