Venvill “They do also present that the soil of divers moors

Venvill
“They do also present that the soil of divers moors, commons and wastes, lying for the most part about the same forest of Dartmoor and usually called by the name of the Common of Devonshire, is parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall, and that the foresters and other officers of his majesty and his progenitors Kings and Queens of England have always accustomed to drive the said commons, moors and wastes of other men (lying in like manner about the said forest) home to the corn hedges and leap yeates round about the same Common and forest, some few places only exempted, and that the said foresters and officers have taken and gathered to his majesty’s use at the times of drift within the same commons such profits and other duties as they have and ought to do within the said forest; how be it they intend not hereby to prejudice the particular rights which any persons do claim for themselves or their tenants in any commons or several grounds in or adjoining to the said common or forest, but do leave the same to judgment of the law and to the justness of their titles which they make to the same.
“More they do present that all the King’s tenants which are Venvill have accustomed and used to have and take time out of mind in and upon the forest of Dartmoor all things that may do them good, saving vert (which they take to be green oak) and venson, paying for the same their Venvill rents and other dues as hath been time out of mind accustomed, and doing their suits and service to his majesty’s courts of the manor and forest of Dartmoor aforesaid, and also excepting night rest, for the which every one of them have of long time out of mind -yearly paid or ought to pay 3 d., commonly called agrasewait, and also to have and take tyme out of mind common of pasture for all manner of beasts, sheep, cattle in and upon all the moors, wastes, and commons usually called the Common of Devonshire, and also turves, vagges, heath, stone, coal and other things according to their customs, paying nothing for the same but the rents, dues and services aforesaid, nevertheless their meaning is that the Venvill men ought not to turn or put into the said forest or common at any time or times any more or other beasts and cattle than they can or may usually winter in and upon their tenements and grounds lying within in Venvill.”
It is not always easy to determine precisely those parishes that were described as being in Venville; such parishes were said to be

Venvill

near Lower Hooksbury Wood

Notice

Wolf Minerals (UK) Limited: application made to abstract water

Published 7 February 2018

This notice was withdrawn on 14 March 2018

The consultation period for this application has ended. You can view current licences on the Public Registers.

Contents

1. Details of the application
2. How to view the application
3. How to comment on the application

Details of the application

Wolf Minerals (UK) Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for a licence.

The Environment Agency is giving notice of this application (in accordance with Section 37 of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Regulation 6 of the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006.

The application is to vary licence serial number SW/047/0002/001 which authorises the abstraction of water from the Tory Pond impoundment of the Hooksbury Stream at Drakelands Mine, near Lower Hooksbury Wood, Plympton, near Plymouth at National Grid Reference SX 55610 59270.

The variation applied for is to:

• Renew the licence to the Tamar Abstraction Licensing Strategy common end date of 31 March 2026.
• Change the abstraction location from National Grid Reference SX 55610 59270 to SX 55682 59270.
• Change the National Grid References of Lower Hooksbury Diversion Channel points ‘B’ and ‘C’ referred to in conditions 9.1 and 9.2 of the licence respectively.
• Add a new condition to stipulate that should water quality in the Tory Pond exceed permitting limits, augmentation of the Lower Hooksbury Diversion Channel will be suspended. If available, an alternative source of water shall be used to augment flows. If augmentation is suspended, isolated pools shall be inspected for stranded fish and any moved to the Tory Brook at the earliest opportunity.
• Reduce the environmental monitoring requirements of condition 9.7 and Schedule B of the licence by ceasing to monitor from 5 (S2, S3, S4, S5 and T3) of the 11 licensed monitoring points.
• Alter condition 9.8.1 of the licence regarding provision of a new ‘Portworthy’ stream, and associated requirements, in accordance with changes within the Portworthy Compensation Channel document dated November 2016 in accordance with Environmental Permit variation, EPR/FB3639RK/V002, issued on 10 May 2017.

How to view the application

You can view the application and supporting documents , during normal office hours at the Environment Agency:

Manley House
Kestrel Way
Sowton
Exeter
Devon
EX2 7LQ

You can view a summary of the application, during normal office hours, on the Public Register at:

Manley House
Kestrel Way
Sowton
Exeter
Devon
EX2 7LQ

How to comment on the application

Send any representation about this application in writing, quoting the name of the applicant and reference numbers NPS/WR/024245 to the Environment Agency:

Permitting and Support Centre
Water Resources Team
Quadrant 2
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WF

Or by email to: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk

By 7th March 2018.

For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.

Lower Hooksbury Wood

Industrial Archaeological Features Industrial activity finds its most striking manifestation in a very fine example of medieval and later tin working. It takes the form of an openwork over one km. long from east to west and up to 250m. wide (L). The worked area has scarped sides up to 6m. deep and it is filled with tinners’ shafts, trial pits, and waste heaps (not depicted in detail on this overlay). The west end of the openwork runs into Lower Hooksbury Wood, where it is not visible on air photographs. It is served by numerous leats running in from north and south and the actual remains of some mining buildings appear to survive in places, particularly at Wheal Florence (M) where the remains of a whim platform can also be recorded. A very unusual alignment of pits (N), presumably derives from mineral prospecting but their date and specific function are unknown.