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ight to cross the lock onto Ash Island. In the past, the EA has tried to raise this charge by a significant degree and it is a source <strong>of</strong> concern to Mr Allen. If the charges levied became too great, the business would have to close down. Comments (2000) The core business at the site is moorings and boat repair and maintenance. Mr Allen used to operate one <strong>of</strong> the largest hire fleets but demand for this dwindled and the difficulties involved in providing the service for the revenue derived from it resulted in the cessation <strong>of</strong> the hire boats part <strong>of</strong> the business. He intends to run the site until he retires and then to sell it, hopefully as a going concern. The biggest constraint in developing the site is access and the lack <strong>of</strong> nearby car parking. Comments (2007) Mr. Allen has confirmed by e-mail that the details recorded in the 2000 study are unchanged. <strong>Assessment</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Boatyard</strong> <strong>Facilities</strong> on the River Thames Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd - April 2007 51
52 <strong>Boatyard</strong> Record Sheet <strong>Boatyard</strong> number: 9 (21) Premises Trading Name: Harts Boats Telephone no: (0208) 3994009 Address : Portsmouth Road Thames Ditton Surrey Postcode: KT6 4HJ Operator: John Clerk Tenant: Unknown Freeholder: Unknown Borough: Kingston upon Thames <strong>Facilities</strong> Open slipway: No Land storage: No Covered slipway: No Pontoon moorings: Yes (20 berths) Dry dock: No Buoy/bankside moorings: No Boat Hoist/Crane: Yes (Hoist) Covered workshop: Yes Chandlery: No Max dimension <strong>of</strong> craft that can be slipped / dry docked / lifted / moored Length: Beam: Not known Tonnage: Employee numbers Not known. Context Since 2000, there has been a history <strong>of</strong> planning applications for developments associated with improvements to the operations on the site. In 2001 an application was submitted to “upgrade and replace…existing pilings and pontoons including provision <strong>of</strong> new pilings and pontoons; most southerly 80m for residential houseboat moorings, the remainder for commercial moorings.” As detailed in the Council planning report for the most recent application (link below) “That application proposed the relocation <strong>of</strong> permanent houseboat moorings 80m upstream from their current position, adjacent to the Thames Water Filter Beds proposed Metropolitan Open Land, to a part <strong>of</strong> the river not presently in use for mooring <strong>of</strong> residential houseboats. The appeal, if successful, would have resulted in the permanent mooring <strong>of</strong> houseboats and floating pontoons alongside the Victorian brick banks <strong>of</strong> the Filter Beds.” The application, and subsequent appeal, were refused on the grounds that “the proposal contravenes the aims and objectives <strong>of</strong> Policies STR7 and OL16A <strong>of</strong> the Royal Borough <strong>of</strong> Kingston Upon Thames Unitary Development Plan Proposed First Alterations to the Adopted Unitary Development Plan (1998) (Composite Version) in <strong>Assessment</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Boatyard</strong> <strong>Facilities</strong> on the River Thames Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd - April 2007
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