Allotment costs

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Farida Vis and Yana Manyukhina

Dear Sunderland City Council,

Please would you acknowledge the following requests:


1. How many council allotment sites are there within your Council? How many council allotment plots are there in total in your Council?
2. Can you please send us the cost of an allotment within your 
Council for the years: 2012 and 2013 and what they will be 
for 2014. Please state clearly if this is for a full or a half plot and what size these are.
3. Can you please send us the cost of using water as charged to 
individual plot holders within your Council for the years: 2012 and 2013 and what they will be for 2014.
4. 
Can you please send us the rate of the discount available for
 renting an allotment plot within your Council for the years: 2012 and 2013 and what they will be for 2014.
5. What has the cost of waste removal been to the Council in 
relation to allotment sites for 2012 and what are they likely to be for 2013 and 2014?

Yours faithfully,

Farida Vis and Yana Manyukhina

Solicitor - Freedom of Information, Sunderland City Council

 
 Re: Your request for information concerning: Allotment Costs.
 
I confirm that your request for information has been received and is
receiving attention.

The Council aims to provide available information promptly and in any
event within 20 working days, unless, exceptionally, there is a need to
consider whether the information is exempt from disclosure.

Please note that there may be a charge for providing copies of the
information. If the cost of complying with your request in full exceeds
£450, we will ask you to reconsider your request, or to pay a fee before
the information is supplied. If a charge or fee is payable we will let you
know.

I will contact you again soon in connection with your request.

Please quote the reference below if you contact the Council regarding this
request.

Customer Request Number:  13 04 44

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Dear Farida Vis and Manyukhina

I refer to your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  I can confirm that the Council does hold this
information, as detailed below.

1. How many council allotment sites are there within your Council?  How
many council allotment plots are there in total in your Council?

94 allotment sites with a total number of 2773 plots  

2. Can you please send us the cost of an allotment within your Council for
the years: 2012 and 2013 and what they will be for 2014. Please state
clearly if this is for a full or a half plot and what size these are. 

Costs for 2012 and 2013 which are based on the size of the plot are
attached.  Costs for 2014 have not been decided.  There are no available
costs for a half plot.   There is also a charge of £60 which is a new tier
category for a plot with a shed. 

3. Can you please send us the cost of using water as charged to individual
plot holders within your Council for the years: 2012 and 2013 and what
they will be for 2014. 

Please see attached costs for 2012/13 and 2013/14.  Costs for 2014/15 are
not yet known as the water bills are a year in arrears based on the actual
amount of water that has passed through the meter divided by the number of
tenants on the site. 

4. Can you please send us the rate of the discount available for renting
an allotment plot within your Council for the years: 2012 and 2013 and
what they will be for 2014.

does not have discount rates for allotments.

5. What has the cost of waste removal been to the Council in relation to
allotment sites for 2012 and what are they likely to be for 2013 and 2014?

The cost of skips for allotments from April 2012 to 31 March 2013 was
£1096.75.  Costs for 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 are not yet known. 

I hope this is satisfactory.  If, however, you are dissatisfied with our
response to your request for information, you can ask for the decision to
be reviewed in reply to this letter.  The review will be removed from the
Directorate and coordinated by the Council’s Information Governance
Officer.   A request for review should be directed, by email to
[1][Sunderland City Council request email], by post or by hand addressed
to; Information Governance Officer, Governance Services, Civic Centre, PO
Box 100, Sunderland SR2 7DN.

You are of course entitled to apply to the Information Commissioner at any
time, although the Commissioner will not usually investigate until the
public authority’s internal review procedure has been concluded.

Kind regards

 
Julia Harper
Business Development Officer
Office of the Chief Executive
Sunderland City Council
Room 3.92 - Civic Centre
Sunderland
SR2 7DN
Tel: 0191 5611573 
Email: [2][email address

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Dear Farida Vis and Manyukhina
My apologies, please find attached further attachment relating to your
Freedom of Information Request.
Kind regards
Julia
 
Julia Harper
Business Development Officer
Office of the Chief Executive
Sunderland City Council
Room 3.92 - Civic Centre
Sunderland
SR2 7DN
Tel: 0191 5611573 
Email: [1][email address
 

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From: Julia Harper On Behalf Of OCEFOI
Sent: 23 April 2013 11:36
To: '[FOI #157246 email]'
Subject: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST 130444
Dear Farida Vis and Manyukhina

I refer to your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  I can confirm that the Council does hold this
information, as detailed below.

1. How many council allotment sites are there within your Council?  How
many council allotment plots are there in total in your Council?

94 allotment sites with a total number of 2773 plots  

2. Can you please send us the cost of an allotment within your Council for
the years: 2012 and 2013 and what they will be for 2014. Please state
clearly if this is for a full or a half plot and what size these are. 

Costs for 2012 and 2013 which are based on the size of the plot are
attached.  Costs for 2014 have not been decided.  There are no available
costs for a half plot.   There is also a charge of £60 which is a new tier
category for a plot with a shed. 

3. Can you please send us the cost of using water as charged to individual
plot holders within your Council for the years: 2012 and 2013 and what
they will be for 2014. 

Please see attached costs for 2012/13 and 2013/14.  Costs for 2014/15 are
not yet known as the water bills are a year in arrears based on the actual
amount of water that has passed through the meter divided by the number of
tenants on the site. 

4. Can you please send us the rate of the discount available for renting
an allotment plot within your Council for the years: 2012 and 2013 and
what they will be for 2014.

does not have discount rates for allotments.

5. What has the cost of waste removal been to the Council in relation to
allotment sites for 2012 and what are they likely to be for 2013 and 2014?

The cost of skips for allotments from April 2012 to 31 March 2013 was
£1096.75.  Costs for 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 are not yet known. 

I hope this is satisfactory.  If, however, you are dissatisfied with our
response to your request for information, you can ask for the decision to
be reviewed in reply to this letter.  The review will be removed from the
Directorate and coordinated by the Council s Information Governance
Officer.   A request for review should be directed, by email to
[2][Sunderland City Council request email], by post or by hand addressed
to; Information Governance Officer, Governance Services, Civic Centre, PO
Box 100, Sunderland SR2 7DN.

You are of course entitled to apply to the Information Commissioner at any
time, although the Commissioner will not usually investigate until the
public authority s internal review procedure has been concluded.

Kind regards

 
Julia Harper
Business Development Officer
Office of the Chief Executive
Sunderland City Council
Room 3.92 - Civic Centre
Sunderland
SR2 7DN
Tel: 0191 5611573 
Email: [3][email address

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Farida Vis and Yana Manyukhina

Dear Ms Julia Harper,

Thank you very much for your response. Unfortunately, the answer to question 3 remained somewhat unclear - could you please specify how much each tenant is charged for water usage?

Yours sincerely,

Farida Vis and Yana Manyukhina

OCEFOI, Sunderland City Council

Dear Farida Vis and Yana Manyukina

Thank you for your email dated 23 April 2013. I have passed this to my colleagues who are dealing with your request.

Kind regards

Julia Harper
Business Development Officer
Office of the Chief Executive
Sunderland City Council
Room 3.92 - Civic Centre
Sunderland
SR2 7DN
Tel: 0191 5611573
Email: [email address]

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Dear Farida Visa and Yana Manyukhina
My colleague has provided a breakdown of the amounts charged to tenants at some of our allotment sites. For the remaining allotment sites, there may be no water supply available.
Kind regards
Julia

Julia Harper
Business Development Officer
Office of the Chief Executive
Sunderland City Council
Room 3.92 - Civic Centre
Sunderland
SR2 7DN
Tel: 0191 5611573
Email: [email address]

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