Dealing with councils

[goosegog]

Please can anyone help? A few months ago I spoke to a community councilor about the provision of allotments in my area, he told me the community council had no spare land as they had given it to the borough council a few years ago and I should contact them. This I did by e mail and received an automated response which did not answer my question. I e mailed the council again informing them that there were eight people wanting allotments in my area and that I have a copy of plans drawn up by the council seven years ago.
         Two weeks later I received a reply stating that they could find no record of plans but would pass my query on to the person that deals with allotments as soon as he returns from holiday the following week. That was two months ago, has anyone else had experience of this I would be greatful of any help. ps there are now ten want allotments.

          yours,
                   Goosegog.
                 

[goosegog]

[Melbourne12]

Just write again, the same polite enquiry, but add, "I would like my enquiry to be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act, please."

They should in any case deal with it as an FoI request, even if you don't mention it, but few seem to have caught on yet.

They have twenty days to respond, and there's an escalation procedure if they fail to do so.

[greenfinger]

I think persistance is the key to success with that paper-shuffling lot!
try and get the name of the guy in question and see if you can get a face to face appointment.
If you can, get all your documents ready (not originals, amazing how things get lost in those places).
Keep harrassing them until they do something about it. you could talk to people higher up and use the excuse of carbon foot print and air miles, saving the planet, it's very popular these days ;)

any local election due soon? if they can't be bothered doing anything about it, get the local press involved, it will be bad publicity for them and they might care a bit more and the local press will have something to talk about than "dog attack man" ;D

[PAULW]

Get in touch with your local counciller and remember to stress how many brownie points they would earn after all lotties are GREEN/ECO FRIENDLY
CARBON NEUTRAL, HEALTHY EATING all the things the government keep banging on about

[Tee Gee]

Have a word with your local councilor before the elections at the end of the month and perhaps he/she will do something about it.

Funny how they want to help you at this time of year ::)

[manicscousers]

hiya, goosegog, welcome to the site..hope you get sorted soon  ;D