Pollyfield Allotments

An Agreement made this..................day of..................Two Thousand and Seven between Bideford Town Council (hereinafter called the Council) of the one part and:


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(hereinafter called the Tenant)

of the other part whereby the Council agree to let and the Tenant agrees to take on a yearly tenancy from the 1st day of............................................ Two Thousand and Seven the Allotment numbered............................................................. in the Register of Allotments maintained by the Council and containing ten yards or thereabouts situate in part of a field called "Pollyfield Allotments" at the yearly rental of Ten pounds (or such amended sum as the Council may decide and advise to the Tenant at subsequent times) payable yearly and at a proportionate rent for any part of the year over which the Tenancy may extend. The Tenancy is subject to the following conditions:-

1. The Tenancy shall be paid on the 1st day of April in each year.

2. The Tenant shall use the Allotment Garden as an Allotment Garden only and for no other purpose.

3. The Tenant shall keep the allotment clean and in a good state of cultivation and fertility and in good condition and also keep the paths surrounding the Allotment clean and free from weeds, and ensure that all fruit trees and fruit bushes are kept properly sprayed and pruned and protected against pests and diseases.

4. The Tenant shall not cause any nuisance or annoyance to the occupier of any other Allotment nor obstruct any path set out by the Council for the use of the Tenants or place any refuse or other material in or upon any hedge or fence of the Allotment.

5. The Tenant shall not underlet, assign or part with the possession of the Allotment or any part thereof without the written consent of the Council.

6. The Tenant shall not without the written consent of the Council cut or prune any timber or other trees or take, sell or carry away any mineral, gravel, seed or clay.

7. The Tenant shall not without the written consent of the Council erect any building on the Allotment. The Tenant shall accept responsibility for the maintenance of any building already on the Allotment.

8. The Tenant shall not use any barbed wire or erect or permit to be erected any barbed wire or other wire fence on the Allotment without the written consent of the Council.

9. The Tenant shall not turn out or cause to be turned out or tie up or cause to be tied up or suffer or permit to be so turned out or tied up any animal on the said land and subject to the provisions of the Allotments Act 1950 not to keep or suffer or permit to be kept any pigs, poultry or other livestock on the said land. 10. Any member or officer of the Council shall be entitled at any time when directed by the Council to enter and inspect the Allotment.

11. The Tenancy of the Allotment shall terminate on the yearly rent day next after the death of the Tenant (and shall also terminate whenever the tenancy or right of occupation of the Council terminates). It may also be terminated by the Council by re-entry after one month's notice:- a. If the rent is in arrear for not less than thirty days; or b. If the Tenant is not duly observing the Conditions of the Tenancy; or c. If the Tenant becomes bankrupt or compounds with his/her creditors.

12. The Tenancy may also be determined by the Council or the Tenant by six months notice in writing expiring on the 1st day of April in any one year.