Allotment Sites - Rules and Regulations
- An application for an allotment garden must be made in writing
to either the Secretary of the site or to the Head of Roads,
Parks & Waste Management, Burns House, Burns Statue Square,
Ayr, KA7 1UT.
- At the time of taking over an allotment a tenant shall pay
the appropriate annual rental. Any tenant failing to commence
work on an allotment within a period of two months from the
date of tenancy shall forfeit the tenancy and rent paid and
the Site Secretary shall have power lo re-let the allotment.
- (a) All rent must be paid yearly in advance and is due on
the 31st March each year, payable at South Ayrshire Council, Ground Floor, Burns House, Burns Statue Square, Ayr, KA7 1UT.
(b) Non-payment of rent by the end of April will be taken as
an indication of cessation of tenancy. Thereafter the Site
Secretary will be empowered to re-let the appropriate allotment.
- A tenant shall not sub-let, assign or otherwise part with
the possession of an allotment or any part thereof without
first obtaining the consent of the Site Secretary.
- An allotment must be used for the sole purpose of growing
vegetables and other produce (but not by way of trade or business)
and a tenant shall not allow any part of the allotment to
be waste. The tenant shall keep the allotment well manured
and shall control all weeds and otherwise maintain it in a
proper state of cultivation.
- Dogs must be
kept on a leash.
- No building or structure of any kind shall be erected on
any allotment garden without the written consent of the Head
of Roads, Parks & Waste Management.
- A tenant shall not erect any wall or fence, or plant any
hedge except by permission from the Head of Roads, Parks & Waste
Management.
- A tenant shall not cause any nuisance or annoyance to the
tenant of any allotment, or obstruct any path set out by the
Council for the use of the tenants of the site.
- A tenant shall not cause or permit the playing of any radio,
tape recorder, etc., in such a manner as to cause annoyance
or nuisance to any other tenant or member of the public.
- A dispute arising between tenants, or between a tenant or
tenants and the Site Secretary shall be referred to the Head
of Roads, Parks & Waste Management whose decision shall
be final and binding on all parties.
- Each tenant is required to see that the access gate to the
site is securely fastened after each entry or exit.
- Any elected member or officer of the Council shall
be entitled at any reasonable time to inspect any allotment
garden.
- The Council reserves the right to clear and tidy any plot
which remains in an uncultivated condition and will not be
responsible for any losses in produce or materials arising
from this action.
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