Posts Tagged ‘enforcement’
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
The Stop the Surcharge campaign is hosting a Drop-In session for MPs in Parliament to inform and seek their support regarding the threatened loss of homes, discriminatory surcharge and disproportionate punitive enforcement faced by the community of boat dwellers without home moorings. The Drop-In session is organised by the NBTA. **The date has been changed!!**
Please write to your MP AGAIN NOW!! and tell him or her that the new date for the MPs Drop-In session in Parliament is Thursday 28th November 2024 in Committee Room 3A at 10.00am to 11.00am.
Please ask your family and friends to write to their MPs as well and circulate this message to any other boaters who may be interested.
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Tags: Bargee Traveller's Association, continuous cruising, enforcement, licence surcharge, liveaboards, MPs, Parliament
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Saturday, February 10th, 2024
We have been alerted to the fact that CRT may be considering restricted opening hours all year round on a permanent basis for the Caen Hill flight in Devizes, should no objections be raised. The winter opening hours for Caen Hill (Locks 29-44) are 10am – 1pm every day, with last entry into the flight by 1pm.
Please object to this!
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Tags: Caen Hill, complaints, continuous cruising, enforcement, hire boat companies, liveaboards, Mark Evans
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Monday, January 8th, 2024
There will be a Kennet & Avon Canal User Forum on Wednesday 24th January 2024 from 10:30 to 12:30. The in-person forum will be held at the St James Centre, Estcourt Crescent, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1LR. CRT’s Sarah Cook says “Please join us for some short presentations, have your questions answered and an opportunity to talk to us directly.”
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Tags: continuous cruising, Devizes, enforcement, facilities, K&A Users Forum, licence surcharge, liveaboards, maintenance, meeting
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Monday, April 24th, 2023
Julian House Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Boater and Showman Support Service is running fortnightly drop-in sessions providing advice and guidance on benefits and other financial support, healthcare and mental health services, housing and other council services, boat licencing and liaising with CRT, drug and alcohol support, No Fixed Address issues, help with paperwork and more! No need to book, just drop by!
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Tags: advice, alcohol and substance abuse, boat licensing, continuous cruising, CRT, drop-in sessions, enforcement, Health, Julian House, liveaboards, mental health, Travelling Community Support Service, welfare benefits
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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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Saturday, April 30th, 2022
Two liveaboard boats were seized by CRT in Limpley Stoke on Wednesday 27th April.The two occupants are now homeless and are believed to be sleeping rough.
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Tags: 1983 British Waterways Act, Article 6, Article 8, boat seizure, British Waterways Act 1971, Commercial Boat Services, enforcement, European Convention on Human Rights, homelessness, Human Rights Act, liveaboards, Section 8
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