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<strong>Boatyard</strong> Record Sheet <strong>Boatyard</strong> number: 22 (33) Premises Trading Name: B J Wood and Sons Telephone no: (0208) 5604848 Address : Lion Wharf Road Isleworth Middx Postcode: TW7 7BW Operator: Mr Wood Tenant: Yes Freeholder: Port <strong>of</strong> London Authority Borough: Hounslow <strong>Facilities</strong> Open slipway: No Land storage: No Covered slipway: No Pontoon moorings: No Dry dock: Yes (3) Buoy/bankside moorings: Yes (operational buoy moorings) Boat Hoist/Crane: Yes Covered workshop: Yes Chandlery: No Max dimension <strong>of</strong> craft that can be slipped / dry docked / lifted / moored Length: 24.3 metres Beam: 6 metres Tonnage: Not applicable Employee numbers 6 marine engineers Context Planning and environmental health issues: Mr Woods has suffered from persistent complaints from some <strong>of</strong> the residents in the new housing developed opposite the site. This has been to such an extent that Mr Woods has had to modify some <strong>of</strong> his activities such as ceasing shot blasting. Relationship to adjoining land uses/other boatyard facilities: The site is located adjacent to Isleworth Ait, an undeveloped island which is operated as a local nature reserve by the London Wildlife Trust. Opposite the site, modern housing and <strong>of</strong>fices have been developed. Downstream <strong>of</strong> the site, the nearest boatyard facilities are Brentford Dock Marina, SPL Marine and MSO Marine Construction. Upstream <strong>of</strong> the site are other vessels moored and operated by Colliers Launches, Trident Marine and Peter Murfit as well as a small residential houseboat site located on the bankside operated by Thistleworth Marine. Access arrangements (capacity, proximity to major roads): There is no vehicular access to the site which is floating, making access possible only by boat (or by foot at low tide). The nearest road is Lion Wharf Road ( a dead end) <strong>Assessment</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Boatyard</strong> <strong>Facilities</strong> on the River Thames Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd - April 2007 75
76 which connects to St Margarets Road (a local road). The nearest main distributor route is the A316, located at the southern end <strong>of</strong> St Margarets Road. Comments (2000) B J Woods and Sons is an important boatbuilding facility that has contracts for maintaining a number <strong>of</strong> the passenger boats operating on the Thames. The whole <strong>of</strong> the site is floating including 3 dry docks built from converted barges. Comments (2007) Mr Wood has said that the biggest problem the firm has is with sensitivity by neighbours to noise limiting the type <strong>of</strong> operations that can be carried out at the boatyard. The firm has built a sound barrier on the dry dock as a mitigation measure and also altered the manner in which they needle-gun boats. There had been some issues relating to operations at night – this was necessary due to the fluctuations in tide etc. The employment levels on site had remained relatively static although they had lost some business due to not being able to dry blast. <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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