Allotment tenancy rules and conditions

The Tenant agrees to conform to the following conditions as part of their agreement with the London Borough of Waltham Forest:

1. To pay the rent in advance and without deduction, unless otherwise agreed with the London Borough of Waltham Forest, on the Twenty-ninth day of September in each year.

2. To use the Allotment Plot as a cultivated allotment garden and for no other purpose, trade and/or business is prohibited.

3. Keep all gates to the site locked.

4. To maintain all plots occupied by the tenant in a clean, well-manured, three-quarters cultivated and weed free state using techniques which do not cause long term environmental damage and display the plot number clearly.

5. To maintain in good repair any garden shed or greenhouse permitted to be erected on the areas occupied by the Tenant. The maximum size which may be permitted subject to the approval of the Council which must be sought by the tenant in advance will be 2m x 2m x 2m for a shed or 2.5m x 2.5m x 2m for a greenhouse on any 10 rod plot.

6. To maintain any path or roadway, set out by the Council for use of occupiers, free from obstruction and encroachment and at the widths set by the Council, a minimum of 600mm.

7. That any nuisance, annoyance or harassment (relating to race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or other matter) to any Tenant, if proven, will result in immediate termination of the Tenancy by the London Borough of Waltham Forest whose decision shall be final.

8. Not to underlet, assign or part with possession of any allotment plot occupied by the Tenant or any part of it.

9. Not, without written consent from the Council to cut or prune any timber or other trees or take, sell or carry away any mineral, gravel, sand, earth or clay or excavate wells.

10. Not to use any material that could cause injury to others (eg barbed wire) as a fence adjoining any roadway or path set out by the Council for use by other Tenants. Not to put a fence around any plot and to protect hedges, fences and gates that are on the allotment site.

11. Not, without the written consent of the Council, to erect any building or structure, including any notice or advertisement, on any plot occupied by the Tenant. Allowable exceptions are any pole, frame or cold frame, to be erected within the plot 450 mm from any pathway.

12. Not to deposit, or allow any other person to deposit, any refuse or decaying material (excepting manure or compost in such quantities as may be reasonably required for cultivation) on any plot/plots occupied by the Tenant or in or on any area of the site of which the plot/plots occupied by the Tenant that forms a part of the allotment site.

13. Not to bring or cause to permit to be brought on to the allotment site, on which are situated any ploUplots occupied by the Tenant, any dog unless the dog is on a leash and under proper control.

14. Not, without the written consent of the Council, to keep any animals, bees or livestock of any kind upon any plot occupied by the Tenant, nor any other part of the allotment site

15. That the Council has the right to refuse admittance to any person other than the Tenant or member of their family unless accompanied by the Tenant or member of their family. Children must be supervised within the confines of the Tenant's plot.

16. That any case or dispute between the Tenant and any other Tenant on the allotment site will be referred to the Council and their decision will be final. 17. That the Tenant will inform the Council of any change of address (failure to do so could result in termination of this agreement).

18. At determination of the Tenancy the Tenant will return the plot/plots occupied by the Tenant to the Council in such a state as meets the conditions of this agreement and that any tools or implements brought on the site by the Tenant are removed.

19. No hose pipes to be used. No siphoning of water from dip tanks.

20. Not to light any bonfires or cause smoke or nuisance from bonfires.

21. That, at any time, any Officer or Agent of the Council will be entitled to enter onto, and inspect, any plot/plots occupied by the Tenant or shed, or greenhouse on site.

22. That the Tenant will observe and perform any other special condition which the Council considers necessary to preserve the plot/plots occupied by the Tenant from deterioration.

23. To be friendly and harmonious to your fellow plot holders regardless of their race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation or religion.

Termination

This tenancy will determine on the rent day after the death of the Tenant and may also be determined in any of the follow manners:

24. By either party giving the other twelve months previous notice in writing expiring on, or before, the Sixth day of April or on or after the Twenty-ninth day of September in any year.

25. By re-entry by the Council at any time after giving one month's previous notice in writing to the Tenant. 26. If the rent or any part thereof is in arrears for not less than forty days whether legally demanded or not.

27. If it appears to the Council that there has been any breach of the conditions and agreements contained within this document on the part of the Tenant and at least three months have elapsed since the commencement of the Tenancy.

28. By re-entry by the Council after giving three months previous notice in writing to the Tenant on account of the plot/plots occupied by the tenant being required for (i) any purpose (not being use of the same for agriculture) for which it has been acquired or appropriated under any statutory provision (ii) for building mining or any other industrial purpose or for roads or sewers necessary to the connection with any of those purposes.

Rent Review

29. The rent hereby reserved may be varied by the Council giving notice to the tenant on or before the Thirtieth day of June in any year of the tenancy, such notice stating the annual rent to be payable for the plot/plots occupied by the Tenant.

Notices

30. ANY notice required to be given by the Council to the Tenant may be signed on behalf of the Council by the Head of Green Spaces or other authorised agent for the time being and may be served on the Tenant either personally or by posting, by recorded mail, to the last known place of abode of the Tenant.

31. ANY notice required to be given by the Tenant will be sufficiently given if signed by the Tenant and sent in a pre-paid post letter to the Head of Green Spaces or other authorised agent of the Council.