Bembridge Harbour Trust

Bembridge Harbour Trust - Isle of Wight

"To preserve and enhance Bembridge Harbour, its approaches and setting for the benefit of the public, including users of the Harbour and the communities of Bembridge and St Helens”

News

Early January update

Dear Members Court date fixed Finally, we have a court date for the Judicial Review of the Statutory Harbour Authority. The final hearing will be on 23rd March 2023, in the High Court in London. It will be an in-person hearing. At present, it cannot also be viewed online by the public, but we will keep you advised if there is any change. Sale of the Aggregates … [Read more...] about Early January update

Members update December 2022

Dear Members, We hope to see as many of you as possible at the AGM. This will be held at 6.00pm on the 16th December at The Cloisters off Bembridge High Street. In the meantime, we bring you up to date on a couple of major issues, the sale of the aggregate yard and the Judicial Review of the Harbour Authority. Sale of the aggregates yard at Bembridge Point It … [Read more...] about Members update December 2022

July members update

It appears that the vast majority of the £900,000 proceeds from the sale of Bembridge Point gravel yard with extraction rights, should have gone to the statutory harbour authority (BHIC) but have instead gone to the Thorpes' property company, BIL. According to records at Land Registry, in April 2022 the gravel yard and access road were transferred from BIL to JS Ag Ltd … [Read more...] about July members update

Response to IWCP letter

When a letter from a Mr Knocker critical of BHT was published on the Isle of Wight County Press website it attracted this public comment from a non BHT member: "You probably have worked out by now that Knocker has written a fraction of the total overall shocking ownership of this harbour. Most locals know exactly what's going on here, with multiple companies owned by the … [Read more...] about Response to IWCP letter

Late February Members update

Dear Members,  The hearing of the Judicial Review against the SHA is not now expected until late Spring. But people need to know that whatever the eventual outcome of the JR, the harbour remains under existential threat as long as any owner is able to extract all the money they choose, at the direct expense of the harbour's essential function, and BHT alone cannot … [Read more...] about Late February Members update