Boats 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 ArticleMead Lane moorings update
BANES Council and Avon and Somerset Police have circulated the letter below to boaters who moor at Mead Lane in Saltford on the River Avon. You can download the letter here Mead Lane Trigger Update...
View ArticleBaNES consultation on Mead Lane moorings, respond by 31st Oct, drop-in...
BaNES Council is holding another consultation about the moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford, on the River Avon. The deadline is 31st October 2019. Please respond to this so that the views of boaters...
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 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...
View ArticleBaNES to decide future of Mead Lane moorings on 8th October after survey...
In January 2020 BaNES Council attempted to close the 14-day moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford following a long campaign by local residents hostile to liveaboard boaters. Allegations were made that the...
View ArticleBaNES reconsiders decision to close Mead Lane moorings in winter following...
Following a Judicial Review challenge by Community Law Partnership (CLP) on behalf of a liveaboard boater, BaNES Council is reconsidering its decision to close the 14 day moorings at Mead Lane,...
View ArticleBoaters can now moor for 14 days at Mead Lane all year
Following a legal challenge by a boater to the decision by BaNES Council to close the moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford, on the River Avon between November and March, boaters can now moor at Mead Lane...
View ArticleThe Mead Lane Channel
Maybe it’s time for us to start a Mead Lane channel, no sooner has a major victory been won as BANES are advised by the Judge that they would likely lose a judicial review that the residents take the...
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