Leicestershire Parish Councils

New Allotments Manager

Mrs Linda Winston has been appointed by the Parish Council as the new Allotments Manager, following on from a successful period of office by Martin Hynard. This is an entirely voluntary position for which the Council is deeply grateful. To contact Linda about hiring an allotment or paying your dues, either email her on lindawinston@postmaster.co.uk, telephone her on 0774 366 8605 or write to 10 Hastings Road Woodhouse Eaves LE12 8QU

Reminder, annual payments for allotments are due in February. The cost is £10 (£5 for half). Payments can be made to the Parish Council via the Allotments Manager or the Clerk.

Rules of Tenancy for the Allotment Gardens

The Rules were updated in May 2007 after carrying out a survey of allotment tenants and discussion with the Allotments Manager.

Payment of rent
1. The tenant shall pay a yearly rent, set by decision of the Council. The rent is payable in advance on 1 January in each year. Council reviews the rental charge from time to time and any variation in the annual charge will be notified to tenants individually.

Termination of tenancy
2. Either party to this agreement, serving on the other not less than three months written notice to quit, may terminate the tenancy on 31 December in any year.

Care of the allotment
The tenant must:
3. Keep the allotment in a clean, decent and good condition, properly cultivated
4. Maintain in decent order the path to the left hand side when facing the plot, all fences, hedges and or ditches bordering their allotment with assistance if required from the Parish Council

5. Cultivate the allotment for the production of fruit, vegetables or flowers for the tenant and tenant's family only

6. Compost ONLY biodegradable material on the tenant's own allotment or remove it from the site

7. Remove any non-biodegradable material from the site i.e. plastic, metal, glass etc

8. Behave appropriately and not cause annoyance or nuisance to other allotment tenants

9. Keep any dogs belonging to them under control and clear up any fouling immediately

The tenant must not:
10. Light individual bonfires between 1 April and 30 September. Only one communal bonfire is permitted on the first Saturday in the month

11. Use a hosepipe connected to the communal water supply to water individual allotments - the supply must only be used to fill individual water butts

12. Allow livestock of any kind onto the allotments
13. Sub-let or assign the tenancy to anyone else
14. Obstruct any paths

Monitoring
15. The tenant shall permit the inspection of the allotment by an officer of the Council at any time with due notice.

Penalties
16. If the tenant shall be in any breach of any of the Rules in this Agreement for a period of one month or longer the Council may terminate the Tenancy and may claim damages.

Woodhouse Parish Council May 2007