Village Plan Open Day 20 September 2003

Over 40 people attended the Open Day.   36 of them gave us information about their age, sex and the area they came from.   Here is a graph showing the result.

 

Comments from the public

People were asked to record their comments using post it notes on posters in a marquee at North Acre.   We gave headings and suggested what they might think about with some brief words on the posters.   This is the raw data.   It needs some analysis before we can go on the prepare the next stage, a questionnaire.

• Communication & Information within the village

We mentioned

events, Hill & Valley, notices, adverts, website, shop, discussion forums, one to one

•  What's good?

•  Shop

•  Web site

•  Hill and Valley

•  Hill and Valley

•  Hill and Valley and information at the shop

•  Hill and Valley

•  Web site and Hill and Valley

•  Hill and Valley and web site

•  Shop, Cango and Hill and Valley

•  Shop and Hill and Valley

•  Hill and valley, web site and fete

•  Hill and Valley and shop

•  Shop

•  Hill and Valley

•  Hill and Valley excellent

 

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Speed into village and lack of ?

•  Broadband

•  Community centre/hall –village events

•  People on southside of A303 feel cut off and not part of the village

•  Southern village boundary roadside signing   not on edge of parish

•  Broadband and internet

•  Speed through village and lack of pavements

•  What should be improved?

•  Roadside signing to include Harewood

•  Pedestrian access through the village eg from the Acre to school and church

•  What's the most important?

•  Hill and Valley and shop

•  Hill and Valley

• Crime, Nuisance and Personal Safety

We mentioned

litter, noise, dogs, neighbours, neighbourhood watch, police

•  What's good?

•  Neighbours are very helpful

•  Good neighbours in the Acre

•  Neighbours good and friendly

•  Friendliness

•  Community spirit and friendliness

•  Neighbours and location

•  Lovely neighbours- feels very safe

•  Litter not bad

•  No litter

•  Neighbours helping elderly residents in North Acre

•  Most reliable elderly people who help one another

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Litter from waste transfer site around industrial site

•  Poop a scoop and   distant neighbours unknown

•  Residents complaining and complaining the police for no reason

•  Dog mess not cleared up

•  Dog mess on footpaths

•  Dog fouling o streets ad public footpaths

•  Early removal of dumped cars

•  What should be improved?

•  Police patrol

•  More local police to be visible and recognised

•    Local police visibility

•  More police visibility

•  Nervous at night but I feel safer with Lifeline

•  What's the most important?

•  Too much dog fouling in North Acre

•  Noise –people complaining about Owls Lodge shooting ground causing tax payers costs of needless noise tests.

•  Police and neighbours

•  Worry about noise level at new clay pigeon ground

•  Noise level at Owl Lodge during clay shoots

 

• Education & Childcare

We mentioned

mother & toddler, playgroup, school, pre-after school care, child minders/nannies

•  What's good?

•  School and playgroup

•  Good local school

•  School excellent

•  Playgroup excellent

•  Mother and Toddlers very good

•  School very good unifing force in the village

•  Play group and mother and toddlers

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Before and after school care

•  Before and afters chool childcare

•  What should be improved?

•  Pedestrian access through village

•  What's the most important?

•  School

• Work

We mentioned

opportunities in village, village businesses, tele-cottage facilities/infrastructure, commuters, home workers

•  What's good?

•  Corrine is lovely

•  Anne is wonderful

•  Location near larger towns and main roads

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Homeworkers club (at a pub?)

•  Homeworkers club

•  Broadband

•  Photocopying facilities

•  What should be improved?

•  Bus or public transport service

•  More information on businesses in the village

•  Network of village businesses

•  What's the most important?

•  No comments

• Traffic & Road Safety

We mentioned

volume, speed, noise, pavements / paths

•  What's good?

•  Driving is reasonable- pavements OK

•  Good because little noise

•  Most driving is courteous and sensible

•  Quiet location ,30 mph speed limit

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Speed bumps

•  Speed bumps at Longparish Station

•  Max speed of 30 to and from   A303

•  Noise from A303 at Harewood

•  Speed and noise from car radios

•  Pavements-dangerous to walk from the Acre to school safely

•  Busses and lorries in the middle of the road

•  Keep the bends to keep the speed down

•  Stop large long lorries coming through the village (Vitacress)

•  What should be improved?

•  Pavements are a little uneven

•  Pavements and paths

•  Speed

•  Pavements in North Acre unsuitable for wheelchairs and electric scooters

•  More parking for cars

•  Pedestrian access and footpaths

•  Speed reduction through the village

•  People speed around the school particularly people unfamiliar with the village approaching from the A303don't slow down

•  Pavements and roads in constant need of constant repair

•  Paths and pavements

•  Brambles need cutting back for cyclists

•  What's the most important?

•  Pavements need attention

•  Street lighting would be of benefit to the village

•  Lack of light pollution

•  Vehicle weight limit through village

• Environment

We mentioned

recycling, composting, pollution, litter

•  What's good?

•  Lack of pollution

•  No litter

•  Recycling

•  No pollution

•  Good facilities for recycling

•  Recycling very good

•  Good facilities for recycling

•  Recycling at Cricketers

•  TVBC waste collection

•  Beautiful countryside

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Composting bins

•  More litter bins especially in North Acre

•  TVBC bottle /glass collection

•  Litter from dustbin lorries on flyover and in gateways to field from picnicers

•  What should be improved?

•  Tree in front of 67 needs pruning

•  Litter problem in North Acre

•  What's the most important?

•  No comments

• Landscape & Wildlife

We mentioned

The Common nature reserve, streams, access to the river, water meadows, wildlife watch group

•  What's good?

•  The Commons

•  Beautiful tranquil and inspiring countryside

•  Lovely area

•  Beautiful scenery

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Stream clearing not good by authorities

•  Seat by river

•  Access to river

•  Seat by the river in Cleeves area

•  Access to river need improving

•  Access to river need improving

•  Places to sit by the river

•  What should be improved?

•  Access to river

•  River swimming should be provided in one supervised area

•  Field opposite Mary Snow needs cutting

•  Bridge in water meadows near Longparish House grounds badly need repair. It has been reported for several years

•  Safe swimming place for children in the river

•  What's the most important?

•  Better access to river -in particular out of fishing season

• Access to Healthcare

We mentioned

healthy living, care services

•  What's good?

•  Care services

•  Care good

•  Warden

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Doctors surgery

•  Doctors surgery

•  Doctors surgery

        Doctors surgery

        People with doctors in Whitchurch dependent on friends to collect pills

•  What should be improved?

•  Adequate transport to local surgeries and hospitals

•  Access for the older people to reach the doctors at Whitchurch

•  A visiting doctor   once or twice a week

•  What's the most important?

•  Care and services

• Support for the Elderly & Housebound

We mentioned

medical care, domestic support, daily care, neighbourhood support, transport, lifeline

•  What's good?

•  Lifeline is good

•  Lifeline –Warden, neighbours and shop

•  Lifeline and neighbourhood support

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Manners of new comers

•  Some elderly people need more visitors

•  Seat in North Acre for the elderly

•  Affordable car service to doctors in Whitchurch

•    Fights in old part of North Acre

•  What should be improved?

•  Access to local health-car busses etc

•  Bus service to and from Whitchurch to the doctors

•  What's the most important?

•  Light to shine on garages

•  Daily care and transport

• Housing

We mentioned

right houses?, size, number, location, freehold/rental availability, weekenders

low cost/affordable housing, Is the present infilling policy best for the village?

•  What's good?

•  Some of us were allowed to buy our houses

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Too many week-enders, not enough houses for local people

•  Owners will not release land for rented housing

•  Infilling- too close together

•  What should be improved?

•  Affordable housing

•  Affordable housing

•  Affordable housing

•  Affordable housing for the young

•  Affordable housing for the young

•  Affordable housing for the young

•  Affordable housing for the young

•  Affordable housing

•  Affordable housing for the young

•  What's the most important?

•  Low cost housing

•  Low cost housing

•  Housing to made available for people to return to the village

• Village Retail Facilities

We mentioned

shop, pubs, post office, banking

•  What's good?

•  Post office

•  Shops, post office and pub

•  Village shop offers excellent centre for village

•  All very good first class

•  The shop is excellent, pubs also

•  Post office and banking good

•  Shop post office excellent

•  The shop is vital also PO

•  Shop is excellent

•  PO And shop.

•  Shop with post office

•  Keep the shop yes, yes, yes

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Tea shop

•  Tea shop

•  Tea shop

•  Tea/coffee shop

•  Tea shop

•  What should be improved?

•  Shop should be open longer

•  Wider banking facilities at the post office

•  What's the most important?

•  Shop is vital

•  Keep post office and shop going

•  Post office and shop

•  Post office and shop

•  Retain post office, support shop and pubs

•  Keep shop and post office

•  Retain post office and shop

• People

We mentioned

is the balance right?

•  What's good?

•  Allowing people to return to the village to live

•  Consultation process is good

•  Friendliness

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Week enders

•  Older residents should be nicer to younger people(not all older people)

•  The newcomers are not very friendly

•  What should be improved?

•  No comments

•  What's the most important?

Our young people should be encouraged to return and live in the village

• Sport, Recreation & Social Facilities

We mentioned

different age groups, interests, exercise, meet people

•  What's good?

•  Football field

•  Meeting people

•  Cricket

•  Skate ramp

•  Public paths for walking

•  Good walks

•  Pub-Cricketers is excellent

•  Cricket

•  What's bad or missing?

 

•  The COLTS cricket team should be more organised and less biased

•  Basketball court in playground or in oval pitches

•  Younger people raised in the village

•  What should be improved?

•  No comments

•  What's the most important?

No comments

• Transport

We mentioned

bus service, car sharing, village mini-bus, children to school

•  What's good?

•  No comments

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Village mini bus

•  Village mini bus

•  Not good bus service

•  Mini bus

•  Bus service appalling

•  Bus that goes straight to Winchester

•  What should be improved?

•  Difficult for younger (teens)to travel to college and Saturday jobs

•  Another bus in the afternoon to Andover

•  Bus service

•  Bus service

•  Bus services that tie in and wait for trains

•  Safer pedestrian access through village would encourage walking to school, pubs etc

•  Mums car sharing would be good

•  What's the most important?

No comments

• Visitors & Tourists

We mentioned

B&B, Test Way, Pubs, Footpaths, Do we want to encourage visitors, weekenders

•  What's good?

•  Good pubs

•  Plough and Cricketers give good value

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Tea room

•  Tea room

•  What should be improved?

•  Footpaths to be kept clear and weed kept down

•  Walking maps published in pubs or web site

•  Walks beside the river in closed fishing season

•  What's the most important?

•  No comments

• Community Buildings

We mentioned

use, position, village hall, church, what else

•  What's good?

•  Village Hall

•  Loop in the church for those hard of hearing

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Village in wrong end of the village

•  A community room in the middle of the village

•  Bring back the youth club

•  Bring back the youth club

•  What should be improved?

•  Village Hall could be nearer North Acre(in walking distance)

•  Village hall needs to be more accessible and central in the village

•  Crossing from school to Hall

•  Zebra crossing from school to hall and slow signs

•  Village hall should be nearer to the bulk of village

•  It would be good to have new facilities in the school

•  Modernise the village hall to make it more inviting

•  More street lights

•  What's the most important?

•  No comments

• Young People

We mentioned

recreation, transport, work opportunities, where can they live when they leave home?, fun

•  What's good?

•  Skate park is excellent

•  Kissing gates over the fields

•  What's bad or missing?

•  Nothing to do

•  Difficult for them to stay in the village

•  Football pitch too far away Need a place to play other than the green

•  Football pitch too far away, need somewhere else to play football

•  What should be improved?

•  More housing for young people

•  Affordable housing

•  More for young people to do

•  There is nowhere for young people to live when they leave home

•  Affordable housing

•  A skate boarding street course near half pipe in the park

•  A new course for street skating near half pipe

•  Affordable dependable appropriate housing

•  What's the most important?

•  Work opportunities

•  More things to do after school after school and college that will keep them in the village

•  Bus service not good enough

• What else?

We mentioned

What have we forgotten?

•  No comments

• What are the best things about living and/or working in Longparish?

•  Lovely place to live, nice people

•  A nice tranquil place to live

•  Lovely village, good neighbours and quiet during the day

•  Fortunate to live in Longparish

•  Love Longparish village and people

•  A beautiful and happy place to live, good community spirit for the most part

•  Beautiful place to bring up children

•  Peace and quiet, nice people countryside on ones doorstep

• What are the worst things about living and/or working in Longparish?

•  Bus service, last bus from Andover is 5.40 pm

• We need volunteers to help

We mentioned

We need volunteers to take this plan forward, help design survey, enthusiasts, join the steering group, help survey everyone, experts on one aspect.

No names