Posts Tagged ‘BANES Council’
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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Saturday, January 25th, 2020
There will be a boaters’ meeting next Tuesday 28th January to discuss what the options are for the liveaboard community now that BaNES Council has voted to remove the only 14-day moorings on the River Avon. The meeting is at 7pm on Tuesday 28th January 2020 at the George Inn, Mill Lane, Bathampton BA2 6TR.
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Tags: BANES Council, Bath, continuous cruising, enforcement, liveaboards, Mead Lane, meeting, moorings, River Avon
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Monday, January 20th, 2020
Despite verbal and written submissions to the Council meeting from liveaboard boaters, BaNES Council cabinet voted on on 16th January 2020 to close Mead Lane moorings on the River Avon and to carry out a structural survey of the river bank. The Council has ordered boaters to leave the moorings within 21 days of the decision, even though the Avon is in flood and has been on red boards since 10th January, with CRT advising boaters that it is not safe to navigate.
If you are moored at Mead Lane, DO NOT MOVE unless it is safe. You can check for any updates on river conditions by phoning CRT on 0303 040 4040 or email
enquiries.walessouthwest@canalrivertrust.org.uk.
See also https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices
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Tags: BANES Council, Bath, consultation, continuous cruising, enforcement, liveaboards, Mead Lane, mooring policy, moorings, River Avon
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Tuesday, January 14th, 2020
Liveaboard boaters will address BaNES Council on the importance of keeping the moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford open on Thursday 16th January 2020. The consultation report will be discussed by the Council’s cabinet at 7pm on 16th January at The Guildhall, Bath. The meeting is open to the public; Mead Lane moorings is item 15 on the agenda. The Council’s cabinet will take a final vote on which of the options outlined in the consultation report it will adopt.
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Tags: BANES Council, Bath, consultation, continuous cruising, enforcement, liveaboards, Mead Lane, mooring policy, moorings
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Friday, October 11th, 2019
BaNES Council is holding another consultation about the moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford, on the River Avon. The deadline is 31st October 2019. Please respond to this so that the views of boaters without a home mooring are heard. The survey is here:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/MeadLane
There will be a a drop-in consultation session for the boating community on Tuesday 22nd October 2019 between 5pm and 8pm at Bath Cricket Club, North Parade Rd, Bath BA2 4EX. Please go if you can and make sure that BaNES Council understands how important it is for liveaboard boaters to continue to be able to moor at Mead Lane for 14 days and how this can make the difference between being able to renew your licence with no problems and having your licence restricted to 6 months or renewal refused with the consequent risk of Section 8 and homelessness.
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Tags: BANES Council, community, consultation, liveaboards, Mead Lane, prejudice, River Avon, Saltford Parish Council
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Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
BANES Council and Avon and Somerset Police have circulated the letter below to boaters who moor at Mead Lane in Saltford on the River Avon. You can download the letter here Mead Lane Trigger Update
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Tags: anti-social behaviour, Avon and Somerset Police, BANES Council, continuous cruising, enforcement, Julian House, liveaboards, Mead Lane, parking, quiet mooring zone, River Avon, Saltford
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Thursday, December 27th, 2018
Following a consultation on a proposed ban on overnight vehicle parking at Mead Lane, Saltford in 2017, on 1st August 2018 BaNES Council released its decision to drop all proposed restrictions. The residents of Mead Lane lobbied the Council for these restrictions, but following objections including by liveaboard boaters BaNES decided that there was no evidence of anti-social behaviour that residents claimed banning overnight parking would deter.
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Tags: BANES Council, continuous cruising, enforcement, liveaboards, Mead Lane, parking, quiet mooring zone, River Avon, Saltford, Saltford Parish Council
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Thursday, February 15th, 2018
The removal of the bins at Darlington Wharf in Bath a month ago has inconvenienced boaters to such an extent that Julian House Travelling Community Support service met with Bath Waterspace Project Co-ordinator Cleo Newcombe-Jones today (15th February 2018) to discuss rubbish bins and overall facilities provision on the K&A within the BaNES Council area.
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Tags: BANES Council, Bath, continuous cruising, facilities, Julian House, liveaboards, Mark Evans, Newbury, recycling, refuse disposal, refuse facilities, rubbish bins, Travelling Community Support Service
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Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017
Please respond to Mead Lane consultation below
As liveaboard boaters without home moorings are being unlawfully forced by CRT to travel longer distances to avoid having our homes seized and removed, many of us have also been forced to use cars to get to work and take children to school, when previously we could rely on cycling and public transport. Many are now having to travel to work or school from places that are much further away, including rural Wiltshire and Berkshire, where public transport is poor or non-existent.
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Tags: BANES Council, community, consultation, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, enforcement, liveaboards, Mead Lane, parking, Saltford, Traffic Regulation Orders
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