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Section 106 growing spaces

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Dear Leicestershire County Council,

Can you please provide the information on and where appropriate copies of relevant documents of:

1) What land for allotments or growing spaces, both private and public, have you requested in the last 5 years?

2) From the land requested in the last 5 years, what land has not been put into use for your residents to grow on?

3) How many planning applications do you currently have which could be used to make a Section 106 requirement for land to grow on?

4) What targets are in place to increase the use of Section 106 to provide more land for your residents to grow on?

5) What is currently being done in your borough to provide alternative land for residents to grow on?

This is a request made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

Yours faithfully,

Dolly Theis

Leicestershire County Council

Ms Dolly Theis

[FOI #40933 email]

08/07/2010

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

FOI Request Number : 2033
Description : Section 106 growing spaces

Dear Ms Dolly Theis

I acknowledge your request for information received on 08/07/2010 09:38.

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party.

If appropriate, the information may be provided in paper copy, normal font size. If you require alternative formats, e.g. language, audio, large print, etc. then please let me know.

For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your rights of appeal.

If the information you request contains reference to a third party then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to release the information to you. You will be informed if this is the case.

There may a fee payable for this information. This will be considered and you will be informed if a fee is payable. In this event the fee must be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 working day time limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact the Business Partner(Information Management) at Leicestershire County Council, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8TG, telephone 0116 305 8250, e-mail [Leicestershire County Council request email].

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

If you wish to contact Leicestershire County Council concerning this request please use the request number above as a reference.

Yours sincerely

Dawn Boor

Leicestershire County Council

Ms Dolly Theis
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[FOI #40933 email]

09/07/2010

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

FOI Request Number :2033
Description :Section 106 growing spaces

Dear Ms Dolly Theis

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Leicestershire County Council. Your request for information has now been considered and the information is available from http://www.leicsfoi.org.uk/disclosureLog....

Most of the content provided by Leicestershire County Council as a result of a request for information will be subject to copyright protection. In most cases the copyright will be owned by Leicestershire County Council. We will notify you by marking the content where Leicestershire County Council does not own the copyright.

You may use the content for non-commercial research purposes. Any other re-use, e.g. publication or supply to the public, will require permission from the copyright holder.

For content where copyright belongs to a third party (i.e. not Leicestershire County Council), you would need to apply to the copyright holder.

If you are unhappy with the way Leicestershire County Council has handled your request you may ask for an internal review. You should contact the Business Partner(Information Management) at Leicestershire County Council, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8TG, telephone 0116 305 8250, e-mail [Leicestershire County Council request email] if you wish to complain quoting the FOI Request Number.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you also have a right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF 
Telephone:   01625 545 700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Dawn Boor

Dear Leicestershire County Council,

I look forward to your reply

Yours faithfully,

Dolly

Dear Leicestershire County Council,

i am expecting a response that is long overdue.

Yours faithfully,

Dolly

Dawn Boor, Leicestershire County Council

Dear Dolly

Thank you for your email. As our response to you confirmed, Leicestershire County Council does not have a statutory duty to provide allotments, as this duty falls to Parish, District or Unitary authorities and you will need to contact them for your questions to be answered more fully.

I'd be grateful if you could let me know if there's anything else we could help you with at the present time.

Kind regards
Dawn

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Ajesh Parmar, Leicestershire County Council

Dear Dolly Theis

A response to this FOI request was published and provided to you on 09/07/2010.

http://www.leicsfoi.org.uk/disclosureLog...

If possible, please amend the status of this request to 'Successful', 'Partially Successful' or 'Information not held'. At present, the request is displayed as being 'long overdue'.

If you do have difficulty in accessing the information please contact me on 0116 305 5284 or [Leicestershire County Council request email], quoting the FOI Request Number.

If you are unhappy with the way Leicestershire County Council has handled your request you may ask for an internal review. You can contact the Assurance Officer at Leicestershire County Council, Room 170, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8TG or e-mail [Leicestershire County Council request email] quoting the FOI Request Number.

For independent advice, you may wish to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone 0303 123 1113, www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,
Ajesh Parmar

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