Posts Tagged ‘Local Mooring Strategy’
Tuesday, August 6th, 2019
CRT’s interim Regional Director for Wales and the South West, Jon Horsfall, confirmed on 18th July 2019 that CRT remains “committed to delivering” the strategic programmes that were devised by former regional director Richard Thomas in conjunction with User Group Forums in 2018 and 2019 and a study day in which the liveaboard boating community was significantly under-represented despite efforts to persuade the former director to include us.
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Tags: continuous cruising, Corrine Rotherham, enforcement, facilities, families, Jon Horsfall, K&A Users Forum, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, Matthew Preston, mooring policy, Regional DIrector, Richard Thomas, school, Sheila Shaw, towpath, towpath tidy
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
The K&A Boaters’ Action Group’s next meeting is on Monday 11th June 2018 at 7.30pm at the Golden Swan, Wilcot SN9 5NN, a short walk across the green from Wilcot bridge (117). All are welcome.
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Tags: Bath, community, continuous cruising, CRT review of boat licensing, enforcement, Housing and Planning Act 2016, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, meeting, traveller's rights, Wiltshire County Council, Wiltshire liveaboard boaters survey
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
The K&A Boaters’ Action Group’s next meeting is on Monday 9th April 2018 at 7.30pm at the George Inn, Bathampton BA2 6TR, right on the canal at bridge 183. All are welcome.
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Tags: Bath, Bathampton, community, continuous cruising, CRT review of boat licensing, enforcement, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, meeting, The George Inn
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Monday, March 19th, 2018
CRT announced on 6th March 2018 that it would not increase licence fees for boats without a home mooring. However there will be fee increases for widebeams and significant reductions in the prompt payment discount, which together will result in more liveaboard boaters struggling to pay the licence fee, more boats becoming unlicensed and more people losing their homes.
CRT’s report on the year-long consultation also stated that “a further review will be undertaken to establish how the significant growth in demand from boats without a home mooring in key locations can be addressed, to fairly reflect the benefit experienced by those boaters without a home mooring in London and other highly popular locations”. CRT stated that these ‘highly popular’ locations include Bath.
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Tags: Bath, consultation, continuous cruising, CRT review of boat licensing, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, prompt payment discount, roving mooring permits, widebeams
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Sunday, June 14th, 2015
Sally Ash, who as CRT/BW Head of Boating did so much to ruin the lives of boat dwellers without home moorings, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list.
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Tags: APCO, continuous cruising, drifters, Drifters Leisure Limited, Ed Helps, hire boat companies, James Griffin, K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan, liveaboards, lo, Local Mooring Strategy, roving mooring permits, Sally Ash, Tim Parker
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Thursday, June 26th, 2014
Sally Ash, the unpopular Head of Boating, finally retires at the end of this month after 38 years working for BW and CRT. She joined BW as a researcher in 1976 following a Masters degree at Reading University. Here we take a look back at some of her activities and the cost of her career both to boaters and to her employers, not only in financial terms but also in goodwill, time and effort.
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Tags: Boat Licence Terms and Conditions, consultation, continuous cruising, FOI requests, Houseboat Certificates, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, London Boaters, mooring policy, moorings, NABO, River Lea, roving mooring permits, Sally Ash, Section 17, visitor moorings, Waterways Act 1995, Waterways Ombudsman
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2014
A Freedom of Information request shows that CRT had received legal advice that meant it had to change the K&A local mooring plan substantially before implementation, contrary to the statement of CRT Chief Executive Richard Parry on 21st May.
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Tags: continuous cruising, FOI request, Jackie Lewis, K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, Local Waterway Partnership, Matthew Symonds, Richard Parry, Sally Ash
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Here we bring you our analysis of the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan. We start with the issue of what will happen when the 12-month trial period ends on 1st May 2015, because CRT’s statements about this indicate that something is amiss with the policy of Local Mooring Strategies.
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Tags: 14 day rule, Bathampton Parish Council, Ian Dewey, K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, Local Waterway Partnership, Matthew Symonds, Rob Dean, Sally Ash, Section 17, Towpath Mooring Plan, Waterways Act 1995
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