Garage Application Policy
5 Administrative arrangements for letting and ending garage tenancies
5.1 Although the Council offers a range of payment options for housing rent and other payment, the principal method of payment for garage rent is by Direct Debit because the sums involved are usually small and hence more expensive to administer otherwise. However, the Council will take into consideration exceptional circumstances and arrangements made with existing tenants.
5.2 The council will set up a waiting list for garages, broken down by geography.
5.3 Prospective garage tenants will complete an application form. They are responsible for letting the Council know of changes in their circumstances, if they leave the locality or no longer wish to remain on the garage waiting list.
5.4 The Council will contact people on the waiting list every two years to check whether they wish to remain on the waiting list. Applicants will be contacted at the address provided on the application form, unless the tenant has informed the Council otherwise. Those who do not reply will be removed from the list and informed so. Those who are removed from the list in this way will have to reapply and placed on the waiting list on the basis of a new application.
5.5 The Council has the right to check the applicant's details and seek relevant evidence as necessary, before granting a tenancy.
5.6 Tenancies will not start until:
a. There is proof of the tenant's current address;
b. A Direct Debit mandate has been completed unless there are exceptional circumstances such as the tenant not having a bank account.
5.7 Tenancies will start on a Monday and end on a Sunday.
5.8 The Council will carry out external decorations to the garages at reasonable intervals.
5.9 The Council will give one week's written notice to terminate a garage tenancy.
5.10 The Council will clear any items left by the previous tenant, without any obligation to the owner of the items and recharge costs of doing so to the previous tenant.