CRT’s restructure of its enforcement team went live on about 5th September 2024. The main enforcement team is now called “Boat Licensing, Compliance & Enforcement Team”. There are no individual contact details published, only licence.support@canalrivertrust.org.uk and case.management@canalrivertrust.org.uk.
NBTA K&A branch meeting 24th September, online
Calling all boaters on the Kennet and Avon Canal! Get involved in action and support locally. For more information please email kandanbta@gmail.com The next NBTA K&A online meeting is on Tuesday 24th September 2024 at 7pm.
Licence strike move gathers pace
Canal & River Trust (CRT) has introduced its discriminatory surcharge against boats without a home mooring. As every day passes, more boaters realise that the cost of their licence is spiralling upwards while boater facilities continue to be closed and itinerant boat dwellers suffer increasingly draconian and unlawful enforcement. As more boaters realise that they […]
Surcharge, real financial cost in 5 years?
With some confusion and a seeming lack of wide alarm at a 5% rising to 25% surcharge on boats without home moorings, CRT’s ‘glide path’, which introduces incremental and differential licence fee pricing between now and 2028, could well be intentionally deceptive.
Elmbridge anti-mooring PSPO suspended due to legal challenge
A boater is bringing a legal challenge to the Elmbridge Borough Council Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) that prohibits mooring on the Council’s land on the River Thames for more than 24 hours. The Order initially came into force in March 2024. As the result of this legal challenge, Elmbridge Council has suspended the PSPO. […]
Public Inquiry into proposed PLA Harbour Revision Order
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has been attempting to enact a Harbour Revision Order (HRO) since 2019 and has carried out at least two consultations with boaters and other interested parties. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), which is the body that authorises HROs, has recently made it known that it will carry out a […]
CRT allows sewage to leak into canal
“The stench was so bad I threw up” said a boater as sewage blanketed the tourist spot Little Venice on the Regents Canal for nine days and counting, following inaction from the charity Canal & River Trust (CRT). Negligence from the UK’s main canal charity has allowed untreated sewage to seep over towpaths and into […]
NBTA calls for CRT to drop range requirement following publication of boater census report
The National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA), which represents thousands of itinerant boat dwellers living on the UK’s waterways, is calling for the end of the Canal & River Trust’s (CRT’s) current enforcement policy. CRT – the charity that manages the majority of the UK’s inland waterways – has this week published the full results of […]
NBTA to run Volunteer Caseworker training course in October
The National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) will be holding an online training course for Volunteer Caseworkers to join our dedicated team. There are three sessions within the training course. They will be held online on 20th and 27th October and 3rd November 2024 from 3pm to 6pm. NBTA Caseworkers help boaters to deal with enforcement […]
Kennet and Avon NBTA meeting, 20th August, online
The next online meeting of the K&A NBTA branch will be on Tuesday 20th August 2024 at 7pm . Get involved and have your say!