Allotment beekeeping

[ericbeaumont]

Holders get free honey

Holy moly! Mine get 15% discount! Sold £300 yesterday in about an hour, so this month wolves will be held at bay.

 

[citybees]

Others used to have chickens on local council allotments. I found this on allotmentssouthwest.org

'The two exceptions, at least for council run sites are rabbits and hens. The 1952 Allotments Act states that plot holders have a right to keep hens and rabbits on council owned allotment sites; and also have a right to put up or maintain any buildings reasonably necessary for that. Any terms in your lease or tenancy agreement, and into any covenant, forbidding the keeping of rabbits or hens on council owned site is void and cannot be enforced by law. You must of course abide by all other laws such as health and safety and animal welfare. Councils do sometimes think that they have the right to tell plot holders what to do just because they are the council. This is not so as the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts regulations (1999) apply. These make any purely arbitrary, unfair council rules unenforceable. This is reinforced by the Human Rights Act, as well as the administrative court requirement that rules should be those of a free and democratic society.'

My allotment has become self managed they formed a charity organisation to manage the allotment site. Honey was always sold to plots and members of the public at various events like open days and Xmas sale were jams , preserves, liquor infusion etc was sold by the allotment ladies and I sold honey etc. the new organisation wanted a new lease for the allotment most changes to the lease were discussed openly by the committee apart for the permitted use of the land .to this description:

An allotment garden limited to the cultivation of fruit and vegetables and the keeping of bees subject to the terms of this Lease all food so produced being for consumption by the licensees of allotments and their families PROVIDED THAT the Premises shall not be used for any trade or business (any sale of surplus produce for the purpose of raising funds for the purposes of the Tenant or other charitable purposes excepted)
And this is how it was explained :

Permitted Use - Robert would have included this because charities must be run for public not private benefit. The previous wording would be inconsistent with the CIO charitable purpose.

Not to Permit Alterations - The word "other" is not in my view material. We would have to get Council approval for new structures.

The reason that they were not mentioned is that i was flagging up things to negotiate with the Council. These changes were changes proposed by our advisor.

These changes were highlighted as easy to see.
They now want me to give them the honey for them to sell it and all profits to go to the allotment.

Others used to have chickens on local council allotments. I found this on allotmentssouthwest.org

'The two exceptions, at least for council run sites are rabbits and hens. The 1952 Allotments Act states that plot holders have a right to keep hens and rabbits on council owned allotment sites; and also have a right to put up or maintain any buildings reasonably necessary for that. Any terms in your lease or tenancy agreement, and into any covenant, forbidding the keeping of rabbits or hens on council owned site is void and cannot be enforced by law. You must of course abide by all other laws such as health and safety and animal welfare. Councils do sometimes think that they have the right to tell plot holders what to do just because they are the council. This is not so as the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts regulations (1999) apply. These make any purely arbitrary, unfair council rules unenforceable. This is reinforced by the Human Rights Act, as well as the administrative court requirement that rules should be those of a free and democratic society.'

Others used to have chickens on local council allotments. I found this on allotmentssouthwest.org

'The two exceptions, at least for council run sites are rabbits and hens. The 1952 Allotments Act states that plot holders have a right to keep hens and rabbits on council owned allotment sites; and also have a right to put up or maintain any buildings reasonably necessary for that. Any terms in your lease or tenancy agreement, and into any covenant, forbidding the keeping of rabbits or hens on council owned site is void and cannot be enforced by law. You must of course abide by all other laws such as health and safety and animal welfare. Councils do sometimes think that they have the right to tell plot holders what to do just because they are the council. This is not so as the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts regulations (1999) apply. These make any purely arbitrary, unfair council rules unenforceable. This is reinforced by the Human Rights Act, as well as the administrative court requirement that rules should be those of a free and democratic society.'

Others used to have chickens on local council allotments. I found this on allotmentssouthwest.org

'The two exceptions, at least for council run sites are rabbits and hens. The 1952 Allotments Act states that plot holders have a right to keep hens and rabbits on council owned allotment sites; and also have a right to put up or maintain any buildings reasonably necessary for that. Any terms in your lease or tenancy agreement, and into any covenant, forbidding the keeping of rabbits or hens on council owned site is void and cannot be enforced by law. You must of course abide by all other laws such as health and safety and animal welfare. Councils do sometimes think that they have the right to tell plot holders what to do just because they are the council. This is not so as the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts regulations (1999) apply. These make any purely arbitrary, unfair council rules unenforceable. This is reinforced by the Human Rights Act, as well as the administrative court requirement that rules should be those of a free and democratic society.'