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Parish Plan Committee |
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Update April 2005 |
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Questionnaire results- the first indications..
We have now had chance to analyse all the information we received from the questionnaire- we didn’t make it easy for ourselves as we sent out 680 questionnaires ( 1 to all the households in Kings Somborne, Up Somborne, Little Somborne, Horsebridge and Ashley), and we had 349 responses (51%). Thus was quite remarkable bearing in mind the size of the questionnaire which was:
• 13 pages long
• 124 questions in total
• 435 tick boxes giving rise to some 150 000 points of data to be entered into the database
• 5500 written comments entered into the database which was some 29000 words
What you told us…
You shared with us many of your concerns on the various subjects covered and many more besides. They have all been read and incorporated into the database. We will continue to work on this so that as many of your thoughts are included in the final plan as we can. The Parish Plan Steering Committee recently undertook a preliminary presentation of the findings of the questionnaire to the Parish Council and the major concerns arising from your responses were summarised as follows:
Traffic
• Too much, too fast and not safe for pedestrians with many danger spots in the village
Village Hall
• Modernise, improve facilities and expand.
Recreational facilities
• More for all ages, including a tiny tots play area- and tennis court
Local Policeman
• bring him back or provide more presence
Pubs
• about 1/3 of all respondents expressed negative views of the pubs and felt they would be used more if they were improved
Shops and post office
• used by many and were seen as important
Transport
• More for the few who do not have cars and better timing for work and school- More taxi facilities were seen to be required by many.
Green bag refuse-
• Bring back the wheelies!
What next...
The Parish Plan Steering Committee now has to take the data you provided us with and investigate how or if any of these concerns or ideas can be implemented. This will involve investigating sources of funding, discussing with various authorities and statutory bodies and preparing the final plan to give guidance to the Parish Council or a future committee on what barriers or opportunities there are for the implementation of these ideas. We will continue to ask questions and will still require further feedback from you – so don’t think we have reached the end yet!
So- is it worth the effort?
We believe so and the Parish Council do too- already we have had a presentation of the findings from the school’s contribution to The Plan which identified the need for fencing of the play area and providing more equipment. The Parish Council had already considered this, but the clarity of this presentation clearly reinforced the need The Parish Council moved quickly to implement their earlier plans….result!
Despite this early success, there is still a lot of work to be done to prepare the plan and to undertake the research. If you can and would like to help please contact the Parish Plan Steering Committee
(Note -One comment was that there are no locals on the committee- if this is your view come along and join us ( you see every point has been read!))
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