Allotment Conditions
The following conditions must be agreed before allotments can be
rented. New tenants will recieve a hard copy of the conditions to
sign and return. The tenancy is subject to the following
conditions:
- The rent can be paid a year in arrears any day up until the 1st
day of April, in each year.
- The Tenant shall keep the allotment free from weeds and well
manured, and otherwise maintain it in a proper state of
cultivation.
- The Tenant shall not cause any nuisance or annoyance to the
occupiers of any other allotments or obstruct any path set out by
the Council for the use of the occupiers of the
allotment.
- The Tenant shall not underlet, assign, or part with the
possession of the allotment or any part of it.
- The Tenant shall not, without the written consent of the
Council, cut or prune any timber or other trees, or take, sell or
carry away any material, gravel, sand, clay or turf.
- The Tenant shall keep every hedge that forms part of the
allotment properly cut and trimmed, keep all ditches properly
cleaned, and shall maintain and keep in repair any other fences and
gates on the allotment.
- He shall not, without the written consent of the Council, erect
on the allotment any building except a tool house, or greenhouse,
and such erection will not be taken or paid for by the Council at
the end of the tenancy.
- He shall not, without the written consent of the Council, plant
in the allotment any fruit, trees or bushes, strawberry plants,
asparagus, rhubarb, or other market garden crops which continue
productive for two or more years.
- He shall not, without the written consent of the Council, break
up any pasture.
- He shall not use barbed wire for a fence adjoining any path set
out by the Council for the use of occupiers of the
allotments.
- Any member or officer of the Council shall be entitled at any
time when directed by the Council to enter and inspect the
allotment.
- The tenancy shall determine on the 31st day of March, the 30th
day of June, the 30th day of September, or the 31st day of December
next after the death of the tenant, and also (if applicable) if and
when the tenancy or right of occupation of the Council terminates.
It may also be determined by the Council by re-entry:-
(a) after one month’s notice (1) if the rent is in arrears for not
less than twenty-one days. (2) if the Tenant is not duly observing
the terms and conditions herein contained, or any other term or
condition of his tenancy, or (3) if the Tenant becomes bankrupt or
compounds with his creditors.
(b) after three months’ notice if the land is required for any of
the purposes set out in paragraphs (b) (c) (d) or sub-section (1)
of Section 1 of the Allotments Act, 1922, or any statutory
modification thereof.
The tenancy may also be determined by the Council or the Tenant by
a 12 months or longer notice to quit expiring on or before the
sixth day of April, or on or after the twenty-ninth day of
September in any year, provided always that the Director of
Community Services may at his absolute discretion agree to accept
an earlier termination by the tenant.
- Any notice may be served on the Tenant either personally or by
leaving it at his last known place of abode or by registered letter
addressed to him there or by fixing the same in some conspicuous
manner on the Allotment.
This webpage was updated on
10/23/2007