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CONTRACTOR’S WORKING RULES

The stipulations and restrictions to be observed by the Owner and any Contractor engaged by the Owner.

 

GENERAL

The Owner shall notify the Committee in writing of the commencement and completion dates of the work at least 14 days in advance of work commencing on site.

 

ADVERTISING

A notice to advertise the property for sale or for let is permitted but shall be limited to a maximum of two placards no more than 6’ x 4’ in size for properties with two accesses and/or over one acre on the property (not verge) only.  For properties with only one access and/or less than one acre only one placard is acceptable. The notice must not be illuminated or backlit. No notice or placard can be erected facing towards the golf course. The Committee reserve the right at any time to remove any board contravening the above.

 

The Contractor and any subcontractor engaged in connection with the Development shall not, without the prior written consent of the Wentworth Estate Roads Committee, use any property or any other material relating to the Wentworth Estate Roads Committee, or any part thereof, in any form of public advertising, promotional material, company marketing, website publication, social media, or similar promotional activity. This restriction includes but is not limited to photographic, digital, or textual representations of the Estate, its roads, bridges, verges, landscapes, or any other features belonging to or associated with the Wentworth Estate Roads Committee. The Contractor shall ensure that all relevant personnel and subcontractors are aware of and comply with this restriction. Any breach of this provision shall be deemed a material breach of the Contractors Working Rules.

 

ROADS AND BRIDGES

The roads and bridges on the Estate are narrow and neither built nor laid out to public road specifications.

 

  • Steel tracked vehicles of any kind are prohibited from the Estate roads

 

  • Contractors shall not use vehicles having in excess of 4 axles, without the expressed permission given by the Estate Manager.

 

  • No vehicles or building materials or refuse skips are to be parked or deposited on the Estate roads.

 

  • No delivery or collection of plant or materials on the Estate Roads that results in access being prevented, no matter for how long, shall be permitted without the expressed permission given by the Estate Manager.

 

  • The Owner must advise his contractors on the best routes to site.  Advice should be sought from the Estate Manager where necessary.

 

VERGES

Verges are the property of the Wentworth Estate Roads Committee.

 

  • Driving over and or parking is prohibited on all the Estate verges.

 

  • Verges shall not be used for the storing of building materials or rubbish.

 

  • No skips are to be placed on verges.

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  • No notice board or sign is to be erected on any verge.

 

Before any work commences on site (including delivery of plant or Materials and demolition) the following work is to be carried out:

  • To protect the verges outside the site sections of timber pre-treated post and knee-rail are to be erected either side and opposite. The timber is to be 125mm with the rail laid on edge (diamond) circa 500mm high (to top of rail), the posts are to be circa 300mm into the ground but not set in mortar. The post and rail is to be removed at the end of the development. Advice should be sought from the Estate Manager on the extent of the fencing.

 

  • Solid hoarding should be circa 2m high and painted in dark green or black. No other colours are permitted unless agreed in writing with the Estate Office.

 

  • Signs reading “No parking for contractors’ vehicles” shall be affixed to the fence at 3m intervals.  The signs shall be no bigger than A3 size (420 x 297mm) and may bear the name and/or logo of the principal contractor.

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  • Any damage to verges in the vicinity of the Development must be repaired within one week of its occurrence and in the event of the repair being undertaken by the Committee the cost of such repair shall be paid by the Owner.

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ACCESS TO PROPERTIES

  • No new access, whether temporary or permanent, may be constructed on to an Estate road without the written approval of the Committee.

 

CLEANING OF VEHICLES

  • All vehicles leaving the Owner's site must be cleaned to prevent mud or other materials being deposited on the Estate roads.  Any mud caused by vehicles leaving the Owner's Site on the Estate roads must be removed daily.

 

NOISE AND DUST

  • Contractors must at all times not cause undue inconvenience to the neighbourhood.  Noise (including radios) must be minimised and the spread of dust controlled by watering.

 

  • No Fires are allowed on site.

 

WORKING HOURS

  • No demolition or construction work may take place outside the hours of 8 am to 5 pm on weekdays, 8 am to 12 noon on Saturdays, and at any time on Sundays and public holidays.  Noisy and disruptive site works, for example, groundworks, demolition, digging out of a basement and other works associated with site preparation shall be prohibited on Saturday mornings.

 

  • No delivery or collection of material or plant is to take place outside the working hours set out in the above paragraph.

 

  • No felling of trees by chainsaw may take place (except in an emergency) outside the hours of 8 am to 5 pm on weekdays, 10am to 12 noon on Saturdays or at any time on Sundays or public holidays. 

 

  • Large delivery vehicles (articulated lorries, "muck away" lorries etc.) typically with plant and machinery or heavy building materials or for the removal of spoil shall be restricted to after 9.00am Monday to Friday only.

 

ESTATE ROADS, PARKING AND STORAGE OF MATERIALS

  • Before any work is carried out on site the Owner must lodge with the Committee the Parking and Building Materials Storage Plan providing for all parking and storage to be on site such that the Estate Roads are kept clear of any obstruction at all times.  It is the Owner's responsibility to ensure that all contractors strictly adhere to the Parking and Building Materials Storage Plan.

 

  • The Owner must not carry out (nor request permit or procure the carrying out by any statutory undertakers or utilities company of) any works in connection with the Development on the Estate roads or verges without giving not less than 14 days prior notice in writing of such works to the Committee and supplying to the Committee all such plans specifications and other information as the Committee shall reasonable require (including without limitation an appropriate method statement) and obtaining the Committee’s approval of such works including the entering into of such deed of easement relating to such works as the Committee shall reasonable required.

 

HEALTH AND SAFETY AND CDM REGULATIONS

  • The Owner shall comply with all relevant health and safety legislation in existence at the time of carrying out the Works including but not limited to the CDM Regulations 2015 (or any amendment and/or update to such regulations) and shall procure that all contractors comply with their obligations under the CDM Regulations and the Owner shall comply with all statutory and legal requirements relating to the carrying out and completion of the Development.

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