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Hi, new to the forum but have a question. I have an allotment and we get our first chickens a week on Sunday. (exbats). The council have told me that they will give me permission to keep them when they see a copy of me PLI. Does anybody no where i can get this and the price. Our allotment gets a block insurance from some allotment society and it only cost £5 each, but i am to late for that. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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Cannot help but be interested to have the information when you get.
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Never heard of it.
Have you tried googling it, to see what it is about ?
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Public liability insurance protects you if clients or members of the public suffer personal injury or property damage because of your business. It can pay for the costs of subsequent legal expenses or compensation claims and is an integral cover for businesses that interact regularly with customers


As I understand that, it suggests YOU are running a business - yet tenants of allotment plots are not allowed to use allotments for selling their produce. I know our site had insurance in case tenants or visitors to the site were injured but individual tenants didn't buy it (most likely it was incorporated into the rent) Sorry, I can't help you further.
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I've never heard of anyone having to get insurance for keeping chickens on their allotment. Allotment insurance usually covers theft and damage, not including produce (generally unless taking out exceptional insurance) or livestock. A bit of googling shows that where it does happen, it's generally for claims of damage or injury caused by livestock (eg damage to neighbouring gardens/plots or where livestock may get into the road and cause say car accidents).

It might be worth seeing if your household insurance can be extended to cover your allotment and chickens. Failing that you may have to look at specialist farm insurance, but I would have no idea about the price. Are you sure you can't join your allotment block insurance? Seems a bit weird that you can't join mid term, as there must be tenants who come & go during the year.
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If they are for your own use then under section 12 of the 1950s garden and allotment act the council can not stop you keeping chickens

There was a case recently were a housing association tried to stop a tenant from keeping chickens (see below), also it covers you even if you are with renting from a private landlord that states no pets. Keeping chicken's and Rabbits in England and Wales is almost a human right thanks to this act.


Section 12 Garden and allotment act.....

Landlords must let tenants keep chickens and rabbits

Rabbits and Chickens are exempt it appears
Landlords with a no pets policy for rental properties need to watch out for a little known legal loophole which lets tenants keep chickens and rabbits.

The loophole was uncovered by a tenant with pet chickens who was threatened with action for breaching her tenancy agreement by a housing association.

Natasha Brooks keeps Penny and Henry in the garden of her Greater Manchester home rented from New Charter Housing Trust.

Miss Brooks scoured the law books and argued the landlord was wrong and that she had not breached the no pets clause in her tenancy agreement because the wording does not apply to pet chickens and rabbits.

The landlord’s legal team checked out her argument and confirmed Section 12 of The Allotments Act 1950 nullified a no pets policy in any assured shorthold tenancy agreement.

According to the Act, the occupier of any land has the right to keep pet chickens and rabbits and can build or place any buildings on the land for looking after them.

The law gives the right to the ‘occupier of any land’, which covers homes let on assured shorthold tenancy agreements.

A spokesman for the housing trust said: “The tenancy agreement is not explicit on the keeping of chickens. We are grateful to Ms Brooks for bringing to our attention the provision of Allotment Act 1950 which provides clarification and we are glad to have been able to resolve the matter before ending up with egg on our face.

“On this basis of the clarification provided by the Allotment Act, Ms Brooks can keep Henry and Penny, providing that all relevant tenancy conditions and legal obligations are complied with.”
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Thanks every body
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Keep us posted, love to know how you get on with your local council. I'm still waiting for a pot hole payment which seems to be taking the forever to resolve }hairout{
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