Waiting lists for allotments

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Margaret Campbell

Dear Cambridge City Council,

Please would you acknowledge this request.

As of January 2011, please could you tell me:

1) How many allotment sites are there in Cambridge 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 2010? 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

Cambridge City Council

Dear Ms. Campbell

I acknowledge receipt of your e-mail dated 01/01/2011 requesting information on Allotments under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In accordance with the Act we will send you the information within 20 working days i.e. by 01/02/2011 at the latest.

If you need to contact us again regarding this matter please quote Customer Referral 44855 in any correspondence.

Yours sincerely

Christine Leonard
Business Resources Manager

email: [email address]
phone: (01223) 457182
website: http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/

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Christine Leonard, Cambridge City Council

Dear Ms Campbell

In response to your query on allotments, my colleague has provided the following information:

1) How many allotment sites are there in Cambridge for which the
Council has access to waiting list data? 8 council run sites, the society run sites we do not have access to.

2) What is the total number of plots on these sites? 179 Plots

3) What is the total number of people on waiting lists for these
sites? 275 on waiting lists.

4) Are any of these waiting lists closed to further applications? No

5) How many new council allotment sites were brought into use in
2010? Please give:
a) number of new sites None
b) names of new sites
c) total area of new land in hectares
d) total number of new plots

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint, you should write to Toni Ainley, Head of Streets & Open Spaces, who will arrange for an internal review of your case.

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

Information Commissioner's Office,
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Wilmslow,
Cheshire
SK9 5AF.

Christine Leonard
Business Resources Manager
Business & Information Services
Environment & Planning
Cambridge City Council
PO Box 700
Cambridge
CB1 0JH

Tel: 01223 457182
Fax: 01223 457369

email: [email address]

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