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Advisory Committee Minutes 4.12.2024
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The Crouch Harbour Authority Advisory Committee was established by Crouch Harbour Act 1974.
The Advisory Committee has a very wide ranging interest in, and influence over the affairs of the harbour: the Act requires that the Harbour Authority ‘shall, except in a case of special urgency where it is not reasonably practicable to do so, consult the Advisory Committee on all matters substantially affecting the preservation, protection, regulation,management, maintenance and improvement of the harbour and the navigation thereof, and particularly…
- any application for the grant of a Works Licence; or
- any proposal to impose or vary any rates or charges; or
- any proposal to dredge, lay down moorings in, or change any navigational mark, light or channel of, the harbour.
The Advisory Committee has 27 members. The Crouch Harbour Act specifies that the members of Advisory Committee shall be nominated by certain established, named organisations representing particular interests including: landowners, yachting interests, naturalists, fisheries, nature conservation, boatbuilders, Trinity House, Port of London Authority, commercial users, wildfowlers etc.
Since the 1974 Act the relevant organisations have changed and the Act provides for this so that at present the members of Advisory Committee and their nominating organisations are:
| Constituent Body | Representative |
|---|---|
| National Farmers Union & County Landowners Association | Philip Cottis |
| Crouch Area Yachting Federation | Nick Milton |
| Crouch Area Yachting Federation | Steve Barham |
| Essex Association of Local Councils | |
| Essex Association of Local Councils | |
| Essex Wildlife Trust | Alex Smith |
| Kent & Essex Inshore and Conservation Authority |
Cllr Jane Fleming |
| Kent & Essex Inshore and Conservation Authority |
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| Natural England | Alex Baker |
| Port of London Authority | |
| Royal Yachting Association | |
| British Marine Federation East Anglia |
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| British Marine Federation | |
| Trinity House | Captain Trevor Dann |
| Fishing Interests | Matthew Smith |
| Fishing Interests | Russell Pitt |
| Commercial Users Shipping Interests |
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| Commercial Users Shipping Interests |
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| Owners | Paul Woodford Advisory Chairman |
| Owners | Mrs Charlotte Bailey Vice Chairman |
| Owners | Simon Hollington |
| CHA (Rep. of Owners of Freehold Interests in more than half of the Harbour lands) |
John James |
| Essex Joint Council of Wild Fowling Clubs |
John Biscoe |
| Water Skiing Interests | Philip Pope |
| Authority Nomination Burnham Town Council General Interests |
Cllr Nigel Betts |
| RSPB Appointment by the Authority |
Rachel Fancy |
| Canoes/Kayaks | Clive Marfleet – Co-Opted Member |
| Wild Swimmers | Imogen Radford – Co-Opted Member Zena Shean – Co-Opted Member |
| Marine Police | Paul Rawson – Co-Opted Member |