Park Rules for Hilton Park Homes

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 under a tenancy 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 2 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 [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.

The Park Home

1. Only park homes which comply with the statutory definition of caravan contained in the relevant legislation are permitted on the park.

2. 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.

3. Wheels must not be removed nor the park home repositioned.

4. You must not make any extensions or alterations to the pitch nor erect any porches or other structures on the pitch without the prior written consent of the Park owner and where permitted must be of a design, size, and standard approved by the Park owner.

5. The park home may only be used by the occupier and members of his/her household and bona fide guests and in any event, the number of occupants must not exceed the specified number of berths).

Condition of the Pitch

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

7. Private gardens must be kept neat and tidy. You must not plant trees or shrubs without the prior written permission of the park owner (which will not be withheld unreasonably). Trees and shrubs must not be cut down, removed or damaged.

8. You must not allow hedges to exceed the height of one metre.

9. Within 28 days of the agreement coming to an end you must ensure you leave the pitch in a clean and tidy condition and any bushes, trees and shrubs undamaged.

10. Access is not permitted to vacant pitches and building materials and/or plant may not be disturbed.

11. Washing lines are to be reasonably screened from public view.

Storage

12. You must not have more than one metal storage shed on the pitch. Where you source the shed yourself the design, standard and size of the shed must be approved by is in writing (approval will not be withheld unreasonably).

13. Porches or other structures on the pitch are only permitted with the prior written permission of the park owner (which will not be withheld unreasonably) and where permitted must be of a design, standard and size approved by us in writing (approval will not be withheld unreasonably).

14. 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 requirement of the site licence and fire safety requirements. The separation space is the space between your park home and any neighbouring park home.

Refuse

15. You are responsible for the disposal of all household, recyclable and garden waste in approved containers through the local authority service. You must not overfill containers.

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

Business Activities

17. 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 no 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.

18. No person under the age of 50 years may reside in a park home.

19. The occupier is responsible for the conduct of children in his/her custody and of visitors.

Noise Nuisance

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

Pets

21. You must not keep any pets or animals except the following:
    1. Not more than 1 dog (other than any of the breeds subject to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 which are not permitted at all) which you may keep for as long as wish but you are not permitted to replace the dog.

22. 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 1m in length and must not allow it to despoil the park.

23. Nothing in rule 20 or 21 in these Park Rules prevents you from keeping an assistance dog if this is required to support disability and Assistance Dogs UK or any successor body has issued you with an Identification Book or other appropriate evidence.

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.

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.

Water

24. The occupier must not permit waste water to be discharged onto the ground.

Vehicles and parking

25. You must drive all vehicles on the park carefully and not exceeding the speed limit of 5 miles per hour.

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

27. You must not park anywhere except in the permitted parking spaces or on the roads. When parking on the roads you must not cause an obstruction.