The beach is part of the Taw-Torridge estuary area, the tidal well above Barnstaple and Bideford.
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Anthony Inch, a Bideford town councillor and Torridge district councillor, said he hoped there would be an appeal leading to the ruling being overturned.
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Torridge has an average of 5.4 people out of work per job, Torbay 4.3 and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 3.6.
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