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There was a previous thread about the proposed change of use, of a visitor mooring below the lock at Bradford on Avon, to a permanent mooring for a widebeam hairdressing salon. It's all gone a bit quiet so I thought I'd have a peek at the planning application on Wiltshire councils website (I urge you to have a look, the application number is W/13/00589/FUL ) to see how it's getting along. There are very many well considered objections. Most pointing out the congestion at that lock, the danger to navigation presented by a widebeam just before a lock on a bend, the fact that this is the first lock encountered by many inexperienced hirers, the loss of scarce visitor mooring at a popular attraction, the noise of a permanantly running genny or engine for running hairdryers.... the list goes on. As well as all these objections by concerned individuals, there are objections from the BOA Preservation Trust, Wiltshire Councils rights of way/countryside dept, The K&A Trade Association, the River Avon Users Group and the Inland Waterways Association. What about the C&RT? surely they won't condone such a use in such a congested spot! not with such pressure on visitor moorings on the western K&A! Nope. In the response in their official capacity as consultees on this matter and after considering all aspects including navigational safety, the operational needs of the waterway and the impact on recreational use of the waterway they can raise no objection at all! to the canal being used as a surrogate high street for a business with no intrinsic link to the waterway at all, in an area with several hairdressers within a mile radius. Do the C&RT care about the needs of boaters at all? Discuss
