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LadyG Veteran II

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8 hours ago, waterworks said:

Quiet rural location

Any location considered

Non residential 

No services or utilities needed

For a 65 ft narrowboat 

 

 

Title says sale, do you mean you want to rent / lease?

Be aware some river moorings will be subject to flooding, and most boats are best attended regularly. 

I would have thought there must be some restriction on location, Goole for example,  is a long way from, well, anywhere....

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Arthur Marshall Veteran II

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9 hours ago, waterworks said:

Quiet rural location

Any location considered

Non residential 

No services or utilities needed

For a 65 ft narrowboat 

 

 

There may be one just come vacant where I moor on the lower Macc. Farm mooring, no facilities except short term parking, longer by arrangement. Very definitely non-residential, overnight staying ok. PM me if you want details.

David Mack Veteran II

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Owning a piece of canalside land outright does not mean you own the mooring. The boat would still be on CRT's land and you would need their consent to moor, and pay an 'end of garden' mooring fee.

Riparian ownership of riverside land does usually include the mooring rights.

matty40s Veteran II

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Pretty sure the red dotted plot is for sale...there are 4 plots on the offside, the most Northerly one is possibly for sale. No road access...all the present moorers have tenders, or you can walk down the farmers field from the road.

The moorers do not pay an EOG fee as this was a historical wharf and they are responsible for bank maintenance.

Just North of Gayton, nearest bridge is the no45, footpath up to Gayton village.

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There are a couple of web sites devoted to self builders, they have land with and without planing. Occasionally near water.

waterworks Proficient

waterworks

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10 hours ago, David Mack said:

Owning a piece of canalside land outright does not mean you own the mooring. The boat would still be on CRT's land and you would need their consent to moor, and pay an 'end of garden' mooring fee.

Riparian ownership of riverside land does usually include the mooring rights.

I know

jonathanA Veteran

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I hope you have deep pockets two canalside plots I know of have been sold recently at £150k each. One was about 1. 5 acres, mooring for a single boat and the other around 3 acres very overgrown and near a bridge. 

 

Have crt started taking new EOG mooring applications again ? 

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MtB Veteran II

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10 minutes ago, MrsM said:

Cripes I'd want a house attached for that price!

 

Yes I thought the price rather amusing too!

 

Even looks toppy if site comes with PP to build on it! 

 

 

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On 12/11/2025 at 19:04, jonathanA said:

I hope you have deep pockets two canalside plots I know of have been sold recently at £150k each. One was about 1. 5 acres, mooring for a single boat and the other around 3 acres very overgrown and near a bridge. 

 

Have crt started taking new EOG mooring again ?

Have you got info that they have stopped taking applications ? 

 

I asked CRT and they sent me an EOG application rules document , they did not say whether there was a stop on them. 

David Mack Veteran II

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Ad includes the following:

 

"AGENTS NOTE: We are aware there are historic restrictive covenants on the title which would need to be addressed if the site were to be used commercially or residentially."

 

So maybe a covenant that prohibits building a house on the site, or maybe even residential mooring.

MtB Veteran II

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2 hours ago, David Mack said:

Ad includes the following:

 

"AGENTS NOTE: We are aware there are historic restrictive covenants on the title which would need to be addressed if the site were to be used commercially or residentially."

 

So maybe a covenant that prohibits building a house on the site, or maybe even residential mooring.

 

 

Restrictive covenants can sometimes be ignored, specifically when the legal entity entitled to enforce them no longer exists. Careful research is required first! 

 

 

 

 

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GUMPY Veteran II

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8 hours ago, MtB said:

 

 

Restrictive covenants can sometimes be ignored, specifically when the legal entity entitled to enforce them no longer exists. Careful research is required first! 

 

 

 

 

You can also take out specialist insurance to negate covenants.

As an example we had a covenant saying we couldn't extend the property forwards if the building line, we did and when selling took out insurance in perpituaty that would pay out if anyone ever tried to enforce the covenant.

MtB Veteran II

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28 minutes ago, GUMPY said:

You can also take out specialist insurance to negate covenants.

As an example we had a covenant saying we couldn't extend the property forwards if the building line, we did and when selling took out insurance in perpituaty that would pay out if anyone ever tried to enforce the covenant.

 

I somehow however, doubt you'd have been able to extend beyond the building line and insure yourself against it being enforced! 

 

But I agree with your general point, insurance against enforcement on a future buyer is available and cheap as it so rarely happens. If enforcement is gonna happen, it usually happens immediately you breach the covenant (I suspect). 

 

 

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14 hours ago, waterworks said:

Have you got info that they have stopped taking applications ? 

 

I asked CRT and they sent me an EOG application rules document , they did not say whether there was a stop on them. 

CRT 'paused' dealing with these applications back in April, will be interested to know if they have commenced again.

GUMPY Veteran II

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1 hour ago, MtB said:

 

I somehow however, doubt you'd have been able to extend beyond the building line and insure yourself against it being enforced! 

 

But I agree with your general point, insurance against enforcement on a future buyer is available and cheap as it so rarely happens. If enforcement is gonna happen, it usually happens immediately you breach the covenant (I suspect). 

 

 

Policy was for me, taken out months before we sold.

Assignable to future owners.

From the policy

 

The current and future owner(s) of the Property, their lessees and any bank, building society or other similar lending institution holding a mortgage or charge on the Property.

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This post is finished now as I have decided any future move will be on land as the cost of keeping a boat on the CRT canal is no longer economical.  £3000+ totally wasted for such an off grid lifestyle.  

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