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picman

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Pay your rents
« on: March 27, 2013, 09:05:35 »
( Council want to move rent month from April to October)   Thanks to members who posted to my request for payment arrangements, To be able to argue my case I need more data ( they say October is the norm ! ( its not) ) please could members just tell me the Month they pay their council rents would be much appreciated...
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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2013, 09:15:56 »
Start of the financial year (April) privately owned site. We pay total of £50/year for the paddock, then split between the 10 plot holders.

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2013, 09:51:14 »
Plot holders officially have to pay their rent to our association by 1st Oct, although in reality this does not happen as bills tend to be sent out a bit late.

The association does not pay any rent to the council, instead they receive a small grant, this happens on the 1st April.
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BarriedaleNick

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2013, 10:17:33 »
We pay by end of March - which coincides with our AGM..but we have nothing to do with the council - we run our own association.
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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2013, 10:26:10 »
October

(self-managed, council-owned)
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Birmingham



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Bill Door

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2013, 10:34:52 »
My rent is due 1 October.

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2013, 10:44:53 »
Our rent is due on the 1st January , and you have till 31 March to pay it or let your plot go.

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2013, 10:57:32 »
7th January. Council owned ,self-run.

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2013, 11:05:30 »
preston  alotments
pay  in  april
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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2013, 12:11:56 »
Sunningdale Allotments are run by the Parish Council.

The allotment year runs from March to Feb.

Rent renewal letters are sent out at the beginning of Feb. Rent should be paid by 1st March.

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2013, 13:11:53 »
We get our bills to pay January. Council owned and run.

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2013, 13:21:36 »
Our Parish Council collects twice yearly, April and October.

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2013, 06:46:14 »
Private site, self managed. Agm in jan and rents due then. Pay by march unless special arrangements have been made to pay quarterly  :happy7:

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2013, 08:05:00 »
rent due end of April you then have 40 days to pay up or give up

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2013, 10:21:38 »
bill's out March, pay by 1st April, or give it up.
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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2013, 16:08:28 »
Enfield council used to bill us in January, but changed to April 1st last year.   :wave:
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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2013, 18:03:34 »
We get the notice in january and have to pay by end of Feb.

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2013, 20:30:34 »
owned by Barnsley council the rent is due in November £69.00 this year

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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2013, 20:59:03 »
The same as others 1st Jan.

If January suits you and the committee collect the rent in January, put it into the association account and pay the council in October. You may as well get what little intrest it makes.
I dont see the council being bothered about when you collect but they will be about when it has to paid.
 
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Re: Pay your rents
« Reply #19 on: March 28, 2013, 21:07:15 »
Ours is paid in October.  We got it changed 3 years ago.  Reason being, when it was paid in April, by the time you finished chasing people who never paid and had to serve notice, it was June before the plot could be reallocated and the weeds were usually several feet high by this stage.  Allocating in October means if we have to serve notice we can still allocate whilst the plot is dormant and newbies have a couple of months before the sowing and planting season to prepare the allotment for how they want it, instead of trying to clear, sow, dig and plant at the same time.  it can all be a bit daunting for newbies so slow time preparation is a good thing.  This has certainly been to the benefit of the site and it now remains relatively clean.  October is also the time when plotholders tend to give up their allotment, after they have harvested the majority of crops.  Works well for us and I would recommend it.
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