Kingfisher Quay Minutes – Friday 25 February 2011
Kingfisher Quay Residents Association Meeting – Friday 25 February 2011
A Buzzard’s sad tale, and a trip to Plymouth Museum
Just after the cold spell recently we found a Buzzard hopping around the garden, it did not seem distressed, but allowed us to pick it up and place it in a safe area with food. Sadly a few hours later…
Kingfisher Quay Newsletter February 2011
Kingfisher Quay News A 6 WEEK CONSULTATION will take place including events and workshops city wide, during February / March only. It is vital we respond as the final document goes before the Government Inspector in the summer of 2012.…
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…
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) devouring its prey
Over the years I have many times come across circles of feathers on the ground, all that remained of an unfortunate bird, more often than not a pigeon. The culprit and the cause of what struggle had been played out…
Radford, The Harris Family, Drake and Raleigh!
The early history of Radford is not very well documented. There have been various Roman and Bronze Age references and undoubtedly, because of the location of Radford, it is likely that various settlements would have existed. Easy access to the…
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).…
Kingfisher Quay Minutes – 28th January 2011
Kingfisher Quay residents meetings - Friday 28 January 2011
The Old Wharf before it was The Old Wharf
Planning permission was granted to Tay Homes S.W.Ltd in 1995 to build 51 houses on the northern side of Hooe Lake. This site had formerly been a limestone quarry then more recently a timber yard. The photograph shows a view…
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’ ,…