Posts Tagged ‘Waterways Act 1995’
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, 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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Friday, May 9th, 2014
There will be an open meeting between boaters and CRT Chief Executive Richard Parry on Wednesday 21st May 2014 from 6pm to 8pm at the Corn Exchange, Market Place, Devizes SN10 1HS. All boaters are welcome to attend the meeting. You need to book and print a (free) ticket online using this link
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Tags: enforcement team, K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, meeting, Richard Parry, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Thursday, May 1st, 2014
The interim 12-month local plan for the K&A between Bath and Foxhangers starts today, 1st May 2014. We publish the information that was emailed to boaters on the K&A yesterday below and we will publish our analysis of the legality of this plan soon.
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Tags: continuous cruising, K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, Local Waterway Partnership, mooring policy, Moorings Consultation, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Monday, April 7th, 2014
There have been some developments in CRT’s enforcement practice along the K&A, according to conversations between boaters and CRT staff.
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Tags: continuous cruising, Corrine Rotherham, Denise Yelland, enforcement, enforcement team, Section 17, Sheila Shaw, Waterways Act 1995
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Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
The IWA’s response to the news that Nick Brown discontinued his Judicial Review of CRT’s Guidance for Boaters Without a Home Mooring is alarmingly off-piste. IWA Chair Les Etheridge weighed into the discussion saying “Visitor moorings on the inland waterways need to be managed with the best interests of the whole boating community”.
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Tags: continuous cruising, IWA, liveaboards, NABO, Nick Brown, Sally Ash, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995, Waterways Ombudsman
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Friday, February 21st, 2014
In a meeting between CRT and the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) on 14th January, NABO stated that “Putting the legal arguments to one side, NABO, as a policy decision, are happy for the pilot [roving mooring permit] operation to proceed and will monitor a) its success and b) its effect, if any, on other boaters and the availability of moorings. NABO feels that at least a roving mooring permit is a compassionate attempt to resolve a problem which has been allowed to get out of control. NABO will at this time raise no legal objections during this process but would suggest that the effectiveness of the roving mooring permits is monitored at 6 and 12 month intervals and NABO would like to be party to the findings”.
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Tags: liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, Local Waterway Partnership, NABO, NBTA, RBOA, Richard Parry, roving mooring permits, Sally Ash, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Friday, February 21st, 2014
Nick Brown, claimant in the judicial review proceedings against Canal & River Trust (CRT) to decide whether the Guidance for Boaters Without a Home Mooring is lawful, discontinued the action on 19th February. He said “During the hearing it became apparent that this case could not after all decide on the lawfulness of the Guidance because I am not facing any enforcement action myself. Therefore the case should not continue”.
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Tags: bona fide navigation, continuous cruising, Nick Brown, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Monday, February 17th, 2014
A boat dweller who is facing court action by CRT was told that Richard Parry will not personally scrutinise every decision to take boat dwellers to court, whether against sick boaters or otherwise, according to a petition on the 38 degrees web site. This is in direct contradiction to the discussion between a K&A boater and Mr Parry.
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Tags: continuous cruising, equality, liveaboards, petition, Richard Parry, Sally Ash, Section 17, Simon Salem, Waterways Act 1995
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