Posts Tagged ‘BANES Council’
Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
We have heard from a contact in the BaNES Council Public Health department that the Council hopes to continue to offer discretionary payments for fuel in the coming financial year from April 2023. The funding is administered by Citizens Advice.
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Tags: BANES Council, Citizens Advice, continuous cruising, fuel costs, Health, Julian House, liveaboards, Travelling Community Support Service, welfare
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Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) Council’s Planning Department will be carrying out a Boat Dweller Accommodation Needs Assessment as it is required to do under Section 124 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 as part of the assessment of all housing need in the authority’s area.
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Tags: BANES Council, Boat Dweller Accommodation Needs Assessment, continuous cruising, CRT, enforcement, Housing and Planning Act 2016, Julian House, liveaboards, Opinion Research Services, survey
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
Earlier this year, BaNES Council consulted on a number of parking restrictions in locations near the K&A Canal including Claverton, Bathampton and Bath. Most of the restrictions were agreed, despite representations from liveaboard boaters that these restrictions will make our lives more difficult.
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Tags: BANES Council, Bath, Bathampton, Claverton, consultation, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, enforcement, liveaboards, parking, Traffic Regulation Orders
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Monday, March 28th, 2022
It has emerged that BaNES Council is proposing parking restrictions and parking bans along Ferry Lane, Claverton. Some areas of the lane are proposed to be ‘no parking at any time’ and others are proposed to be time-limited with penalties. The deadline for objections is 31st March 2022.
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Tags: BANES Council, Claverton, consultation, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, enforcement, liveaboards, parking, Traffic Regulation Orders
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Monday, February 28th, 2022
Liveaboard boaters at Phoenix boatyard on the River Avon in Keynsham were granted a Certificate of Lawful Use by BaNES Council Planning officers in January 2022. This means that their residential use of the moorings is lawful and the Council cannot take planning enforcement action against them for living on the moorings.
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Tags: BANES Council, Boats with home moorings., Certificate of Lawful Use, Keynsham, liveaboards, moorings, Phoenix, Planning, planning enforcement, River Avon
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Sunday, December 19th, 2021
A group of students from the University of Bath are are investigating the current safety concerns of liveaboard boaters on the River Avon. The research project on River Avon towpath safety is being carried out alongside the Bath River Line project, run by BaNES council, which plans to develop the areas surrounding the River Avon in Bath. The anonymous survey covers safety on the River Avon towpath and aims provide information about the safety needs of liveaboards to the Bath River Line Project.
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Tags: BANES Council, Bath River Line Project, liveaboards, River Avon, towpath, towpath safety
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Wednesday, December 15th, 2021
BaNES Council is proposing to introduce vehicle parking restrictions near the canal that will make it more difficult for liveaboard boaters to stay for 14 days in Bath. The deadline for objections is 23rd December 2021. The Council proposes to make a Traffic Regulation Order to restrict or prevent parking on Beckford Road, Rockliffe Avenue and Forester Road. See https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/beckford-road-tro-consultation
The purpose of the proposed restrictions is to make space for a cycle lane going uphill along Beckford Road and Warminster Road. However, since CRT introduced its unlawful and punitive 20-mile range requirement in 2015 for boaters without a home mooring, cycling to work or school or using public transport has become untenable for liveaboard boaters.
You can read and download the documents and maps here
https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/beckford-road-traffic-regulation-order-tro-consultation/view-traffic-regulation-order-tro-documents
You can object online here
https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/form/beckford-road-tro-consultation
This is an example of what you could say in response to the consultation:
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Tags: BANES Council, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, Cycling, enforcement, liveaboards, parking
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