Posts Tagged ‘NBTA’
Sunday, March 14th, 2021
CRT has stated that boaters without a home mooring on a restricted 6-month licence are not expected to cover the same range as those on a 12-month licence. Matthew Aymes, CRT Customer Support Manager, Licence Support (ie enforcement manager) said in an email on 23rd February 2021:
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Tags: 6 month licence, Bargee Traveller's Association, continuous cruising, enforcement, liveaboards, NBTA, restricted licences, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2020
The K&A Boaters’ Action Group will be holding a telephone meeting on Monday 30th November 2020 at 7.30pm-9.30pm to discuss the current CRT consultation on changes to the Boat Licence Terms and Conditions. We are very concerned that the proposals will have serious implications for all boaters but especially for liveaboards.
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Tags: Boat Licence Terms and Conditions, boat licences, consultation, CRT, enforcement, K&A boaters action group, liveaboards, meeting, NABO, NBTA, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Monday, June 29th, 2020
In a landmark judgement issued on 25th June 2020 (AB v London Borough of Camden (HB) [2020] UKUT 158 (AAC)), the Upper Tribunal has confirmed that Housing Benefit is payable for boat licence fees because the boat licence fee if living aboard is rent.
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Tags: Bargee Traveller's Association, boat licence fees, continuous cruising, housing benefit, judgement, liveaboards, NBTA, Universal Credit, Upper Tribunal, welfare benefits
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2020
CRT has relented from its decision to bar boaters on restricted 6-month licences from voting in the 2020 CRT Council election following a complaint by the NBTA. Make sure you check your postal address and/or your email as soon as possible, as CRT is not extending the election, which means everyone needs to vote before midnight on Friday February 14th 2020.
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Tags: Bargee Traveller's Association, complaints, continuous cruising, CRT Council elections, CRT governance, enforcement, liveaboards, NBTA
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Monday, October 28th, 2019
CRT attempted to seize a boat on the K&A on Wednesday 16th October after wrongly denying the boater the opportunity to license the boat. The seizure was prevented by the intervention of the Legal Officer of the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) Nick Brown, who spoke to the police, the boater and a CRT Solicitor on the phone during the attempt to remove the boat. The owner had locked himself inside the boat which had been chained to another boat. The seizure team had begun to tow the boat away despite knowing that the owner was inside the boat. The NBTA intervened after the police had threatened to arrest the boat owner if he did not leave the boat.
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Tags: Article 8, Bargee Traveller's Association, British Waterways Act 1971, British Waterways Act 1983, Data, enforcement, enforcement team, GDPR, liveaboards, Lucy Barry, NBTA, Nick Brown, Section 8, Sheila Shaw
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
A ‘Boats Are Homes’ demonstration in London will take place on 24th May 2019 starting with a rally on the Grand Union Canal next to Paddington station at 1pm and marching to the Canal & River Trust office at Little Venice, handing out leaflets to the public.
On Saturday 25th May at 12 noon the Paddington Party and Flotilla will begin on the canal near Paddington station.
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Tags: business moorings, demonstration, gentrification of the waterways, London, mooring charges, mooring restrictions, moorings, NBTA, towpath grabs, visitor moorings
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Friday, May 17th, 2019
We have received the message below from the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA).
There will be a public meeting to discuss the activities of District Enforcement in Reading on Tuesday 21st May 2019 at 7pm at The Jolly Anglers, Kennetside, Reading. Bring your District Enforcement issues.
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Tags: District Enforcement, enforcement, Environment Agency, NBTA, Reading, Reading Borough Council, River Kennet, River Thames
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2018
At least one liveaboard family without a home mooring has successfully negotiated a Term Time Cruising Pattern with CRT.
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Tags: children, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, enforcement, families, FOI requests, Freedom of Information Act, liveaboards, Matthew Symonds, NBTA, school, term time cruising pattern
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2018
CRT’s review of visitor moorings between Devizes and Reading has now finished and the proposals for change have been finalised. A 12-month trial/ consultation period has begun. If any changes have an adverse effect on liveaboard boaters it’s really important that we make this clear to CRT. Send your comments to CRT or make a formal complaint.
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Tags: angling, continuous cruising, Devizes, K&A boaters action group, liveaboards, NABO, NBTA, Reading, visitor mooring review, visitor moorings, Wiltshire County Council
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Friday, August 11th, 2017
Wiltshire Council is carrying out an assessment of the housing needs of people who use a boat as their main home and is inviting boat dwellers both with and without a home mooring in Wiltshire to complete a survey. If you are permanently or temporarily in Wiltshire, or you travel through Wiltshire please take part. The survey is online and the Council is also going to make paper copies available. We will publicise how you can get a paper copy as soon as possible.
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Tags: Accommodation Needs Assessment, Bargee Travellers, Boats with home moorings., DCLG, Housing and Planning Act 2016, housing needs, liveaboards, NBTA, survey, traveller's rights, Wiltshire, Wiltshire County Council
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