Tales from Allotment Lane School (Young Puffin Books)

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The time needed depends on the size of the plot and how intensively you want to garden. For a standard 76 square metre to 126 square metre plot, expect to spend four to five hours per week in the summer months, and one to two hours per week in the winter. Many people find they spend considerably longer on their plots. One hut (maximum size 2.4m by 1.8m by 2.25m high) and one greenhouse (maximum size 3.6m by 2.4m by 2.4m high), or;

The tenant shall pay and discharge all charges or fees and other outgoings which may become payable in respect of the structure. The tenant shall not use the structure for any purpose other than that of working their allotment and it shall not be used for any noisy, noxious, dangerous or offensive purpose and they shall not do or permit anything to be stored in or placed upon the same which may be or become a cause of a nuisance, annoyance or damage to the council or their tenants or the owners or occupiers of other property in the neighbourhood. Failure to comply with this condition will constitute an automatic termination of the allotment tenancy on the part of the tenant and will result in one month’s notice being given. The Council will formally inspect allotments during the main growing season and on an ad hoc basis throughout the year. We do this to benefit current tenants, people on the waiting list, the surrounding community and the local environment.

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A 25% age-related concession can be claimed by tenants who reach state pension age on or before 1 April 2023.

The tenant shall not buy or sell any allotment produce in the structure nor carry on any trade or business whatever therefrom nor use the same for the storage of any items not for accepted use in managing an allotment. The tenancy may also be terminated by the council as is provided for at section 1(1) of the Allotments Act 1922. A tenant may terminate the tenancy at any time. Services of notices here the “principal tenant” wishes to terminate his/her interest in the allotment then another joint tenant must first apply in writing to the Council (or the association of a self managed) to be “principal tenant”. If no other joint tenant is willing to be the principal tenant then the joint tenancy is ended and the plot re-let not to cause any nuisance or annoyance to the occupier of any other allotment nor the occupiers of any neighbouring property nor obstruct nor encroach upon any path set out for the use of the occupiers of the allotments. Failure to observe this condition will constitute a serious breach of this agreement on the part of the tenant and will result in one month’s notice to terminate the tenancy

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to indicate the number of the allotment plot by a number peg or board placed in a prominent position on the allotment. If two or more people wish to jointly work an allotment of not more than 250 square metres in area each person must sign a Joint Allotment Agreement (JAA) as follows: not to keep on the allotment any carpet or other covering other than weed suppressant membranes for that purpose and not to bring onto or store on the allotment any dangerous, harmful, polluting or contaminating substances Increases in allotment rents have to be notified to tenants twelve months in advance of the date of increase. The Council has decided there will be a price increase for the period 1stApril 2024 to 31st March 2025. not plant any trees or shrubs so as to overhang or interfere with any other allotment or any path or roadway on the allotment land