Archive for June, 2020
Monday, June 29th, 2020
In a landmark judgement issued on 25th June 2020 (AB v London Borough of Camden (HB) [2020] UKUT 158 (AAC)), the Upper Tribunal has confirmed that Housing Benefit is payable for boat licence fees because the boat licence fee if living aboard is rent.
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Tags: Bargee Traveller's Association, boat licence fees, continuous cruising, housing benefit, judgement, liveaboards, NBTA, Universal Credit, Upper Tribunal, welfare benefits
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Monday, June 29th, 2020
Following the Government’s announcement of 23rd June that overnight stays away from home will be permitted in England from 4th July 2020, this means that leisure boaters will be able to stay overnight on their boats and hire and hotel boat companies may resume trading.
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Tags: 14 day rule, Coronavirus, enforcement, hire boats, hotel boats, leisure boating, lockdown, overnight stays, social distancing, Waterways Act 1995
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Sunday, June 7th, 2020
Last week BaNES Council reversed the decision that it made in January and has re-opened the 14-day moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford on the River Avon, until a structural survey of the river bank is carried out and further consultation of interested parties has taken place. The U-turn followed a solicitor’s letter sent to the Council on behalf of boaters. This comes shortly after the BaNES Environmental Health department began taking steps in mid-May 2020 to evict liveaboards who had been moored at Mead Lane due to the suspension of boat movements for the Coronavirus lockdown.
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Tags: BANES Council, consultation, continuous cruising, enforcement, Harassment, liveaboards, Mead Lane, mooring policy, moorings, police, River Avon, solicitor's letter
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Sunday, June 7th, 2020
As of 23rd May 2020 CRT resumed enforcement of summer visitor mooring time limits and of the 14 day limit for most boaters without a home mooring. CRT has stated that it expects boaters without a home mooring to move by 6th June 2020 unless they have ‘reasonable adjustments’ under the Equality Act or if it is reasonable for them to stay where they are for longer than 14 days. If you are shielding or self-isolating, are in a ‘high risk’ category or you have other needs, it is clearly reasonable to stay where you are and we would advise you to tell CRT if you have not done so already.
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Tags: 14 day rule, complaints, Coronavirus, enforcement, lockdown, visitor moorings, Waterways Act 1995
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Monday, June 1st, 2020
Here is a message from Alice Young of the Julian House Travelling Communities Support Service thanking the many volunteers and businesses who have supported liveaboard boaters during the Coronavirus lockdown:
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Tags: community, Coronavirus, volunteers
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Monday, June 1st, 2020
The volunteer scheme supporting liveaboard boaters on the western K&A through the Coronavirus lockdown is ending when enforcement of boat movement every 14 days resumes this week, because the full volunteering scheme will be too challenging with boats coming and going daily. The red, amber and green signalling system will not be monitored from now on.
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Tags: coal and diesel boats, continuous cruising, Coronavirus, Julian House, liveaboards, Pay It Forward, Travelling Communities Support Scheme, volunteers
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