Buckler Village Park Home Estate Rules

VILLAGE RULES 19/03/2015

Preface

In these rules:

• "Occupier" means anyone who occupies a park home, whether under an Agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 applies or any other agreement
• "you" and "your" refers to the homeowner or other Occupier of a park home
• "we", "our" and "us" refers to the park owner being Roger W Reed of Milber Estates, Milber Lane, Coffinswell, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQl2 4SP.
• "inception date" refers to the date these rules come into effect which is the date they are deposited with the local authority.

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 and are to be read and used in conjunction with the Express Terms of the Occupiers Written Statement.

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

• they are to apply only from the inception date; and
• 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 to the park owner and any employees (for so long as they live on the park) with the exception of the following rules: 19.

1. Condition of Park Homes

The external colour should be matt, any paint work should be non¬flammable paint.

2. Alteration or Addition to Park Home or Pitch

The Park Home must not be repositioned on the Pitch without the permission of the Village Owner. Any alteration to the Pitch must also have the approval of the park owner (which will not be withheld or delayed unreasonably), however, for fire safety purposes car ports are not allowed.

3. Pitch Cleanliness

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

4. Maintenance of Electricity and Gas supplies

(a) Occupiers are responsible for ensuring that electrical installations and appliances comply at all times with the N.I.C.E.I.0 or appropriate authority.

(b) Occupiers are responsible for ensuring that gas installations and appliances comply at all times with GAS SAFE or appropriate authority.

(c) The Occupier shall supply and fit (using a suitably qualified electrical contractor) a suitable earth continuity conductor and an electrical current operated earth trip switch which must comply with the SEVENTEENTH or later edition of the I.E.E. Regulations or their successors. The current operated trip switch shall have an operating current of no less than 30 amps and no more than 40 amps with a maximum tripping current of 30 milliamps. The trip must be kept in good working order at all times.

(d) Interference with other occupiers electrical equipment is not permitted.

(e) Occupiers are responsible for ensuring the water installation and supply comply at all times with statutory and regulatory requirements.

5. Maintenance of Water supply

The Occupier must not permit waste water to be discharged onto the ground surface except by way of the Village drainage systems. W.C. cisterns and hot and cold water systems must be kept in good repair and not leak. Drains which are above ground in the immediate vicinity of, and attached to, the Occupier's Park Home or outbuildings are his/her responsibility. You must protect all external water pipes on your pitch from potential frost damage.

6. Waste

The Occupier is responsible for ensuring that all household refuse is deposited in approved containers which must not be over filled. These should have close fitting lids. They are to be emptied through the regular refuse collection service by the Local Authorities.

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

7. Noise

Musical instruments, record players, radios, other appliances, motor vehicles and motor cycles must not be used to cause nuisance to others especially between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.

 8. Use of Motor Vehicles

(a) All vehicles must be driven carefully on the Village so as not to exceed the speed limit of 10 m.p.h.

(b) All vehicles must be taxed (or SORN) and insured as required by law and not overhauled on the Village. Unroadworthy and/or disused vehicles must be removed from the Village. We reserve the right to remove any vehicle which is apparently abandoned.

(c) Occupiers are required to park vehicles off the road on the provided parking space within their pitch. No vehicle is permitted to obstruct the Village road system and occupiers are responsible for not allowing their own or visitors' vehicles to cause an obstruction. This is to allow access for emergency vehicles such as fire engines ambulances etc.

(d) Only one vehicle per Pitch is permitted unless permission was given by the Park Owner in writing prior to the inception date of these rules. Occupiers must make alternative arrangements outside the Village if they have more than one vehicle.

(e) Commercial vehicles of any sort, including light commercial or light goods vehicles as described in the vehicle taxation legislation, may not be parked in the Village overnight.

(f) Drivers must hold a current full driving licence. Learner drivers (excepting those drivers in receipt of the Higher Rate Disability Living Allowance or subsequent equivalent allowance) are not permitted to be taught to drive on the village roads.

(g) Motor Homes parked on site are not to exceed 4.28 metres in length, 1.72 metres in width and 1.94 metres in height. Allowable motor homes as so defined are not to be used as living and sleeping accommodation while on site and count as the one vehicle per pitch allowable. Touring Caravans are not permitted on site. The only boats allowed to be brought onto the pitch are non-motorised boats not exceeding the dimensions allowed for motor homes but boats are not allowed to be stored overnight.

9.Sheds

Storage sheds, fuel bunkers or other similar structures must be approved by us in writing (approval will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). All solid fuel stored outside storage sheds is to be placed in a concrete or metal fuel bunker.

10. Gardens

(a) Gardens. Private gardens must be kept neat and tidy. Trees planted by Occupiers remain the responsibility of the Occupier or the Occupiers successors. Village boundary trees and shrubs may not be cut down, removed or damaged and gardens will be left intact when the Occupier vacates the Pitch.

(b) Flora & Fauna. Shrubs, hedges and especially trees shall be kept to such a size that they shall not become unsafe or cause a nuisance to the Occupier and his/her neighbours.

(c) Refuse. Refuse may not be deposited anywhere on the Village or any land adjoining the Village. Garden refuse only may be deposited in the Green Waste Bay.

(d) Green Waste. A Green Waste Bay is provided by the Village Owner and positioned by him upon the Village. The said Bay shall only be used by the Occupier for disposing of green waste from gardens which the Council will not collect via the normal refuse collection service.

(e) Greenhouses. Greenhouses shall be of metal, timber or concrete block construction and glazed as opposed to coverings of polythene or similar material. However, a greenhouse is not permitted within the 6m space between mobile homes unless it is constructed of non-flammable materials.

11. Screening of lines and aerials

Washing / rotary lines, T.V. aerials, dustbins, C.B. aerials etc must be reasonably screened from public view and not cause a nuisance to others.

12. The keeping of pets

(a) A total of one cat or dog will be allowed per Park Home. Those homes with more than one cat or dog as of the inception date of these rules shall not replace their cat or dog upon its death unless it is the last pet in the home.

(b) Only cats, dogs, small birds, fish, small mammals and small reptiles may be kept upon the Village. Those dogs in the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 or other similar legislation and all livestock are not allowed.

(c) Pets must not prevent the quiet enjoyment Occupiers are entitled to upon the Village. The owners of pets (especially applicable to dogs and cats) whose charges foul the public carriageways, amenity areas or other Pitches are responsible for collecting the excreta themselves and disposing of it hygienically.

 (d) Dogs must be kept on a leash or securely restrained inside the Occupier's own Pitch. No dogs must be allowed to run free upon the Village.

(e) Pets are not permitted to be boarded in the Village commercially. Caring for pets (of a type and number which would be permitted in the village if a pet of an Occupier) belonging to an Occupier's family or friends is permitted for periods not exceeding four weeks (even if the restriction on pet numbers is temporarily exceeded). Occupiers are permitted to care for pets of absent Occupiers.

(f) All cats or dogs of breeding age must be neutered or spayed to avoid them having young and contravening this rule where numbers are concerned.

(g) If an incoming Occupier has cats or dogs they may bring a maximum of two being 2 cats OR 2 dogs OR 1 cat and 1 dog. They may exceed the one cat or dog per pitch rule as above but upon the death of any of these pets they must abide by part 13(a) as above. If any of the pets belonging to an incoming Occupier contravene part 13(b) those pets shall not be allowed.

(h) Nothing in rule 13 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.

Note

The Written Statement contains an undertaking on the part of the homeowner not to allow anything which is or becomes a nuisance, annoyance, inconvenience or disturbance to the Owner or other Occupiers of the Village. This undertaking extends to the behaviour of pets and animals.

Note

These rules do not have retrospective effect. If the keeping of the pet complied with the previous rules, an occupier will not be treated as being in breach when these rules take effect. However, when the pet dies or leaves it can only be replaced if this would comply with these rules.

13. Vacant Pitches

Access is not permitted to vacant Pitches. Building materials or other plant must be left undisturbed.

14. Commercial Activity

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 at home by carrying out any office work of a type which does not create a nuisance to other occupiers.

15. Entry

No unauthorised exit or entrance to the Village shall be created.

16. Equipment belonging to the Village

(a) The Fire Fighting Equipment provided by and belonging to the Village must not be tampered with or used for any other reason or purpose than that for which it is intended. In particular fire hoses shall not be used for washing cars and the like.

(b) Structures such as Park Homes, the emergency telephone, Village office, electricity distribution boxes AND likewise equipment in these structures and all other Village Equipment such as vehicles, electric cables, water mains, drains, fences, hedges, walls, roads, equipment etc, must not be interfered with, wilfully damaged or used for a purpose other than that for which they are intended. Those breaking this Rule will be charged for any necessary repairs.

17. Weapons

Guns, firearms or offensive weapons (including crossbows) of any description must not be used on the park and must only be kept with a licence from the appropriate police authority. Explosives may not be kept on the park.

18. Disputes with the Village Owner

Any Occupier being aggrieved by some action of the Village Owner with regard to the running of Buckler Village and wishing to contact the owner or management must put their complaint in writing to the Village Owner at his Principal Place of Business (Milber Estates, Milber Lane, Coffinswell, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQl2 4SP).

19. Age Governing Residency

(a) Occupiers of less than 50 years of age are not allowed to reside upon Buckler Village unless they are classified as an Occupier before the inception date of these rules and/or are specifically mentioned in Part A of the First Schedule of Part IV of the Written Statement and Mobile Home Agreement.

20. Oil fired boilers and solid fuel fires

Oil fired boilers and solid fuel fires are not permitted unless already installed. This is due to the obnoxious fumes which they can emit and the nuisance which has been caused to neighbouring Occupiers by these boilers and stoves.

21. Fireworks/Bonfires/BBQ’s

Due to the proximity of Homes, and the flammability of felt roofs on some Homes, bonfires, incinerators and fireworks are prohibited upon Buckler Village.

Only gas fired barbecues are permitted on Buckler Village due to the fire risk posed by other types. Furthermore gas fired barbecues may not be used in the 6m space between park homes for fire safety reasons.

 22. Inflammable substances

Occupiers must not keep inflammable substances on the park except in quantities reasonable for domestic use, suitably stored.

23. Playing on the roads

For the safety of residents, visitors and drivers, children are not permitted to play on the Park roads. This includes, but is not limited to, ball games, skateboarding and roller skating.

 These Village Rules have not been compiled to restrict Occupiers but rather to ensure that they may live peacefully in unspoilt surroundings. It will be appreciated that a Park Home Occupier lives in much closer proximity to Neighbours than does a house dweller, and so certain rules have to be complied with in the interest of all Occupiers. Other rules are necessary so that the visual amenity of the Village is preserved. The Village Owner endeavours to apply all rules fairly and reasonably and trusts this will be your experience.

Park Home Living Disclaimer:
Park rules have been downloaded from the relevant licensing authority and were correct at the time of publishing. Uploaded Date 30th October 2020