Dear BHT Member Pressure is mounting on the Department for Transport (DfT) to announce an inspection of the financial and operational affairs of the harbour. This is by far the most promising route to achieving the clarity around the financial situation of the harbour which the community so badly needs and deserves. In December Lord Whitty asked for a DfT inspection of … [Read more...]
Letter to Members, November 2018
Dear Members Houseboat planning update and important dates Houseboat LDC Decision notice issued At long last, a positive outcome on the Lawful Development Certificate that, without BHT's vigilance and persistence over the last 2.5 years, could potentially have seen an unlimited number of houseboats on a very wide area, even beyond the application site, into the body of the … [Read more...]
Letter to Members, February 2018
Dear Members Those of you who attended the AGM or received copies of the BHAG minutes will not be surprised that we now have a revised description of the Houseboat LDC to consider, published on the 12th January. A Lawful Development Certificate of this type application should seek to confirm what uses have been in place for a qualifying 10 year period by the production … [Read more...]
Planning Update July 2017 : Questions raised
BHT UPDATE ON BEMBRIDGE HARBOUR PLANNING ISSUES 13 JULY 2017 Introduction On 4 July 2017, Malcolm Thorpe widely circulated a paper that he had prepared in which he covered a number of matters that we had raised in our 23.12.06 professionally drawn up report for the Planning Officers on the finances of the Harbour Company and its group companies. The need for this … [Read more...]
Letter to members January 2017
Everything seems to take forever, and a lack of reportable facts has meant there has been little point in an update, however things are now starting to gel. There have been suggestions from some quarters that BHT have sought to frustrate investment in the Harbour. On the contrary, we strive to promote investment in the Harbour and ensure the Harbour itself is properly served. … [Read more...]