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Stephen Clarke
Divisional Director of Housing Services
Roycraft House
15 Linton Road
Barking
IG11 8HE
Tel: 020 8227 3738
Fax: 020 8227 5730
Textphone: 020 8227 5755
Email: stephen.clarke@lbbd.gov.uk|
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In this section, we clearly set out our rules on keeping pets and animals in your home.
You, your friends and relatives, and any other person living in or visiting the property (including children), must not do the following.
10.1 Keep any animal which has been classed as dangerous under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976.
10.1a If you keep dogs classed as dangerous by the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, you must follow the Act. By law, all dogs covered by the Act must be tagged with the owner's name and address.
10.2 Keep any dog if you live in a flat or a maisonette that does not have private and direct access to a garden area that is for your use only. For example, if you live in a house, a ground and first-floor maisonette or a ground-floor flat with its own attached garden, you may keep a dog. If you live in another type of property, we will not give you our permission.
10.3 Keep livestock at the property. You can get more information on this from your local housing office.
10.4 Keep any animal which we feel is unsuitable. The community housing management team will advise you on whether an animal is unsuitable.
10.4a If you live in a house, you can keep pigeons and birds in a pigeon loft or an aviary. You must get our written permission to do so and we may consult your neighbours for their permission. We may withdraw our permission if the pigeons or birds cause a nuisance.
10.4b We will ask you to remove any animals you do not have our permission to keep through these tenancy conditions, or any animal which is unsuitable or causes a nuisance. If you do not agree with our decision, you may appeal through our complaints procedure. You can contact your local housing office for more details.
10.5 Allow your pets to cause a nuisance, for example, fouling in shared areas, making a lot of noise such as barking, or roaming the estate or shared areas.
10.6 Keep more than a reasonable number of pets. We will tell you what a reasonable number is based on each application.
10.6a When considering what is reasonable and suitable, we will take account of (among other things):
10.7 Breed any animals or birds at the property that cause a nuisance to neighbours and a risk to health.
10.8 Allow any animal you keep at the property to cause a nuisance to anyone in the local area, including our employees. You must keep your pets under proper control at all times.
10.9 Get our written permission if you want to keep more than 2 dogs in a property where dogs are normally allowed.
10.10 Be responsible for maintaining any fencing that is needed to control your animal.
10.11 Speak to your local housing office for advice if you need support from a guide dog or a hearing dog for the deaf.
10.12 If you do not remove any animal you do not have our permission to keep, or any animal which is unsuitable or causes a nuisance, we will take court action to remove it and we may take action to repossess your home. We will charge you a reasonable cost for doing so.
10.13 If you are evicted, we may not automatically have a duty to rehouse you. This may also affect your ability to be rehoused by another registered social landlord.
Stephen Clarke
Divisional Director of Housing Services
Roycraft House
15 Linton Road
Barking
IG11 8HE
Tel: 020 8227 3738
Fax: 020 8227 5730
Textphone: 020 8227 5755
Email: stephen.clarke@lbbd.gov.uk|
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