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Stakeholders
Do you have a boat moored on the River Dart?
Do you enjoy the beauty, wildlife and privilege of living near, or visiting the Dart estuary?
Do you have a business that is based on or around the River Dart?
Do you own a property adjacent to the River Dart or own mooring rights on the River Dart ?
Are you a member of a club that has activities connected to the River Dart?
If the answer is yes to any of the above questions then read on, the Dart Harbour Stakeholder Groups are of interest to you because they are the instruments by which your views and concerns can be represented and communicated to the Dart Harbour Board.
Dartmouth Harbour is an independent port and comes within the Government’s Trust Port legislation. Under this legislation the port is governed by a Board whose members are appointed as required from applicants after a CV and interview process. An independent selection panel carries out the selection process and recommends new members to the Board.
Under the Trust Port legislation a port may allow Stakeholder Groups to be set up. The function of these Stakeholder Groups is to link the Harbour Board to its users and local community. They independently monitor the activities of the Dart Harbour Authority, advising the board and making representations and or recommendations as required. The Dart Harbour Authority has a statutory duty to inform Stakeholder Groups of its policy and activities and take note of any representations a Stakeholder Group puts to it, to which it must respond. If a Stakeholder Group feels it has had an unsatisfactory response or that the policy of the Board is wrong it has the power to notify the Secretary of State who must adjudicate and respond. However, communications between Dart Harbour and the Stakeholder Groups is generally very positive.
Dart Harbour Board accredits three such stakeholder Groups which are:
Dart Harbour Commercial Users Group (DHCUG)
Leisure Users Group (LUG)
Dart Non Beneficiaries Group (DNB)
Leisure Users Group
This is the forum for leisure users on the River Dart. Our group meets on average 4 times a year, more if required, and membership is open to anyone or any body engaged in amateur leisure activities connected with the River Dart who feel they or their organisation would benefit from representation with the Dart Harbour Authority.
Chairman –Nick Walbridge. Tel 01626 776390 Email nickwalbridge@bctltd.co.uk
Commercial Users Group
This is the forum for people with commercial interests associated with the River Dart. The group meets a minimum of 4 times a year or more regularly as required and membership is open to any individual or body that has a business either based on or associated with the River Dart between Totnes and Dartmouth. If you have a business associated with the River Dart it is very much in your interest to be a member of this group.
Chairman - Phil Sheardown. Tel: 01803 865301 Email: canoe@canoeadventures.co.uk
See below to see the Ratified minutes of this stakeholder group
CUG Minutes 21 Sept 2009River Dart Non-Beneficiary Users Group
The DNB represents the local communities and those Agencies and authorities such as Natural England, National Trust, SWW, Police, etc who have a direct involvement in the Dart Estuary. The Committee, chaired by a Councillor, meets four-monthly.
The DNB Mission Statement reads; “To scrutinise the Trust Port policies and the performance of its Board. To ensure that the actions of the Board enhance the River and adjacent lands within the Riparian Parishes to the benefit of all residents and future generations”.
Chairman; John Baron. Secretary: Mrs Tracy Rowe, Tel: 01803 832281. Email Office@DartmouthTownCouncil.org
Please see ratified minutes of this group below:-
Additionally Dart Harbour consults district, town and parish councils and other representative organisations as appropriate.