Consultation on definition of “Houseboat” until 30th September
CRT/ BW is running a consultation on changes to the terms and conditions for houseboat mooring permits. It started at the end of May and the deadline is 30 September 2012. The consultation also seeks...
View ArticleLondon Calling
London has an entirely different canal community to ours but there is considerable crossover in pressure on the infrastructure and attitudes of CRT and a small minority of the local population. On the...
View ArticleWhy CRT lost Section 8 case – public meeting 27th April
There will be a public meeting on 27th April with speaker Nigel Moore, who recently won a six-year court battle with BW/ CRT, ending in a Court of Appeal judgement preventing CRT from seizing his boat....
View ArticleBoaters’ Collective Meeting on Grand Union
From Grand Union Boaters discussing CRT plans for the Southern Grand Union including Roving Mooring Permits and the recent mooring restrictions. Meeting tonight if any boaters are in the area. “We have...
View ArticleCRT to review winter moorings following chaos of new system
CRT has informed one of its winter moorings customers that it is going to re-think its new system for winter moorings. The customer in question has not actually been able to use their winter mooring...
View ArticleCanoe slipway means loss of mooring space on Devizes Wharf – object by 3rd July!
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...
View ArticleHow much has Sally Ash cost boaters?
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...
View ArticleBaNES Council may become a navigation authority
BaNES Council has commissioned a legal report from its solicitors Clarke Willmott outlining the Council’s options in relation to becoming a navigation authority and legislation in relation to bye-laws....
View ArticleCRT moorings consultation sparks angry petition
CRT is holding another consultation on methods for allocation of its directly managed moorings, but despite the previous consultation in 2008 showing overwhelming opposition to the principle of an...
View ArticleCRT set minimum distance – without telling us what it is
Yesterday CRT announced that from 1st May 2015 that it is extending its “new continuous cruiser” enforcement process to all boats licensed without a home mooring. It declared that it would refuse to...
View ArticleCouncil’s Devizes Wharf plans will affect boaters – please attend meeting...
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....
View ArticleHave you been pressurised to pay over the reserve for a mooring? Please...
We would like to hear from all boaters who took a mooring after their licence was restricted to 6 months or 3 months. Did you feel pressured into taking the mooring? If you took a CRT auctioned...
View ArticlePlease comment on Wiltshire Council liveaboard boaters survey report by 29th...
Wiltshire Council is carrying out a consultation regarding the report on its 2017 survey of liveaboard boaters. Please comment by 29th June 2018. Your comments will help to shape the Council’s approach...
View ArticleFight the closure of facilities at Horton Bridge: please come to K&A Boaters’...
If you are concerned about the closure of boaters’ facilities at the Bridge Inn, Horton, come to the K&A Boaters’ Action Group in Devizes next Monday 13th August 2018. See...
View ArticleWadworths refuse to re-instate Horton Bridge bins – please sign petition!
The Chief Executive of Wadworths Brewery, Chris Welham, has refused to re-instate the boaters’ rubbish bins at the Bridge Inn, Horton following a complaint. Boaters have now started an online petition...
View ArticleBoats Are Homes demo and flotilla, London, 24th-25th May
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...
View ArticleBoaters to address BaNES Council on Mead Lane moorings consultation report
Liveaboard boaters will address BaNES Council on the importance of keeping the moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford open on Thursday 16th January 2020. The consultation report will be discussed by the...
View ArticleBaNES Council votes to close Mead Lane moorings
Despite verbal and written submissions to the Council meeting from liveaboard boaters, BaNES Council cabinet voted on on 16th January 2020 to close Mead Lane moorings on the River Avon and to carry out...
View ArticleMead Lane: important boaters’ meeting, 28th January, Bathampton
There will be a boaters’ meeting next Tuesday 28th January to discuss what the options are for the liveaboard community now that BaNES Council has voted to remove the only 14-day moorings on the River...
View ArticleBaNES Council re-opens Mead Lane moorings
Last week BaNES Council reversed the decision that it made in January and has re-opened the 14-day moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford on the River Avon, until a structural survey of the river bank is...
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