Waiting list for Allotments
Dear Aberdeen City Council,
As of April 2019, please could you share a:
1. List of allotment sites the council owns?
1.1. The total number of plots on site?
1.2 The rental cost of individual plots?
1.3 Does waiting list exists for plots on site?
1.4 If waiting list;
1.4.1 Total number of people on the waiting list?
1.4.2 The approximate waiting time for a plot?
Yours faithfully,
Mari-Anne Maskew
Dear Ms Maskew,
Information enquiry reference EIR-19-0584.
Thank you for your recent request for information, which we received on 25
April 2019.
The scheduled date for our response to your request for information is on
or before 24 May 2019.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any queries in the
meantime.
Yours sincerely,
Grant Webster
Access to Information Officer
Grant Webster |Access to Information Officer
Aberdeen City Council | Access to Information Team | Customer Feedback
|Customer
Marischal College |Business Hub 17, 3^rd Floor | Broad Street | Aberdeen
| AB10 1AQ
Dial: 01224 522166
[1]www.aberdeencity.gov.uk | Twitter: @AberdeenCC |
Facebook.com/AberdeenCC
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail (including any attachment to it) is
confidential, protected by copyright and may be privileged. The
information contained in it should be used for its intended purposes only.
If you receive this email in error, notify the sender by reply email,
delete the received email and do not make use of, disclose or copy it.
Whilst we take reasonable precautions to ensure that our emails are free
from viruses, we cannot be responsible for any viruses transmitted with
this email and recommend that you subject any incoming email to your own
virus checking procedures. Unless related to Council business, the
opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and they do not
necessarily constitute those of Aberdeen City Council. Unless we expressly
say otherwise in this email or its attachments, neither this email nor its
attachments create, form part of or vary any contractual or unilateral
obligation. Aberdeen City Council's incoming and outgoing email is subject
to regular monitoring.
References
Visible links
1. http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/
Dear Ms Maskew,
Thank you for your information request of 25 April 2019. Aberdeen City
Council (ACC) has completed the necessary search for the information
requested. Our response is now detailed below.
As of April 2019, please could you share a:
1.List of allotment sites the council owns?
ACC owns 21 allotment sites, details as follows:
Anderson Road = 5 Plots
Bankhead = 31 Plots
Bedford Avenue = 4 Plots
Cattofield = 5 Plots
Cults = 10 Plots
Deeside Railway = 2 Plots
Garthdee Field = 109 Plots
Gray Street = 23 Plots
Greyhope Road = 44 Plots
Hilton Drive = 11 Plots
Holburn Street = 12 Plots
King Street = 8 Plots
Nellfield Place 1 = 6 Plots
Nellfield Place 2 = 5 Plots
Niggfield = 37 Plots
Pitmedden Crescent = 13 Plots
Redmoss = 29 Plots
Sclattie Quarry = 23 Plots
Slopefield = 112 Plots
Smithfield Lane = 16 Plots
Tullos Crescent = 9 Plots
1.1. The total number of plots on site?
Please see the response to question above.
1.2 The rental cost of individual plots?
The current annual rent for an allotment is as follows:
Full Plot = £82.92
¾ Plot = £62.19
½ Plot = £41.46
Micro/Mini Plots = £11.85
In addition to the above, there are also a small amount of varying sizes
ranging from: 50m2 – 130m2 = £13.46 - £41.46
1.3 Does waiting list exists for plots on site?
Yes, there is a waiting list for plots at all allotment sites.
1.4 If waiting list;
1.4.1 Total number of people on the waiting list?
There are 164 people on the ACC waiting list currently.
1.4.2 The approximate waiting time for a plot?
The approximate waiting time for a plot, varies between 1 - 3 years.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE HANDLING OF YOUR REQUEST
As the information which you requested is environmental information, as
defined under Regulation 2(1) of the Environmental Information (Scotland)
Regulations 2004 (the EIRs), ACC considered that it was exempt from
release through FOISA, and must therefore give you notice that we are
refusing your request under Section 39(2) of FOISA (Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002). However, you have a separate right to
access the information which you have requested under Regulation 5 of the
EIRs, under which ACC has handled your request. Please refer to the
attached PDF for more information about your rights under the EIRs.
We hope this helps with your request.
Yours sincerely,
[1]ACC_Crest_for Salomeh Kheyri Rad | Access to Information Officer
mac email
Aberdeen City Council | Access to Information Team |
Customer Feedback |Customer
Marischal College | Business Hub 17 | 3^rd Floor | Broad
Street | Aberdeen | AB10 1AQ
Dial: 01224 522166
[2]www.aberdeencity.gov.uk | Twitter: @AberdeenCC |
Facebook.com/AberdeenCC
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail (including any attachment to it) is
confidential, protected by copyright and may be privileged. The
information contained in it should be used for its intended purposes only.
If you receive this email in error, notify the sender by reply email,
delete the received email and do not make use of, disclose or copy it.
Whilst we take reasonable precautions to ensure that our emails are free
from viruses, we cannot be responsible for any viruses transmitted with
this email and recommend that you subject any incoming email to your own
virus checking procedures. Unless related to Council business, the
opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and they do not
necessarily constitute those of Aberdeen City Council. Unless we expressly
say otherwise in this email or its attachments, neither this email nor its
attachments create, form part of or vary any contractual or unilateral
obligation. Aberdeen City Council's incoming and outgoing email is subject
to regular monitoring.
References
Visible links
2. http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/
We work to defend the right to FOI for everyone
Help us protect your right to hold public authorities to account. Donate and support our work.
Donate Now