Allotment waiting lists

Title: FRONT OFFICE SERVICE REQUEST - Email Acknowledgement

Date Recorded: 04 January 2010 09:15:00
By : lmartinez
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Dear Ms Campbell

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

Having consulted our Places and Environment directorate on your specific
request please see the response to your questions below:

1) How many allotment sites are there in Erewash for which Erewash Borough
Council has access to waiting list data?

ILKESTON (North) - 7

LONG EATON (South) - 3

2) What is the total number of plots on these sites?

ILKESTON (North) No. OF PLOTS

CLARKSFIELD 9

FARFIELD 4

HEANOR ROAD 12

LITTLE HALLAM LANE 5

LONGFIELD LANE 37

WIRKSWORTH 24

ENGINE CLOSE 5

LONG EATON (South) No. OF PLOTS

WILMOT STREET 74

NORFOLK ROAD 59

MEADOW LANE 67

TOTAL:
296

3) What is the total number of people on waiting lists for these sites?

Approximate number of people on the waiting list across the Borough, this
number can change on a daily basis, (due to waiting list forms being
received and/or plots becoming vacant and becoming re-let.

104 SOUTH

113 NORTH

4) Are any of these waiting lists closed to further applications?

All sites are open to residents of Erewash

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

No new sites were brought into use in 2009, that being the case we would
inform you, in accordance with Section 1.1.a of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000, that the information you seek is not held by this authority.
Although, 3 new sites are planned for 2010. The number of new plots that
were brought into use in 2009 varied throughout the year as several plot
where broken up and others joined

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Yours sincerely

Stephen Harrold

Information Officer

Executive Office

Erewash Borough Council

Ilkeston Town Hall

Wharncliffe Road

Ilkeston, Derbyshire

DE7 5RP

Tel: 0845 9072244 ext 3573

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