Parry is flogging anything and everything, all very quietly.

It seems contrary to the stated aims of the charity....

As is almost everything they do !  

There is nothing new about this, BWB were at it too, but not on the same scale that C&RT have elevated it to under Parry. 

Blowers Green Pumphouse is used as the HQ of Dudley Canal Trust. Perhaps with the opening of a large visitor center in 2016, DCT do not want to renew the lease. Alternatively, they might wish to buy the freehold.

To add to the above, the land/buildings that contains the facilities at the site are obviously "operational". I understand that the waste bin area is included in the sale.

Shameless copy and paste.

The Trust’s objects are:

2.1 to preserve, protect, operate and manage Inland Waterways for public benefit:
2.1.1 for navigation;
2.1.2 for walking on towpaths; and
2.1.3 for recreation or other leisure-time pursuits of the public in the interest of their health and social welfare;


2.2 to protect and conserve for public benefit sites, objects and buildings of archaeological, architectural, engineering or historic interest on, in the vicinity of, or otherwise associated with Inland Waterways;


2.3 to further for the public benefit the conservation protection and improvement of the natural environment and landscape of Inland Waterways;


2.4 to promote, facilitate, undertake and assist in, for public benefit, the restoration and improvement of Inland Waterways;


2.5 to promote and facilitate for public benefit awareness, learning and education about Inland Waterways, their history, development, use, operation and cultural heritage by all appropriate means including the provision of museums;


2.6 to promote sustainable development in the vicinity of any Inland Waterway for the benefit of the public, in particular by:
2.6.1 the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged communities in such vicinity; and
2.6.2 the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration and the prudent use of natural resources;

2.7 to further any purpose which is exclusively charitable under the law of England and Wales connected with Inland Waterways

I can't see anything about flogging off land in any of that little lot.

Of what? 

That is more than a bit vague taken at it's most literal meaning. The rest of the aims seem very clear. And if regeneration does indeed mean flogging off it's land assets for flats and restaurants it's wholly at odds with this: -


2.2 to protect and conserve for public benefit sites, objects and buildings of archaeological, architectural, engineering or historic interest on, in the vicinity of, or otherwise associated with Inland Waterways

I missed your edit.

There is some truth in what you say, but again, it flies in the face of their stated aims. A shame that it doesn't seem realistic or possible to hold them to their stated aims.