Memorandum submitted by Nigel Moore (BW
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1. My name is Nigel Moore. I am resident
on a boat within the offline basin run by Brentford Yacht and
Boat Co Ltd within the Greater London area.
2. I have been resident here since the beginning
of 1990, have run Brentford Marine Services, a boat repair and
maintenance firm, since 1995; owned and ran the landlord company
Ridgeway Motors (Isleworth) Ltd from 2001 and am Company Secretary
now of both BMS Ltd and Brentford Yacht & Boat Co. Ltd.
3. From 2002 I was elected as a Representative
of the Mayor's Thames and Waterways Stakeholders Forum, sitting
on the Thames and Waterways Steering Group responsible for informing
the Mayor on waterways policies to be included in the London Plan.
From 2005 I have been Chairman of the Brentford Waterside Forum
advising Hounslow Council on all planning matters to do with the
waterways, and am Waterways Advisor to the Brentford Community
Council, an independent planning advisory body established in
1989.
4. As individual boat owner, marine business
operator and waterways advisor, I have been actively engaged with
British Waterways over the years, and have become increasingly
concerned with the effect of their prioritisation of income over
the purpose of that income in terms of their guardianship.
5. I would wish to give evidence to the
committee if invited, that documents BW's relationship both with
the marine businesses I operate and with the Council whose planning
decisions I have been involved in defending at Public Inquiries.
6. The issues involved relate to:
— current users of the waterway network
and their relationships with British Waterways;
— commercial activities of British
Waterways, including its property portfolio;
— potential for growth in leisure and
freight use of the waterways network; and
— relationships between British Waterways
and central Government departments, Regional Development Agencies
and local authorities.
Nigel Moore
March 2007
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