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Proposal to build 225 houses in Hooe Quarry
Turnchapel, Hooe & Oreston neighbourhood development plan – Deadline 30th March!
Hooe Quarry Clearing Activity – Legality?
Are you aware of what has been happening in Hooe Quarry over the past week or so? We have been made aware of recent activity in Hooe Quarry that may be detrimental to the nesting bird population and illegal. It…
Boston’s Boatyard topographical survey
An email today confirms that Redrow Homes South West have completed a recent topographical survey “to review the feasibility of redeveloping the adjacent, former, Boston’s boatyard”. Their surveyor was noticed in The Old Wharf a few days ago. The Senior…
Hooe Lake Planning Study
Hooe and Radford Lake’s rich biodiversity, as revealed in the March 1993 Planning Study The Eastern shore of Hooe Lake The limestone sea wall supports a significant population of the locally rare Sea Hard-grass and the Pointed Snail (Chochlicella acuta).…
Oreston and Pomphlett roundabout rush hour traffic.
An ever increasing problem for drivers from Oreston, Radford, Plymstock and surrounding areas is the build up of traffic on to Pomphlett roundabout. The traffic situation at peak times has been bad for a long time now even prior to…
Meeting Re: New housing development off Barton Road
There will be a further public consultation in January 2011 regarding the plans for the development off Barton Road at the western end of Hooe Lake. This will be held in the Watersports Centre at Mount Batten but as yet…
Howard Marina Latest
Further to the Howards Marina Development post from May 2010, a new planning application has been submitted to the Planning department which outlines changes to the original proposal. Full details about the proposal and responses from the ‘Environmental Agency’ ,…
Radford Sewage Treatment Works Latest!
Becky Moran the Communications Officer for South West Water states that they will be spending £23,000 in 2011/12 to assess the condition of the sewerage network in the Radford area of Plymouth and identify the effects of saline infiltration. When…