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Parish Plan Consultation - Results

Approx. 150 household, clubs, organisations and business replies out of 1500 forms distributed.

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  •     Marginally more men than women filling in the form
  •     Equal number of working and retired people participating in survey
  •     Households in survey sample have 233 adults and 58 children between them
  •     Priority categories (top 3):
    •     Housing and Planning;
    •     Environment;
    •     Democracy and Services.
  •     Lowest Priority category:
    •     Shops and Businesses.
      This masks a distinct interest in local organic produce however!
  •     Ignoring the section on Parish Council Priorities, the priority individual ideas or areas of concern (top 5) are:
    •     concern about new housing;
    •     back land development;
    •     litter;
    •     dog fouling;
    •     more visible police presence.
  •     Lowest priority ideas etc (bottom 5):
    •     chiropodist/specialist healthcare;
    •     hardware shop;
    •     more daytime clubs;
    •     access to retail facilities;
    •     street lighting
  •     Top areas for PC to concentrate on are:
    •     housing and planning;
    •     children and teenagers;
    •     traffic issues

Absolute ranking of ideas and areas of concern as listed in the Bulletin

Overall priority

Category number

Ideas or areas of concern

Sum of ranks (the lower the total the higher the overall rank)

1

5

 Concern about levels of new housing for the village, especially estate type development

149

2

5

 Controls over infilling and “backland” development

163

3

2

 Do something about litter

168

4

2

 Reduce dog-fouling

172

5

1

 The conservation of the character of the village

177

6

6

 More visible police presence in the village    

180

7

6

 Anti-social behaviour

183

8

6

 Road safety and traffic speed

189

9

1

 The provision of a meeting place for young people

190

10

4

 Promote opportunities for sale of local and seasonal produce

190

11

5

 Poor quality planning in the village

193

12

7

 Bus routes and services

194

13

1

 The provision of a Youth Club

196

14

3

 High standard of refuse collection, but more could be done on recycling

200

15

2

 Improve maintenance 

201

16

3

 Broadband is sometimes slow and intermittent

201

17

8

 Communication in the village

202

18

2

 Improve quality of open space

204

19

2

 Improve and promote public paths

204

20

5

 Provide housing for older residents

207

21

3

 Verges poorly maintained, trees, hedges, pavements, streets and overhanging vegetation on pavements

208

22

3

 Concern over the provision of sport and leisure activities for children and young people

209

23

6

 Concern about crime levels

209

24

8

 Parish Council involvement with households, organisations, businesses and other service providers

214

25

3

 Concern over cleanliness and safety of play areas

215

26

1

 The promotion of the village website and better use of notice boards to provide information

218

27

7

 Cycling environments  

218

28

7

 Pedestrians

218

29

7

 Traffic Management and Traffic Calming

220

30

7

 Parking

222

31

1

 Improved use of the Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) eg tennis coaching, basketball hoops

224

32

5

 Need housing for small families particularly affordable housing

227

33

7

 General Transport Issues

228

34

1

 Better advertising and access to existing clubs for young people

245

35

6

 Foster increased awareness of safety matters

246

36

3

 Hospital Access

248

37

4

 Widen range of shops    

268

38

4

 Create opportunities for office and small business units

282

39

4

 Promote and develop business links

283

40

3

 Street lighting

286

41

1

 The development of more daytime clubs

289

42

4

 Improve accessibility to retail facilities

289

43

4

 Provision of hardware supplies

296

44

3

 Chiropodist and specialist healthcare

297
       
 

 

Parish Council to develop policies and priorities for the village

  

a

8

 Planning and development

172

b

8

 Children and teenagers

184

c

8

 Traffic issues

188

d

8

 Community safety issues

190

e

8

 Environmental enhancements

196

 

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