Residential Moorings


And provides £80,000 of local economic and infrastructure investment


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BWML SECURES 130 RESIDENTIAL MOORINGS


moorings across four locations – Limehouse, Sawley, Priory (Bedford) and Ripon. More are expected to be announced later this year, taking the total across all marinas to 700 residential moorings. Vacancies exist at all of the above except Limehouse. This is the culmination of


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many months of working closely with all four local authorities to ensure that, not only do the new moorings receive planning consent, but that they also enable residential boaters to avoid being charged individual council tax directly by offering a composite alternative which


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ritish Waterways Marinas Ltd (BWML) has secured 130 new residential


BWML would pay on their customers’ behalf. The additional residential moorings will also return a further £80,000 of local economic and infrastructure investment across the four locations. They include bus stop improvements, an education contribution to go to local schools, installation of new cycle shelters, financial contributions towards a village hall, public open space improvements, archaeological field work, and enhancing floating wildlife habitats.


For more information about the developments and BWML Marinas Visit www.bwml.co.uk


It is one of the key elements of BWML’s £3.5 million five year growth strategy that was announced earlier this year, and reflects customer feedback that stressed the demand for greater opportunities to live on water in both urban and rural settings. Managing Director of BWML, Jeff Whyatt said, ‘BWML, as a brand, has been aware of the ongoing trend for living on water for some years and we are delighted that our understanding of customer requirements alongside the strict requirements of the planning process has allowed us to convert these opportunities. ‘We want to be known as the home of planning approved residential moorings and the addition of these permissions to our marinas will shortly take our total to 700 across the BWML estate, representing 28% of our total moorings’


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