Roadford Lake area -- community and parishes
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Huge new turbine. 2012John Worden of Rexon Cross has allowed an application to be submitted to erect a wind turbine on his land near Roadford dam.It is hard to grasp just how huge this turbine will be. 72m is the height of a 24-storey tower block. The structure at the top of the tower, from nose cone to the back of the nacelle, is the size of a bus, 12m. It will dominate the landscape for miles around. South West Water's holiday village will be only 400m downwind from this big turbine, so some sleepless nights there. The picture is of a 65m turbine. The new one will be 10% taller. For more information Click here 'Rumour' councillors cleared over row about Bavaria visitBroadwoodwidger parish councillors have been cleared of breaching a code of conduct when they repeated rumours that a fellow councillor, Marion Perkin, had gone on a foreign trip as "pay-back" for not opposing, as a Torridge District Councillor, the holiday village planning application. ThisisNorthDevon...The investigation followed a complaint about them from Leith Whittington, who was one of the few people in favour of the holiday village development beside Roadford Lake. See Broadwoodwidger Parish Council Minutes for Feb 2009. Marion Perkin has since resigned from Parish and District Councils. 
Roadford Lake holiday villageThe holiday village will be built above this inlet. There are still some matters, such as the safe disposal of sewage, to be sorted out before construction can begin.The village will look like a housing estate and will change the character of the open countryside around the lake. more... The new Ashwater general store and Post Office has opened.See the Ashwater website at left.Ashwater complete new parish hallThe new parish hall is now open and in use. See the Ashwater website.Broadwoodwidger Parish Plan publishedThe plan prepared by the Broadwood Parish Council has been distributed to households in the parish. It includes the results of a survey.
Beaver still at largeWhen the beaver escaped in November 2008 Derek Gow said it would be easy to recapture.Report of Bratton Clovelly meeting Problems with Scottish wild beavers SWW have now abandoned the idea of releasing beavers into the wild. (April 2010) Roadford Lake and area
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