allotments, Canal road corridor

Dear Mr Rooks

I am writing regarding your request for information, which I received
on 16th March 2011. In that request, you asked us for the report on
the contamination of this piece of land, and subsequently all copies of
official paperwork that was sent out to all allotment holders, informing
them of the contamination issues. You also requested copies of original
paperwork that led to the discovery of the contamination.

I can confirm that the Council holds information falling within the
description specified in your request. However, we estimate that the cost
of complying with your request would exceed the appropriate limit of
£450. The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations and for
local Government it is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost
of one person spending 18 hours in determining whether the Council holds
the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information.
Under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act the Council is not
obliged to comply with your request and we will not be processing your
request further.

If you were to make a new request for a more narrow category of
information, it may be that we could comply with that request within the
appropriate limit, although I cannot guarantee that this will be the case,
and it may help if I outline some possible ways of narrowing your request.

1) it may be possible for you to make an appointment to visit the office
and view the report documents

2) one single copy of the standard letters which were sent to the
allotment holders

If you have any queries about this letter or wish to discuss any of the
above, please contact me. Please remember to quote any reference number
you have been given in any future communications.

If you are not satisfied with this reply you may ask for a review of this
decision by contacting [1][Bradford City Council request email] or by writing to Freedom of
Information, Bradford Metropolitan District Council, 7th Floor, City
Exchange, 61 Hall Ings, Bradford, BD1 5SG

If you are still not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review you
have the right of appeal to the Information Commissioner who can be
contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545700

URL: [2]http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Janette Goodinson

Allotments Officer

Asset Management

Department of Regeneration and Culture - making great places

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