Bridge House Park

South Petherton, Somerset These details were last updated on 29th November 2020

Bridge House Park is a residential park home estate in South Petherton, Somerset currently showing on Park Home Living as a complimentary entry with a contact telephone number.

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PARK RULES FOR BRIDGE HOUSE PARK

In these rules:

"occupier" means anyone who occupies a park home under an Agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 applies or u nder a tnenancy or any other agreement.
"you" and "your" refers to the homeowner or other occupier of a park home
"we" and "our" refers to the park owner.

These rules are in place to ensure acceptable standards are maintained on the park, which will be of general benefit to occupiers, and to promote and maintain community cohesion. They form part of the Agreement by which homeowners occupy the pitch in accordance with the Mobile Homes Act 1983, as amended.

With one exception the rules also apply to any occupiers of park homes who rent their home.

The only rule which does not apply to occupiers who rent their home is rule 30 about the colour of the exterior of the home, as someone renting their home would not be responsible for exterior maintenance.

None of these rules is to have retrospective effect. Accordingly:

They are to apply only from the date on which they take effect, which is 9th January 2015.
No occupier who is in occupation on that date will be treated as being in breach due to circumstances which were in existence on that date and which would not have been a breach of the rules in existence before that date.

These rules also apply (for so long as they live on the park) to the park owner and any employees, with the exception of the following rules 12, 14 and 23.

Conditions of the Pitch

For reasons of ventilation and safety you must keep the underneath of your home clear and not use it as storage space.

You must not erect fences or other means of enclosure unless you have obtained our approval when individual site requirements can be considered. Approval will not be unreasonably withheld.

You must not have external fires, including incinerators.

You must not keep inflammable substances on the park except in quantities reasonable for domestic use.

You must not keep explosive substances on the park.

Storage

You must not have more than one storage shed on the pit ch. Where you source the shed yourself the design, standard and size of the shed must be approved by us in writing (approval will not be withheld unreasonably). You must position the shed so as to comply with the park's site licence and fire safety requirements. The footprint of the shed shall not exceed 8x6ft.

You must not have any storage receptacle on the pitch other than the shed mentioned in rule 6.

You must ensure that any structure erected in the separation space between park homes is of non-combustible construction and positioned so as to comply with the park's site licence conditions and fire safety requirements.

Refuse

You are responsible for the disposal of all household and recyclable waste in approved containers through the local authority service. You must not overfill containers and must place them in the approved position for the local authority collect ions . Garden waste only to be placed in the designated area.

You must not deposit any waste or unroadworthy vehicles on any part of the park (including any individual pitch).

Business Activities

You must not use the park home, the pitch or the park (or any part of the park) for any business purpose, and you must not use the park home or the pitch for the storage of stock, plant, machinery or equipment used or last used for any business purpose. However you are at liberty to work individually from home by carrying out any office work of a type which does not create a nuisance to other occupiers and does not involve other staff, other workers, customers or members of the public calling at the park home or the park.

Age of Occupants

No person under the age of 55 years may reside in a park home, with the exception of the park owner and their family, the park warden, etc.

Noise Nuisance

You must not use musical instruments, all forms of recorded music players, radios and other similar appliances and motor vehicles so as to cause a nuisance to other occupiers, especially between the hours of 10.30pm and 8.00am .

Pets

14 . You must not keep any pets or animals except the following:

Not more than one dog (other than any of the breeds subject to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991). You must keep any dog under proper control and you must not permit it to frighten other users of the park. You must keep any dog on a leash not exceeding lm in length and must not allow it to despoil the park.

Not more than one domestic cat. You must keep any cat under proper control and must not permit it to frighten other users of the park, or to despoil the park.

Note

The express terms of a homeowner's agreement contain an undertaking on the part of the homeowner not to allow anything which is or becomes a nuisance, inconvenience or disturbance to other occupiers at the park and this undertaking extends to the behaviour of pets and animals. A similar requirement not to cause a nuisance applies to tenants and again this includes the behaviour of pets and animals.

Rule 14 does not apply to pets owned by the park owner and their family/ park warden/ etc.

ESSENTIAL Pet Rule where controls on dogs are proposed through the rules.

Nothing in rule 14 of these Park Rules prevents you from keeping an assistance dog if this is required to support your disability and Assistance Dogs UK or any successor body has issued you with an Identification Book or other appropriate evidence.

Water

_You must only use fire point hoses in case of fire.

You must protect all external water pipes from potential frost damage.

Vacant Pitches

You must not have access to vacant pitches and must not disturb building materials and plant.

Vehicles and Parking

You must drive all vehicles on the park carefully and within the displayed speed limit .

You must not park more than one vehicle on the park.

You must not park on the roads or grass verges.

You must not park anywhere except in the permitted parking spaces.

You must not park commercial vehicles of any sort, including light commercial or light goods vehicles as described in the vehicle taxation legislation on the park (with the exceptions of commercial vehicles operated by the park owner and their family, the park warden, etc.)

You must hold a current driving licence and be insu red to drive any vehicle on the park. You must also ensure that any vehicle you drive on the park is taxed in accordance with the requirements of law and is in a roadworthy condition.

Disused or unroadworthy vehicles must not be kept anywhere on the park. We reserve the right to remove any vehicle which is apparently abandoned.

You must not carry out the following works or repairs on the park:
1. major vehicle repairs involving dismantling of part(s) of the engine
2. works which involve the removal of oil or other fuels.

Fire Precautions

You are recommended to have in your park home a fire extinguisher and fire blanket conforming to the relevant British Standard.

Weapons

You must not use guns, firearms and offensive weapons (including crossbows) on the park and you must only keep them if you hold an appropriate licence.

External Decoration

Homeowners must maintain the outside of their park home in a clean and tidy condition. Where the exterior is repainted or recovered homeowners must use reasonable endeavours not to depart from the original exterior colour scheme.

Park Home Living Disclaimer:
Park rules have been downloaded from the relevant licensing authority and were correct at the time of publishing. Uploaded Date 29th November 2020