Allotments and waiting lists
Dear Braintree District Council,
As of January 2013, please could you tell me:
1) How many allotment sites are there in Braintree 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 allotment sites on council land were brought into use in 2011 and 2012? 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
Further to your Freedom of Information request received by Braintree
District Council, I write to advise you of the following:-
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Council, subject to the exemptions contained within the Act. The Act does
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the requested information is not held, nor to give an opinion or comment.
1) How many allotment sites are there in Braintree for which the
Council has access to waiting list data? 7
2) What is the total number of plots on these sites? 100
3) What is the total number of people on waiting lists for these
sites? 115
4) Are any of these waiting lists closed to further applications? No
5) How many new allotment sites on council land were brought into
use in 2011 and 2012? Please give:
a) number of new sites 1
b) names of new sites Station Field Allotment Site 2
c) total area of new land in hectares 0.325 hectares
d) total number of new plots 17
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Mischa Brown
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Braintree District Council
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