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ALLOTMENT RULES OF HUGHENDEN PARISH COUNCIL To the Tenant:- 1. You shall keep your allotment plot clean and in a good state of cultivation and fertility and in good condition. If the plot remains uncultivated after the 1st of May in any one year, it will be strimmed without notice. 2. You shall not cause any nuisance or annoyance to the occupier of any other allotment plot, or the public, or occupiers of property adjacent to the Allotment Garden Area, or obstruct any path set out by the Council for the use of occupiers of the Allotment Garden. 3. You shall not under-let, assign, share, or part with the possession of, your allotment plot, or any part of it, without the written consent of the Council. (Note:- A person sharing an allotment plot with you, by prior agreement with the Council, has no right to the allotment plot when your tenancy expires.) 4. You are permitted to plant a maximum of two fruit trees per plot. They must be of a dwarf variety and not grow to more than 6 feet and thereafter maintained as such, or be removed by the Council. 5. You shall not, without the written consent of the Council, cut or prune any timber or other trees or take or sell or carry away any mineral, gravel, sand or clay. 6. Footpaths between allotment plots will be kept mown by the tenants. A 3 metre boundary pathway shall be kept clear to be mown between the edge of the allotment plot and any boundary of the garden. 7. You shall not erect any building or structure on the allotment garden. 8. You shall not use barbed wire or erect any fences on the allotment garden. 9. You shall, as regards the allotment garden, observe and perform all conditions and covenants contained in the lease (if any) under which the Council holds the land. 10. Any member or officer of the Council shall be entitled to enter and inspect your plot at any time. 11. The allotment plot shall not be treated as a market garden. 12. You shall not, on determination of the tenancy, be entitled to receive from the Council any compensation whatsoever, including compensation for the loss of plants or for any improvement made to the allotment plot by yourself. 13. You may remove any plant planted by yourself before the termination of the tenancy, but you must level the surface of the land and restore the same to a proper state and condition and make good any damage caused by the removal. 14. You may, at your own risk, keep your allotment tools in a wooden box whose size is not greater than 6 feet long by 3 feet deep by 3 feet high. The box may be locked and must be dark green or brown. 15. Watering of allotments by means of a hosepipe attached to the standpipes is NOT permitted, but small water butts may be used at allotments to alleviate the carrying of many cans of water at a time when watering of seed beds is necessary. 16. Dogs MUST be kept on a lead and be tethered and MUST NOT be allowed to wander around the allotment gardens. Any excrement MUST be removed by the dogs’ owner. 17. Bonfires will be permitted on the tenants’ own plot, only for the purposes of the destruction of diseased material. These must only be lit when there is no nuisance caused to neighbouring properties and must be tended at all times. NO other bonfires will be permitted on allotment land and any organic material must be composted by the tenant on the tenants’ own allotment plot. Any other material must be removed and disposed of by the tenant. 18. These regulations override any previous regulations and the Council reserve the right to make alterations to these regulations from time to time subject to the tenant being sent 28 days prior notice to their last known address. Last updated: October 2005 |