CaRT's 19 years backdated charges

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) attempts to hike up its surface water discharge income by introducing new agreements (CaRT goes crazy), has taken a bizarre new twist, writes Allan Richards.

Not only is it attempting to increase existing customers charges by up to 13,000%, it now invoiced a company for backdated surface water drainage charges for the last 19 years.

Rejecting the charge

The invoice shown is for ‘additional rent' of £4,743.04 covering a nineteen years period from 29/11/95 to 28/11/14. However, it does not provide an agreement number which suggests that no agreement currently exists. It is just one of many invoices sent to H2O Building Services who say they have never seen such a back charge imposed and will be rejecting it on behalf of their client.

H2O are calling for regulation of CaRT to curb excessive demands for surface water discharge fees.