Government Encouragement
- Thread starter Grehan
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dash300
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There goes the neighbourhood. More hideous floating bungalows lining our river.
Keith 66
Well-Known Member
More **** & garbage chucked in the tide.
Captain Coochie
Well-Known Member
That should add fuel to the fire
Grehan
Well-Known Member
Looks like the BBC has slightly skewed the Minister's comments.
http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1974164
" . . . Mr Shapps said that more people than ever are choosing to make a boat their home and that boats with residential moorings could be an example of how unconventional housing can allow people to live in areas of the country where perhaps they couldn't afford to do so otherwise.
And as new moorings could be eligible for the New Homes Bonus, the Minister said that there was a strong incentive for councils and communities to grant planning permission for more residential moorings. The money that they receive could be invested in new marina facilities or waterside recreational activities that everyone could benefit from, as well as being used to attract further private investment and drive the regeneration of the often-Brownfield land around parts of the country's waterways. . . . "
http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1974164
" . . . Mr Shapps said that more people than ever are choosing to make a boat their home and that boats with residential moorings could be an example of how unconventional housing can allow people to live in areas of the country where perhaps they couldn't afford to do so otherwise.
And as new moorings could be eligible for the New Homes Bonus, the Minister said that there was a strong incentive for councils and communities to grant planning permission for more residential moorings. The money that they receive could be invested in new marina facilities or waterside recreational activities that everyone could benefit from, as well as being used to attract further private investment and drive the regeneration of the often-Brownfield land around parts of the country's waterways. . . . "