Agenda item

To consider the report of the Director of Customers and Community, (copy enclosed).

Group Manager for Leisure, Countryside and Tourism presented Member’s with the Moorings, Leases and Licences Update.  Members’ attention was drawn to the appendices to the report:

·       Appendix 1 detailed Hythe Quay Wharfage Charges, and

·       Appendix 2 set out the draft agreement for Berthing on Hythe Quay Maldon, addressing queries from the meeting on 28 March 2018. 

·       Appendices 3A - E contained maps relating to paragraph 3.3.1 of the report.

Members were advised that the Group Manager for Leisure, Countryside and Tourism had worked with the River Bailiff to conduct research into private moorings.

The Committee was advised of the decline in use of moorings across the United Kingdom, and that national trends show people of the United Kingdom prefer using marinas.

The Committee enquired whether there was anything the Council could do to increase use of the Blackwater and Crouch, and encourage people, especially young people, to take an interest in sailing. 

Members were informed that the Economic Team had worked with the Place Board and Burnham-on-Crouch Chamber of Trade to support maritime industries in that area and had looked to maximise the impact of festivals, and stated that in Burnham-on-Crouch sailing lessons were a part of this.

RESOLVED

  (i).          That part 35 of the draft Licence for Berthing on Hythe Quay Maldon (Appendix 2 to the report) be revised to confirm what British Standard mark(s) are approved for use.

(ii).          That the Planning and Licensing Committee be recommended to request that the[1] Director of Planning and Regulatory Services look into increasing the interest in using the Blackwater and Crouch Rivers.