Parliamentary Committee recommends CRT must consult boat dwellers
The Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has recommended “that the Canal and River Trust demonstrates that it has taken into consideration the specific needs of all stakeholders, including...
View ArticleOverstay charges: BW asks “WILL people pay?”
BW’s Boating Projects report for May 2011 shows that BW is unsure whether people will pay overstaying charges. When Head of Boating Sally Ash reported on the progress of BW’s trial of “Extended stay...
View ArticleContinuous cruising report throws more light on BW/CRT unlawful enforcement...
An enforcement officer’s project that consisted of intensive enforcement action against a selected group of liveaboards without home moorings provides more information about CRT/BW’s enforcement...
View ArticleCRT threaten our web site with libel
This web site’s Editor received a letter from CRT recently threatening to take court proceedings for libel against the web site because of statements made in articles revealing and commenting about...
View ArticleSally Ash tells BaNES liveaboard boaters are forcing out leisure users
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that a meeting took place between CRT and BaNES on 2oth March this year in connection with the Council’s assessment of the inclusion of boat dwellers in...
View ArticleThe court transcript CRT doesn’t want you to read
The National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) has recently published the transcript of hearing of the judicial review by Nick Brown of the Guidance for Boaters Without a Home Mooring on its web...
View ArticleInformation request shows CRT changed K&A mooring plan after last-minute...
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...
View ArticleCRT ‘places’ maps were leaked
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request has confirmed the suspicions of many that CRT had not intended to publish the ‘places’ maps in August. Boaters who wanted to find out more were nonplussed by the...
View ArticleInformation release throws light on changes to enforcement process for boats...
In a response to a Freedom of Information request CRT has released information about the changes to the enforcement process against boats without a home mooring which it has announced will be applied...
View ArticleResist CRT’s changes to boat licence conditions: respond by 31st March
On 30th January, CRT announced changes to the boat licence terms and conditions which it claims are not “a significant change of policy by the Trust”. However, many of these changes seek to unlawfully...
View ArticleCRT publish enforcement letters
Following a Freedom of Information request by Allan Richards, CRT has published all the enforcement letters referred to in the continuous cruising enforcement flow chart that Mr Richards obtained in...
View ArticleCRT publish kilometre lengths three months after start of new enforcement policy
Following a Freedom of Information request, CRT has published a list and an interactive map of kilometre lengths for all of the waterways that it owns or manages. This is important information because...
View ArticleDisabled boaters – know your rights!
CRT has adopted a standard procedure for assessing and agreeing adjustments to its enforcement procedure for boaters with disabilities. This is the result of campaigning by NABO, the NBTA and other...
View ArticleAct now to stop mooring restrictions at Mead Lane, Saltford
Yet another mooring place used by liveaboard boaters is under threat. This time it is the stretch of the River Avon at Mead Lane, Saltford. Local anti-boater residents are calling for Saltford Parish...
View ArticleThe K&A is being dredged
The K&A is actually being dredged. Well, not completely dredged, but spot dredged in some of the worst places. This long awaited work started on 17th October on the stretch between Bridge 97 at...
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