News, views and Events in and around Bigbury, South Devon

Posts by Stuart Watts

OLD CHAPEL INN (aka THE PICKWICK)

August 7, 2011 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

Many parishioners will be very pleased to learn that, according to a letter to Parish Council Chairman Terry Edgcombe, dated 3rd August 2011, and pasted on the counter in Holywell Stores, Mr John Stevens has recently completed his purchase of the Pickwick Inn  and wishes to proceed with its development  to form a ‘gastro’ pub with an accompanying name change back to the Old Chapel Inn, in accord with SHDC’s planning approval.

I’m sure we all look forward to a speedy improvement in the appearance of the derelict  building that currently greets visitors and residents as they enter the parish via this important route alongside the pub.

A secondary benefit will be the release of monies to support affordable housing within the South Hams  under a Planning Obligation controlled by a so-called Section 106 agreement.

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BIGBURY FUN RUN AWARDS

July 21, 2011 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

The Bigbury Fun Run Awards will be presented on Sunday 24  July 2011 – 3pm in the The Royal Oak, Bigbury

 

All are welcome to attend!

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Flooding of South Efford Marsh

July 9, 2011 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

Although S E marsh is not within the parish of Bigbury, many in our community enjoy the River Avon and its surroundings.  Those individuals may be interested to know that the freshwater grazing marsh at South Efford (a recognised Biodiversity Action Plan habitat)  is now being converted into a saltmarsh by the Environment Agency, following the opening of the new tidal gate which has been designed to flush most of the area with sea water on a twice daily basis.  The opening ceremony took place on Friday 8th July and featured briefly on BBC TV’s Spotlight.

The entire project has cost in the region of £300,000 we are told and the new salt marsh will take several years to develop.  Meanwhile, look forward to a sea of mud!  Many local people were opposed to the idea from the outset but, if nothing else, it will be very interesting to monitor the experiment.   The Devon Wildlife Trust will be managing the new nature reserve on behalf of the Environment Agency.

You can find out more about the project and view some photographs of the ceremony at http://www.auneconservation.org.uk

 

 

 

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OPENING OF JOINT BIGBURY/RINGMORE PARISH FOOTPATH

July 3, 2011 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

The opening of a new footpath between Ringmore and St Ann’s Chapel, Bigbury, was celebrated  on 3rd July by speeches of thanks, much cutting of red tape, and  a joint community walk in brilliant sunshine between the start and finish points.   At the half-way stage at St Ann’s Chapel, Holywell Stores very kindly provided welcome refreshments for all.  A brief slide show can be seen by clicking the following link:-

https://picasaweb.google.com/sdmwatts/Videos

 

 

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PICKWICK INN – THE LATEST NEWS!

July 2, 2011 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts
PICKWICK INN – THE LATEST NEWS!

 

For the latst news about the Pickwick, go to the Parish Council GROUP and view the relevant discussion FORUM.

Have your say!

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BIGBURY FUN RUN – THE START! (FOR SOME)

June 25, 2011 1 Comment Written by Stuart Watts
BIGBURY FUN RUN – THE START! (FOR SOME)

Try running in this rig!

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEBATE

June 24, 2011 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

If you’re interested in the survey that supported the 2009 Parish Plan, join the Parish Council GROUP and open the DOCUMENT folder. In there you’ll find what you are looking for, along with the Minutes of the latest PC meeting.

On the question of housing developments in Bigbury (not necessarily low cost/low rent), the survey revealed that only 21/311 individuals supported the option of carefully designed larger groups of houses whilst 160/311 supported the option of single dwellings being developed in controlled locations.  Ten households identified a need for alternative accomodation and, of these, 7 households required a low cost or low rent property.  Of 286 respondents, 27% supported finding a way to offer affordable, low cost accomodation and 43% wanted the sale of new accomodation restricted to local people (needs careful definition!.  Top of the list of important issues identified was the creation of a sustainable community with greater protection of the countryside and wildlife in second place.

 

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HELP TO DEVELOP THIS WEBSITE, PLEASE!

June 21, 2011 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

WE ARE DEVELOPING THIS NEW,  COMMUNITY WEBSITE TO HELP EXCHANGE NEWS & VIEWS ,  AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY

YOU CAN HELP!

PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THIS SITE

Firstly, create an account and subscribe.

In addition to the usual static information about Bigbury, the site contains the following:-

Help menu

There is a comprehensive help menu offering ‘how to…’ advice

Activity Streams

Global, personal and group activity streams with threaded commenting, direct posting, favouriting and @mentions.  All with full RSS feed and email notification support.  You need never not know what is going on in your area of interest!

Member Profiles

Full profile fields allow subscribers to describe themselves.

Blogging

Any group can start their own full powered blog, track new posts and comments across the site.

Forums

Full powered discussion forums built directly into groups allow for more conventional in-depth conversations.

Photo Galleries

Any member or group can upload photo galleries.

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