Summary of Key Proposals
Establish a Community Association to provide support services to individuals and organisations within Longparish, for instance:
- To be a source of information and an active communicator about resources, services and activities of value to people in the village
- To help co-ordinate activities involving more than one organisation
- To help match volunteers to needs within the village (eg. co-ordinating a pool of volunteer drivers to take older people to doctor?s appointments)
- To provide information about, and encourage the use and protection of, our footpath network and public open spaces such as the nature reserve, play-park and football field.
Set up a Youth Group and a programme of activities for young people
Work to achieve village support for some small, mixed housing development to provide affordable accommodation and small houses that might meet the needs of young people, families and older villagers wishing to move to a smaller more manageable home.
- The next step will be a Housing Needs Survey and there will be further consultation with the village should the need be confirmed.
Actively support and encourage the long-term success of our existing facilities, particularly the school, play group, shop and post office
Actively support the proposals in the School Travel Plan including improving the safety of the stretch of road between the village hall and the school by:
- A pavement joining the village hall car park to the school
- A 20mph school zone speed limit
- School flashing warning signs
Continue to liaise with local businesses to reduce the problems with large
lorries getting lost
or driving too fast through the village
Work with the relevant authorities to improve safety in all parts of the village by:
- Enforcement of the existing speed limit
- Extension of the speed limited areas, particularly Forton to The Middleway and Southside Hill to The Common
- Exploration of traffic calming measures
Explore the possibility of creating an all-weather surface for the footpath from North Acre, past the football pitch to the village hall
Work with relevant groups and individuals in the village to protect the beauty and rural nature of Longparish whilst responding to the changing needs of the village community over time