Wiltshire Council is carrying out a consultation regarding the report on its 2017 survey of liveaboard boaters. Please comment by 29th June 2018. Your comments will help to shape the Council’s approach to planning for the accommodation needs for residential boaters. The report is online here http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planning-gypsy-travellers or you can download it here Wiltshire 2017-draft-boaters-survey-with-appendices
Please send your comments to
spatialplanningpolicy@wiltshire.gov.uk or ring the Spatial Planning Team on 01225 713223 or contact Spatial Planning, Economic Development and Planning, Wiltshire Council, County Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 8JN.
Wiltshire Council says:
“We are pleased to inform you about publication of a residential boaters survey Wiltshire Council undertook in the summer of 2017. We are running a focussed stakeholder consultation on this report with neighbouring authorities on the Kennet & Avon Canal, the Kennet and Avon boating community and the Canal and River Trust.
We are very interested in your feedback so if you have any comments could you please return them to spatialplanningpolicy@wiltshire.gov.uk by 29th June 2018. Your comments will help to shape the Council’s approach to planning for the accommodation needs for residential boaters. If you wish to speak to an officer about the survey please contact the Spatial Planning Team on 01225 713223.
The report is available on our website at http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planning-gypsy-travellers and will remain so beyond the end date of the focussed consultation. We look forward to hearing from you.”
See also
http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wiltshire-boat-dwellers-survey-available-on-paper/
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