Economy and Environment Director Stuart Love

Economy and Environment Director Stuart Love From Recreation, Leisure and Public Spaces Ms Margaret Campbell Enterprise House, Monks Brook, Email to : St Cross Business Park, Newport, Isle of Wight request-144504- PO30 5WB

[email protected] Tel (01983) 821000 Fax (01983) 520563 Email [email protected] DX 56361 Newport (Isle of Wight) Web iwight.com/leisure

Our ref: hmv/1.015.8/iw13/1/15065 8 January 2013

Dear Ms Campbell

Further to your request relating to allotments on the Isle of Wight, the information is set out below.

The Isle of Wight Council currently manages the following allotments :

Allotment No of plots Waiting list* Barn Ground, Lake 16 19 Dovecotes, Merstone 8 4 Fort Mews, Sandown 16 38 Grove Road, Wroxall 3 10 Hyde Destructor, Shanklin 15 30 Long Meadow, Shanklin 12 30 Scotscombe, Shanklin 33 28

* Some people are on more than one waiting list

In addition, allotments in the following areas are managed by town or parish councils or community groups :

Brading Brading Town Council Cowes Community association East Cowes Community association Newport Newport Parish Council Niton Niton and Whitwell Parish Council Ryde Ryde Town Council Seaview Seaview Parish Council Totland Totland Parish Council

Further contact information can be found at this link : http://iwight.com/council/departments/engineering_services/parks_and_beaches/parks/allotmen.asp

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None of the waiting lists are closed to further applications (information only for IW Council managed allotments).

No new allotment sites were brought into use in 2011 or 2012.

I trust that this information satisfies your request. However, if you require any further details relating to this matter, please let me know.

If you are not satisfied with the handling of this request, you may wish to discuss the decision making process with me. If this does not assist and you do not believe that the Council has handled your request in accordance with the requirement s of the Freedom of Information Act, you may request an internal review, in accordance with the Council's Access to Information Policy. Please write to the Corporate Information Unit, County Hall, High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 1UD, email: [email protected], or apply on-line at www.iwight.com/foi .

Once you have exhausted the Council’s complaints procedure, you have a right under section 50 of the Act, to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision on whether the request has been dealt with in accordance with the Act. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address: Information Commissioner's office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Or web site www.ico.gov.uk .

Yours sincerely

HELEN VRBA BUSINESS SUPPORT OFFICER