New
Planning Application
A planning application was submitted last
week for Naish Hill, just south of Pewsham. This covers both the construction
of a new spillweir with associated discharge into the River Avon and raising
the level of the towpath in this section. There has been some problem for several
winters in this area with overtopping. A number of shallow mitigation ponds for
great crested newts and other amphibians will be put in. The project will be
volunteer led and hopefully will be carried out later this year, provided all
permissions and funding are in place.
The
Peterborough Arms
Work is being carried out at the Peterborough
Arms at the moment on the new Fire Alarm system. Other projects are being
planned as part of the effort to open the Community Space at the pub for use by
local clubs and groups this summer, such as the new disabled access toilet,
repairs to the floor, redecoration. We
have received a generous cheque of £1000 from Lyneham and Bradenstoke Parish
Council towards these works.
WRG
at Chippenham
Volunteers from the Waterways Recovery
Group (WRG) spent the weekend at Chippenham working on the stretch of canal
north of the A4 that we have leased from Bowood Estates. The local Melksham,
Calne & Chippenham branch volunteers have been clearing this very overgrown
section of the canal for the past three winters, following a Habitat Management
Plan. This has meant that the clearance has been more sympathetic to any wildlife on site, taking out different sizes of scrubs
and small trees in succession that were blocking the canal track and towpath,
hence always leaving some habitat. Some of the hedges have been laid and gaps
filled with new whips and logs piled up on the off side for more habitat.
Volunteers also came from Foxham/Lyneham branch and as a consequence there was
a large group of about 25 people who managed to do a lot of logging and scrub clearing. I am told it looks like a real canal now!
Kath Hatton
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