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A narrowboat mooring up at Barbridge on the Shropshire Union Canal

Completed Consultation Reports

BW long term moorings: allocating vacancies and setting prices

Final report, October 2008 (PDF)
Download Oct 2008 news release (PDF)

Associated documents:

2008 British Waterways Boat Licence Fee Consultation

British Waterways Boat Licence Fee Consultation

2005/6 Consultation and briefings relating to the licensing of shared ownership boats

  1. Price discrimination in craft-user licence fees (273KB PDF): a report for British Waterways by Oxera, March 2005
  2. The fee structure for boat licences in England and Wales: a consultation, June 2005 (78KB PDF)
  3. Fee structure for boat licences in England and Wales, "White Paper" following public consultation July - September 2005 (114KB PDF), November 2005
  4. Fee Structure for Licences in England and Wales Final Report (58KB PDF) May 2006
  5. Definition of shared ownership for BW licensing purposes (22KB PDF) September 2006

2005 Towpath Mowing Guidelines

  1. Towpath mowing consultation report (366KB PDF)
  2. Towpath mowing guidelines - 2005 (3MB PDF)
  3. Towpath mowing guidelines - 2007 (620KB PDF)

2004 Trial Moorings Code Consultation

2003 Improving Openness and Accountability

  1. Openness & Accountability Narrative Report (365KB PDF) & Appendix A
  2. Openness & Accountability Appendix B (182KB PDF)
  3. Openness & Accountability Appendix C (134KB PDF)
  4. Openness & Accountability Appendix D (60KB PDF)
  5. Openness & Accountability Appendix E (119KB PDF)
  6. Openness & Accountability mailing list (88KB PDF) Report Document

2002/3: Review of craft licensing: final report and conclusions: (A) fee structure (B) licence fees 2003 - 2006.

  1. Craft licensing final report Feb 2003 (107KB PDF)

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Mooring up on the Llangollen Canal in Llangollen, Denbighshire