Pailton Parish Plan Update

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Pailton Parish Plan Update

• November 12th, 2005

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Agenda

• Current Parish Plan Status
• Design statement
• Housing needs
• General Survey

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Pailton Parish Plan Status November 2005

• What has happened so far
• Open meeting held, January 2005
• Steering committee formed
• Questionnaire content developed
• Questionnaire delivered and collected
• Data collated
• Final document being written

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Pailton Parish Plan Design Statement

• Topics being covered
• Approaches
• Softening of features desirable
• Desirable features of new development
• Footpaths
• Views of countryside
• History of Pailton

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Pailton Parish Plan Housing Needs

• Survey results collated and currently being
  analysed

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Results collated and 10 hot topics have been
  identified
• Crime
• Policing
• Parking
• Village Hall
• Recycling
• Footpaths
• Traffic calming
• Communication
• Public Transport
• The Club

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Crime
• Q.59 Have you experienced any of the following
  in the Village within the last year?

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Crime
• Q.61 Have you ever reported crime in Pailton to
  the police?
• 40 of respondents have, 60 have not
• Q.62 Did you get an incident number?
• 65 said yes

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Crime Interpretation Actions
• We think the relative level of crime is low when
  compared with neighbouring villages
• But the responses do reflect genuine concern
• Levels of vandalism are perceived to have dropped
  in the last six months
• These concerns have been relayed to the Police
  and a public meeting is to be held on the 21st
  November in the Village Hall

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Policing
• Q.57 Are you satisfied with the level of
  policing within the Parish?
• 65 no, 35 yes
• Q.63 Are you aware there is Neighbourhood Watch
  in Pailton?
• 61 yes, 39 no
• Q.64 Would you be prepared to join the
  Neighbourhood Watch in Pailton?
• 142 households said yes 
  
  

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Policing
• Open meeting to be held on 21st November at 8pm
  with Senior Police Officers from Warwickshire
  Constabulary
• Please come along to air your views
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Parking Problems

• There were 173 respondents to this subject
• The majority cited lack of space in the village
  centre - 108 (62)
• 19 (11) also commented on lack of space outside
  the Village Hall
• It is unlikely that either the space or resources
  could ever be found to address the problem at
  these locations
• Planners however, need to made aware that any
  further development in the immediate vicinity
  does not make the situation worse
• Further development elsewhere in the village must
  include adequate facilities for parking both for
  residents and for visitors to prevent the problem
  spreading
• It is worth noting that visitors are most likely
  to be using cars owing to the villages location
  and relatively poor public transport links

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Village Hall New Uses Facilities
Analysis of written answers
116 respondents (40) use the Village Hall, 171
(60) dont
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Village Hall Interpretation of results

• Children
• Biggest issue was the desire for a youth club
• Parking
• A big issue throughout
• Facilities
• Changing room
• Social Sports
• Fragmented wish-list
• Housekeeping
• Balcony, heating, cleaning
• Hire
• People wanted to know how to hire
• Equipment
• Stage lighting

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Village Hall Actions

• Children Plan to advertise for qualified
  volunteer
• Biggest issue was the desire for a youth club
• Parking Understand the issue but practicalities
  difficult
• A big issue throughout
• Facilities Room at rear of stage costly,
  balcony cleared
• Changing room
• Social Sports Activities published in Nov
  Round the Revel
• Fragmented wish-list
• Housekeeping Balcony cleared, Cleaner hired,
  Heating fixed
• Balcony, heating, cleaning
• Hire details of hire publicised in Nov Round
  the Revel on www.pailton.org.uk
• People wanted to know how to hire
• Equipment
• Stage lighting Temporary fix with plan for
  permanent solution
• (Playing field goal post arrived, need volunteers
  to erect over Christmas holiday)

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Recycling
• Q.8. Does your household recycle waste?
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89 said yes! - An impressive result!
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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Recycling
• Q.9. What does your household recycle?
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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Recycling
• Q.10. Does your household compost either garden
  or vegetable waste?
• A. Split equally between yes and no (66
  each)
• Q.11. Are the present facilities for recycling
  waste adequate?
• A. 64 yes, 36 no 

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Recycling - Actions
• Bins for Garden waste are to be provided by RBC
• No village facilities for plastics and cardboard 
• This issue has been raised with RBC
• There are facilities in Rugby
• Also, a new recycling facility is being built in
  Rugby

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Footpaths
• Q.16. Footpaths (Public rights of way) Are there
  any public rights of way you have an issue with?
• A. Overgrown hedge rows along the bridle path
  from Pailton Club to Monks Kirby
• The growth was cut put back and weed killer
  applied
• The path between Yews farm and the council houses
  on Rugby road was of particular concern
• Reported by the Parish Council to WCC
• Other issues relate to poor signage, dog fouling,
  difficult styles/gates and antisocial ostriches 

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Traffic calming
• There was no specific question on traffic
  calming, but concerns were raised in the written
  comments
• Since the survey was made improvements have been
  made to the scheme
• There will be a follow-up impact survey within
  the next 12 months
• HGV Traffic
• There are far fewer HGVs passing through the
  village than before
• There is a reporting system for HGVs passing
  through the village
• Freight Quality Partnership
• Reports via Magna Park
• Details on www.pailton.org.uk or from Tony Gillias

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Communication
• Q.47 Please tick boxes if you have difficulty
  finding information about the following? 

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Communication
• Q.49 Do you think more notice boards would help?
• 77 respondents said yes
• Q.50 Do you read "Round the Revel"?
• 257 households do
• Q.51 What else would you like to see covered in
  "Round the Revel"?
• An interesting list of suggestions was made
• Results being passed to the editor and other
  publications
• (Note Round the Revel has limited capacity)
• Q.52 Please tick your box if you have seen the
  Village website (www.pailton.org.uk)
• 62 respondents said yes
• (3700 hits on the website recorded so far,
  generally 100 hits/week)  

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Communication
• Issues were raised regarding
• poor delivery of local newspapers,
• little information regarding village and church
  activities,
• planning applications
• This information has been passed on to the
  relevant groups
• Actions taken
• The PO Shop is now delivering newspapers
• Village Hall information, rentals, events etc.
  put in Round the Revel and www.pailton.org.uk
• Parish Council Agendas and Minutes on the Village
  notice board and www.pailton.org.uk
• Key Parish Council items reported in Round the
  Revel
• District Diary now on www.pailton.org.uk
• Church activities in Round the Revel

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Public Transport Problems

• There were 193 respondents on this issue
• Unsurprisingly 102 or 53 did not use buses as
  they were car owners
• A further 50 or 26 found the service provision
  to be inconvenient in one way or another
• Timing, routing, onward connection etc.

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Public Transport
• Q.21. How do you travel to work?
• Only 2 of respondents use the bus service, 5
  use trains
• Q.22. How do you travel to school or college?
• 26 of respondents use buses, 3 use trains
• Q.23. Do you use any of the buses that serve the
  parish? And if so, what for?
• 68 never uses buses
• 10 use them for shopping
• 8 use them for social activities 
• Many disabled parishioners have difficulty
  accessing the buses 

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Pailton Parish Plan General Survey

• Transport Actions
• The findings of this survey will be passed on
• to the current operator, De Courceys and
• to the Transport Operations Department of
  Warwickshire County Council
• they may prove useful in initiating improvements
  to the service
• New Services
• RBC has provided a minibus available on demand
  for anyone in the village

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Combining the Club Hall
Analysis of written answers
Unsure
Approve
Disapprove
Q.36 What are your reasons for saying this?
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Combining the Club HallInterpretation of the
results

• Mixed opinions
• Comments suggested the facilities provide for
  different interests
• A wide range of complaints about the club
• Practical issues
• Club land is loaned
• Village Hall charitable status at risk
• Central location of Village Hall was favoured
• but, no parking at Village Hall location

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Combining the Club Hall - Actions

• Results passed to the Village Hall Committee
  Club
• Since the questionnaire was issued a huge amount
  of work has been done on the Village Hall
• i.e. the comments may be different now
• Overall conclusion
• no specific actions proposed, but the situation
  will be reviewed if the situation changes

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Pailton Parish Plan

• Discussion/Questions