H/RM: Residential moorings
Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 57454
Received: 10/12/2021
Respondent: Huntingdonshire District Council
Huntingdonshire District Council supports extending this policy to the small proportion of the River Great Ouse where the banks lie within South Cambridgeshire.
Huntingdonshire District Council supports extending this policy to the small proportion of the River Great Ouse where the banks lie within South Cambridgeshire.
Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 60806
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Parties
Requests review policy successes and failures to inform any necessary updates. Issues with existing provision:
● New moorings should come with appropriate pumpout facilities.
● Pontoons, to be designed with shape of a narrowboat in mind and ensure they fit.
● Moorings fixtures need cautious design and awareness of flood danger to boats and occupants.
Again, rather than simply carrying forward the policy, it is important to review its successes and failures to
inform any necessary updates. Cambridge City Council’s 2017 consultation, which proposed among other things a potential doubling of houseboat residents’ fees and plans to clear the Riverside section of Abbey of houseboats entirely, met with fierce local opposition and lessons must be learned from this.
We are aware of some particular issues with existing provision:
● New moorings should come with appropriate pumpout facilities - the one on Jesus Green is inadequate and needs replacing.
● Pontoons, if supplied, need to be designed with someone involved who knows the shape of a narrowboat, and can ensure that boats will fit.
● Fixtures for moorings need to be designed with caution, and awareness that flooding can endanger boats and their occupants if they are moored with inappropriate fixtures.