Allotment waiting lists

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Margaret Campbell

Dear Bassetlaw District Council,

As of January 2010, please could you tell me:

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

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

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

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

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

Yours faithfully,

Margaret Campbell

Ron Clark, Bassetlaw District Council

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Dear Margaret Campbell

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act dated 4th
January 2010 requesting information on allotment waiting lists within
Bassetlaw. Your F.O.I.reference number is 1/10.

a) The Council has a duty to confirm or deny that it holds
recorded information that an applicant seeks from it and a duty to supply
the information requested, subject to any exemption that may apply.

b) However, under the provisions of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 the right of access is to the information and not the documents.

If you are dissatisfied with the Freedom of Information response set out
in this letter/e-mail you are able to utilise the Council’s complaints
procedure details of which are enclosed.

In addition, information to any right of appeal to the Information
Commissioner may be found at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk or by
writing to Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF (telephone 01625 545745), email [email address]

In answer to your questions I am pleased to provide you with the following
information.

1) How many allotment sites are there in Bassetlaw for which

Bassetlaw District Council has access to waiting list data?

15 sites

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

556 (split between full and half plots)

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

sites?

110 (Some are duplicated entries for multiple site applications)

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

No

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

N/A - no new sites

If you require any further information please contact me again

Yours sincerely
Ron Clark
Environment and Housing

>>> Margaret Campbell <[FOI #25306 email]>
01/01/2010 10:05 >>>
Dear Bassetlaw District Council,

As of January 2010, please could you tell me:

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

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

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

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

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

Yours faithfully,

Margaret Campbell

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