Allotment waiting lists

Waiting for an internal review by Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council of their handling of this request.

Margaret Campbell

Dear Rochdale Borough Council,

As of January 2010, please could you tell me:

1) How many allotment sites are there in Rochdale for which Rochdale Borough 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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Margaret Campbell

Dear Rochdale Borough Council,

I wrote on the 4th January requesting data on RBC allotment waiting lists (see below). I haven't yet had a respose to this, even though by law, the authority should normally have responded promptly and by 1 February 2010. I would be very grateful if you could follow this up.

My request was as follows:
"1) How many allotment sites are there in the council area for which the 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"

Many thanks,

Margaret Campbell

Mailbox Council, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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Raz Sajid, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Margaret

Thank you, for your email, please note that we have no record on our
database of your original request made on the 4^th January, should you
have the reference number of your request, can you provide that to me and
I will be able to contact the relevant service. As for this email received
on the 8^th February it has been logged and will be forwarded to the
appropriate service to deal with this request and hope to get a reply to
you ASAP.

The reference number for your current request is 69.10

Regards

Raz Sajid

Administration Officer

Performance & Development, Information Team,

Tel: 01706 924398

Fax: 0845 8333980

Email: [email address]

Please quote the reference number on all communications

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Margaret Campbell

Dear Raz Sajid ,

Thank you. You can view the request and RBC's response at http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/al...

There doesn't seem to be a reference number attached to it, as far as I can see. I'm happy for you to simply progress the request received on the 8th February.

Yours sincerely,

Margaret Campbell

Margaret Campbell

Dear Raz Sajid,

I haven't yet recieved information about allotment waiting lists from my request of the 8th february ref.69.10

I would be grateful if you could follow this up.

Yours sincerely,

Margaret Campbell

Raz Sajid, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Margaret,
Thank you, for your email, I do apologise that you have not received a
reply to your request; I am in the process of chasing this with the
relevant service and hope to get a reply to you ASAP.
Regards

Raz Sajid
Administration Officer
Performance & Development, Information Team,
Tel: 01706 924398
Fax: 0845 8333980
Email: [email address]

Please quote the reference number on all communications

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Margaret Campbell

Dear Raz Sajid ,

I still haven't recieved information about allotment waiting lists from my request of the 8th february ref.69.10

I would be grateful if you could please let me have the information this week or conduct an internal review of the handling of my request. All the correspondence is available at http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/al...

Many thanks,

Margaret Campbell

Raz Sajid, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Raz Sajid
Administration Officer
Performance & Development, Information Team,
Tel: 01706 924398
Fax: 0845 8333980
Email: [email address]

Please quote the reference number on all communications

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Margaret Campbell

Dear Raz Sajid ,

Re: Freedom of Information request - 69.10

Many thanks for that.

I assume from your figures you therefore have waiting list data on 26 sites (232 people waiting). Could you please let me know the answer to question 2 - how many plots are there on these 26 sites?

Many thanks,

Margaret Campbell

Margaret Campbell

Dear Raz Sajid ,

Re: Freedom of Information request - 69.10

I'm still trying to get information about the number of plots on allotment sites directly managed by the council. See my request, question 2, originally requested in January 2010.

I would be very grateful if you could follow this up.

Many thanks,

Margaret Campbell

Mailbox Council, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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Margaret Campbell

Dear Raz Sajid ,

Re: Freedom of Information request - 69.10

I'm still trying to get information about the number of plots on allotment sites directly managed by the council. See my request, question 2, originally requested in January 2010.

I would be very grateful if you could follow this up.

Margaret Campbell

Mailbox Council, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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Raz Sajid , Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Margaret Campbell
Thank you, for your email, I do recall your request and due to some
technical errors the officer who was dealing with your request was
unable to send you a copy of the reply. Which I forwarded to you on the
29th March 2010, please see attached a copy of the response for your
information.
Kind regards

Raz Sajid
Administration Officer
Performance & Development, Information Team,
Tel: 01706 924398
Fax: 0845 8333980
Email: [email address]

Please quote the reference number on all communications

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Margaret Campbell

Dear Raz Sajid ,

Thank you, I did get the email of 29th March, but unfortunately it doesn't give me all of the data I requested - I'm still trying to get information about the number of plots on allotment sites directly managed by the council.

Many thanks,

Margaret Campbell

Margaret Campbell

Dear Rochdale Borough Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Rochdale Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Allotment waiting lists'.

I have had a response which contained some of the information I requested, but other data (specifically " how many plots there are on allotment sites directly managed by the council") is still outstanding and efforts to get this have been frustrating.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/al...

Yours faithfully,

Margaret Campbell

Mailbox Council, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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Margaret Campbell

Dear Mailbox Council,

On the 4th May I wrote requesting an internal review of the handling of my request for data. Since then I have heard nothing.

I would be grateful if you could follow this up.

The details of my request can be found at http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/al...

Yours sincerely,

Margaret Campbell

Mailbox Council, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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Raz Sajid, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear M Campbell

Thank you, for your email in relation to the above. Your request is being
considered by the authority and we hope to get a response to you ASAP

Regards

Raz Sajid

Administration Officer

Performance & Development, Information Team,

Tel: 01706 924398

Fax: 0845 8333980

Email: [1][email address]

Please quote the reference number on all communications

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