Assessment of Boatyard Facilities on the River Thames - Mayor of ...

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<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