Posts Tagged ‘Wiltshire County Council’
Monday, September 11th, 2017
Wiltshire Council’s plans to develop land at Devizes Wharf will affect boaters. Plans for a footpath between Lock 50 and the Wharf Theatre could reduce mooring space and adversely impact all boaters. Please attend the Devizes Area Board meeting on 18th September and make your concerns known.
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Tags: boating, continuous cruising, Devizes Area Board, Devizes Wharf, Housing and Planning Act 2016, liveaboards, moorings, Wiltshire County Council
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Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
The Boaters’ Cafe Club outreach boat Litania will be at the lower wharf in Bradford on Avon on Tuesday 5th September 2017 from 12pm to 4pm. Paper copies of the Wiltshire liveaboard boaters’ survey will be available.
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Tags: alcohol and substance abuse, Bradford-on-Avon, canal ministries, community, food parcels, Health, Julian House, Litania, self-employment, support, Travelling Community Support Service, welfare, welfare benefits, Wiltshire County Council
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Friday, September 1st, 2017
Paper copies of the Wiltshire Council boat dwellers survey are available for those who need them. You can collect a copy from Bradford on Avon, Devizes or Pewsey libraries. They will also be available on the Boaters’ Cafe Club outreach boat run by Julian House Gypsy, Traveller, Boater & Roma Community Support Service, which will be at Bradford Lower Wharf next Tuesday 5th September 12pm to 4pm. There may also be some distributed from boats in the Long Pound. Please pass this news on to anyone you know who might need it.
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Tags: Accommodation Needs Assessment, Boats with home moorings., Housing and Planning Act 2016, housing needs, liveaboards, survey, traveller's rights, Wiltshire, 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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Monday, June 29th, 2015
The Floating Cinema, which is currently travelling along the K&A to Bristol, is showing Wiltshire Council’s 30 minute film Boaters Voices this week.
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Tags: arts and culture, Boaters Voices, Bradford-on-Avon, Caen Hill, continuous cruising, Floating Cinema, liveaboards, Wiltshire County Council
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
A planning application by Devizes Canoe Club to build a slipway will result in the loss of what is now permanent mooring space at Lower Wharf, Devizes.If you are concerned about the loss of mooring space, the deadline for objections is July 3rd.
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Tags: Canal and River Trust, canoeists, Charities Act 2011, Devizes, Devizes Canoe Club, moorings, planning application, Wiltshire County Council
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
A meeting is to take place between boaters, parish councillors and CRT on 19th June in Wilcot to try to resolve problems between boaters and local residents in the Pewsey area.
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Tags: Alton Parish Council, continuous cruising, Honey Street, liveaboards, Matthew Symonds, Pewsey Area Crime and Community Safety, Pewsey Community Area Partnership, Sheila Shaw, Wilcot Parish Council, Wiltshire County Council, Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Wootton Rivers Parish Council
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