Statutory Allotments

The request was successful.

Dear West Lancashire District Council,

Please could you acknowledge this request.
>
> Please send me the following information on allotments:
>
> 1) a list of all council owned or managed sites.
>
> 2) for each site, please say if it is designated as a
> Statutory* or Temporary allotment site..
>
> 3) for sites classified as Temporary, please indicate what
> ultimate use is to be made of the land.
>
> * Statutory allotment land is defined as land of which the
> freehold or very long lease is vested in the allotments
> authority, and which was either originally purchased for
> allotments or subsequently appropriated for allotment use.
> Temporary allotment land is rented by an allotments
> authority or owned by the authority but ultimately
> destined for some other use."

Yours faithfully,

David J Morris

Kent, Stephen, West Lancashire Borough Council

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Dear  Mr Morris

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

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

Please find enclosed the information requested. However you should note
that the information may contain copyright material, the copyright may
belong to the council or a third party, and if you want to re-use or copy
the information e.g. commercially or to pass on to others, in most cases
you will need to apply for a copyright licence.

If you have any queries concerning the information provided, please do not
hesitate to contact me.  If you are still unhappy with the response you
are entitled to pursue any dissatisfaction through the Council’s
Complaints Procedure by writing to John Nelson, Head of Leisure and
Cultural Services.

Yours sincerely

Stephen Kent

Leisure Operations Manager

The attached is a register of all allotment sites owned by West Lancashire
Borogh Council, with their status noted.

<<Register 02.doc>>

Please note that all allotments registered as temporary were originally
acquired for council housing purposes, and remain on the council housing
land portfolio.

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