Rules for Allotment Tenants

 A.        a)         Ensure that the Tenant:

(i)                    Does not use or permit the use of the allotments for the purpose of any trade or business----

(ii)               Keep the allotments neat and tidy, clean, free from weeds and well manured and otherwise maintained in a proper state of cultivation and fertility and in good condition (and keep any pathway or cart-track included therein or abutting thereon reasonably free from weeds) ----

(iii)             Do not cause or permit any nuisance or annoyance to any neighbouring property or allotment plot nor cause or permit any obstruction or encroachment of any path or roadway set out for the use of the allotments----

(iv)              Do not, without the prior consent in writing of the Head of Leisure & Recreation, cut or prune any timber or other trees (fruit trees excepted) upon the allotments and do not take or carry away there from any mineral, gravel, sand or clay without the prior consent of the Head of Leisure & Recreation----

(v)                Do not erect on the allotments, without the prior written consent of the Head of Leisure & Recreation, any building or structure of any kind whatsoever provided that consent shall not be refused under this subsection to the erection of any building reasonably necessary for the purpose of keeping hens or rabbits----

(vi)                Do not use barbed wire for a fence adjoining any path set out on the allotments----

(vii)            Not to use the allotments for the keeping of animals or birds without the prior written consent of the Head of Leisure & Recreation except that nothing in this clause shall restrict the keeping of hens or rabbits to the extent permitted by Section 12 of the Allotments Act 1950----

(viii)            Do not deposit or permit to be deposited on the allotments, or on any adjoining land, any refuse or litter----

(ix)                Do not erect any notice or advertisement on the allotments without the prior written consent of the Head of Leisure & Recreation----

            (x)     Close and lock the gate or gates of the allotments on   each and every occasion of use                                              

 

 

 

  (xi)    Do not bring on to the allotments any vehicles except for the purposes of delivering soil fertilizers or plants provided that where the Council have provided a parking area for any class of vehicle this term shall not prohibit its use for the parking of vehicles of that class----

(xii)              Do not bring or permit to be brought on to the allotments any dog unless held on a lead----

(xiii)      Yield up the allotments to the Council in such condition as should be in compliance with the terms and conditions of the tenancy relating thereto upon the determination of such tenancy‑

b)         Permit any officer or agent of the Council at any time to enter and inspect the allotments----

C)            Permit the Council its servants or agents to enter upon the allotments as and when required for the purposes of treatment of or felling and consequent clearance of any tree over 20 feet in height----

d)                    Keep all roads and footpaths running through the allotments in a good state of repair and condition----

e)                 Ensure that the prospective tenant receives and signs two copies of the standard Lettings Agreement for the tenancy as provided by the Council, one signed copy to be retained by the tenant as a record and to return to the Head of Leisure & Recreation the second copy. No tenancy to commence until such Agreement is signed, a copy of the Standard Lettings Agreement being annexed hereto----

B.       (1)      THE Council reserves to itself the right to terminate any of the allotment tenancies by notice to quit and also the right to exercise the right of re-entry and all other powers and remedies conferred upon them by the Allotment Acts 1908 to 1950----

(2)         This Agreement may be determined:

(i)                    By either party giving to the other not less that three months notice in writing to expire at any time----

(ii)               By the Council at any time after giving one month's previous notice in writing to the tenant if it appears to the Council that the tenant not less that three months after the commencement of this Agreement is not duly observing the conditions contained herein----

3.                  ANY notice required to be given by the Council to the tenant may be given by sending by Recorded Delivery post a written notice signed by the Council's Chief Legal and Property Officer for the time being and addressed to the tenant at their last known address or by affixing the same in some conspicuous manner on any part of the allotments.

 

  1. No current tenant can take on another plot while there is a waiting list regardless of his/her position on the waiting list. This rule does not affect tenants who already have multiple plots.
  2. Visitors are welcome on site as long as they are accompanied by a tenant.

At the AGM  on June 9th 2010, the Association voted to amend this rule. If a tenant is away on holiday or otherwise unavailable to tend their plot, they may nominate a friend or family member to do so.  However, the tenant must inform a Committee member of the circumstances and introduce him/her to the friend/family member, who must comply with all the Rules of the Association.

  1. Children are welcome on site with a tenant but must be well  behaved at all times.