Section 106 growing spaces

Dolly made this Freedom of Information request to Leicestershire County Council

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Leicestershire County Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

From: Dolly

7 July 2010

Dear Leicestershire County Council,

Can you please provide the information on and where appropriate
copies of relevant documents of:

1) What land for allotments or growing spaces, both private and
public, have you requested in the last 5 years?

2) From the land requested in the last 5 years, what land has not
been put into use for your residents to grow on?

3) How many planning applications do you currently have which could
be used to make a Section 106 requirement for land to grow on?

4) What targets are in place to increase the use of Section 106 to
provide more land for your residents to grow on?

5) What is currently being done in your borough to provide
alternative land for residents to grow on?

This is a request made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

Yours faithfully,

Dolly Theis

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Leicestershire County Council

8 July 2010

Ms Dolly Theis

[FOI #40933 email]

08/07/2010

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

FOI Request Number : 2033
Description : Section 106 growing spaces

Dear Ms Dolly Theis

I acknowledge your request for information received on 08/07/2010 09:38.

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party.

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Yours sincerely

Dawn Boor

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Leicestershire County Council

9 July 2010

Ms Dolly Theis
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[FOI #40933 email]

09/07/2010

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

FOI Request Number :2033
Description :Section 106 growing spaces

Dear Ms Dolly Theis

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Leicestershire County Council. Your request for information has now been considered and the information is available from http://www.leicsfoi.org.uk/disclosureLog....

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If you are unhappy with the way Leicestershire County Council has handled your request you may ask for an internal review. You should contact the Business Partner(Information Management) at Leicestershire County Council, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8TG, telephone 0116 305 8250, e-mail [Leicestershire County Council request email] if you wish to complain quoting the FOI Request Number.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you also have a right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF 
Telephone:   01625 545 700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Dawn Boor

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From: Dolly

9 August 2010

Dear Leicestershire County Council,

I look forward to your reply

Yours faithfully,

Dolly

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From: Dolly

7 September 2010

Dear Leicestershire County Council,

i am expecting a response that is long overdue.

Yours faithfully,

Dolly

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From: Dawn Boor
Leicestershire County Council

7 September 2010

Dear Dolly

Thank you for your email. As our response to you confirmed, Leicestershire County Council does not have a statutory duty to provide allotments, as this duty falls to Parish, District or Unitary authorities and you will need to contact them for your questions to be answered more fully.

I'd be grateful if you could let me know if there's anything else we could help you with at the present time.

Kind regards
Dawn

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