Licence - Pleasure Boats
Any person who wishes to be in charge of or navigate a pleasure boat/vessel for the purpose of letting it out for hire to members of the public or to be used for carrying passengers for hire, must obtain licences from British Waterways.
Contact details:
British Waterways (Yorkshire Office),
Fearns Wharf,
Neptune Street,
Leeds,
LS9 8PB
Telephone: 0113 281 6800
Fax: 0113 281 6886
Email: enquiries.yorkshire@britishwaterways.co.uk
Local and Adjoining Towns covered:
- Doncaster
- Goole
- Long Sandall
- Mexborough
- Rotherham
- Stainforth
- Swinton
- Thorne
- Whitley
- York
Nearby Waterway(s):
- Selby Canal
- South Yorkshire Navigation
- Stainforth & Keadby Canal
Licences will not be issued to persons under 18 years of age. The application must be accompanied by a certificate of compliance with the British Waterways Standards (issued by an approved Marine Surveyor). The pleasure boat must comply with any Authority or statutory conditions.
More information is available via the link provided below:
www.waterscape.com
Application forms are available online by completing the electronic form link below. Licences are based on the location, size and power of your craft:
www.waterscape.com/boating/useful_downloads
Doncaster Council does NOT provide this service.
All enquiries should be directed to British Waterways using the contact details above.
