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As part of the InVOLve
Project the Trust would like to encourage people across Torbay to
get involved with their local green and wild spaces.
These might be: |
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Woodland |
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Grassland |
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Local parks/green spaces |
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Allotments· Orchards |
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School grounds |
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Community areas |
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Footpaths |
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to facilitate a group of local volunteers in your area or
you have an idea for action on your doorstep then get in
touch Contact us. |
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Peaked
Tor Cove - Ilsham Groundwork Group |
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next to the Imperial Hotel in Torquay this garden was in
need of renovation. TCCT is working with Ilsham Groundwork
Group and has secured a grant of £5000 from Western
Power Distribution to restore the terraced gardens, paths,
railings, swimming platform and improve the WWII Mine Watchers
Post as a bat roost. The work is complete. |
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Rock
End Walk - Ilsham Groundwork Group |
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on the Coast Path from Peaked Tor this hidden site needs
renovation and habitat restoration work. Again we are working
with the Ilsham Groundwork group and have secured £3000
from Groundwork towards the cost of the work. We hope to
encourage people to walk from the Imperial Hotel and Harbour
through to Daddyhole Plain enjoying the spectacular views.
The Community Punishment Team from Devon Probation Service
have done alot of the work at Peaked Tor and RockEnd so
thanks to them. |
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Kitson
Wood |
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The
Trust has taken on the lease of this small woodland next
to Torbay Hospital in Shiphay Torquay. The woods adjoin
the local park.
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Maidencombe
Village - Maidencombe Resident's Association |
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The
Trust has been working with Maidencombe Resident's Association
to regenerate the Beach Carpark, Cafe and surroundings. There
have already been huge improvements, the next step is to
apply for a small grant to carry out further works.
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Cockington
Village - Cockington Resident's Association |
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| Cockington
Residents' Association support the Trust with volunteers
helping to keep the hedges cut back and the village
looking its best. We are now working on a Local Heritage
project based in the new Mill Visitor Centre. |
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Scotts
Meadow Millennium Project Group |
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The Scotts Meadow Millennium Project
Group was set up in 1999 in response to Torbay Council's proposals
in its planning blueprint for the next millennium to build the primary
school for Barton new town and 100 extra houses on the green fields
known locally as Scotts Meadows. We now have 180 paid up members.
The meadows off Riviera Way, at the gateway to Torquay, provide valuable
open space and amenity area for the communities of Cadewell, Shiphay,
Barton new town and are well used by residents at all times of day.
Long before the 'New Town' development, fields all around this southern
area accessed by Browns Bridge were used for informal recreation
for both adults and children, including dog owners from the Cadewell
and Shiphay areas. There are no suitable, safe alternatives within
walking distance. The fields are overlooked by a large number of
homes on the Shiphay and Cadewell hillsides and in Newton Road opposite
as well as Torbay Hospital. They provide a much appreciated buffer
between the existing residential areas and the new development. The
prominent, higher sections offer open views across to these areas
and also to the fields of Edginswell. We objected to the proposed
development as this land had always been protected as an area of
landscape value. In October 2000 the Revised Deposit Local Plan restored
the Urban Landscape Protection Area status of the meadows. Cavanna
Homes put in a planning application for housing and residential development
and casual recreation space (in outline) which covered all the fields,
and indicated development principally on the Swallowfield Rise and
Browns Bridge Road section of the fields, rising up to a narrow buffer
zone on to Kingskerswell Road. The proposed access was the existing
one at the top of Plantation Way. They went to appeal on grounds
of non determination, though the council later refused the application.
Cavanna then withdrew the appeal. At the Local Plan Inquiry we generally
supported of the Council's position and the policy changes that have
been made, but also argued for AGLV status for the meadows rather
than Urban Landscape Protection area status as we felt it would offer
stronger protection against development in future. The inspector
has supported the Council's case and the council has now to decide
whether to retain the protection status. While it is difficult to
plan ahead until we know what is to happen to the fields, at the
same time, we are starting to develop what we believe could be an
exciting millennium project for Shiphay and Barton. Scotts Meadows
are among the wildflower meadows so under threat in Britain.We have
recorded more than 30 different wildflowers, including orchids. It
is also home to many insects, including green crickets, and butterflies
as well as birds and small mammals. We are keen to provide a way
of teaching our young children why it is just as important to preserve
and treasure the nature on their doorstep, as it is to campaign for
endangered habitats around the world. And hopefully by learning more
about the nature on their doorstep they will become more interested
in the wildlife and landscape around Torbay in general, much of it
in the care of Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust.
If you would like to help or have any queries, please don't hesitate
to contact us : Chairman Jim Prowse, 615922; treasurer Anne Prowse
615922; secretary Tina Edgell 615604; recruitment officer John Mellor
612037; member Jean Williams 616893. |
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