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

<strong>Boatyard</strong> Record Sheet
<strong>Boatyard</strong> number: 15
Premises
Trading Name: Unknown
Telephone no:
Address: Phoenix <strong>Boatyard</strong>
Eel Pie Island
Twickenham
Middx
Postcode: TW1 3DY
Operator:
Tenant:
Freeholder:
Borough: Richmond upon Thames
<strong>Facilities</strong>
Open slipway: No
Land storage: No
Covered slipway: Yes
Pontoon moorings: No
Dry dock: No
Buoy/bankside moorings: No
Boat Hoist/Crane: No
Covered workshop: Yes
Chandlery: No
Max dimension <strong>of</strong> craft that can be slipped / dry docked / lifted / moored
Length: 12.5 metres
Beam:
Tonnage:
Employee numbers
None
Context
At the time <strong>of</strong> the 2000 <strong>Boatyard</strong> Study this site was disused. The boatyard building
had been severely damaged by fire but the slipway underneath was undamaged.
Henry Harrison submitted a planning application to retain the covered slipway and to
construct business units and a manager’s flat within the site that is located between
Eel Pie Slipways and Eel Pie <strong>Boatyard</strong>.
LB Richmond was concerned about the practicality <strong>of</strong> the arrangements to maintain
boat repair facilities on the site and commissioned Adams Hendry to review the
planning application. Adams Hendry advises modifications to ensure that the full
length <strong>of</strong> the slipway was made available for use and that the headroom <strong>of</strong> the
building be increased to a minimum <strong>of</strong> 6 metres.
The Platonic Partnership submitted a fresh planning application for Henry Harrison on
28th July 2000 for the erection <strong>of</strong> a two storey block <strong>of</strong> B1 workshop studios and B2
boatyard with manager’s flat above (Ref 00/2086/FUL). L B Richmond approved this
application but later took enforcement action because the developer had inserted a
beam across the slipway that reduced the effective length <strong>of</strong> the operational slipway.
<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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