ABBOTS RIPTON and WENNINGTON PARISH PLAN 2017
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ABBOTS RIPTON and WENNINGTON PARISH PLAN 2017 Introduction Introduction Welcome to the Abbots Ripton and Wennington Parish Plan. Your questionnaire responses have Welcome to the Abbots Ripton and Wennington Parish Plan. Your questionnaire been collated andresponses analysed, have and been from collated these and recommendationsanalysed, and from thes havee recommendations been developed have for further action, both locallybeen through developed ourfor Parish further action,Council, both and locally as through a representation our Parish Council, of the and respondent’s as a opinion on planningreprese andnta developmenttion of the respondent issues’s opinion affecting on planning the Parish, and development for consideration issues by other local government bodies.affecting the Parish, for consideration by other local government bodies. The response fromThe responsethe Parish from at the both Parish the at original both the consultationoriginal consultation meetings meetings and and in incompleting completing Survey/Questionnaire has been outstanding. We thank you for that and theSurvey/Questionnaireyour patience has during been the outstanding. time taken to develop We thank the plan you from for your that feedback. and your The patience Plan during the time taken toCommittee develop believe the plan that from the responses your feedback. received areThe a Plangood representationCommittee believe of opinion that the responses receivedacross are the a profile good of representation residents in the Parish. of opinion A brief across summary the of theprofle response of residents statistics in the Parish. A brief summaryis given below: of the response statistics is given below: Q1 Asked aboutQ1 the Asked type about of survey the type submission, of survey submission the break-down, the break- downof the of 104the 104 Questionnaires completed is shownQuestionnaires in the pie completed chart is shown in the pie chart Respondents n=104 7 Views of a household 38 Views of an Individual Views of a local 59 business Q2 asked if the respondent was over 18 if completing as an individual, 3 responses Q2 asked if the wererespondent received wasfrom underover 18’s,18 if thesecompleting are included as an in theindividual, “views of an3 responsesindividual”. were received from under 18’s,Although these are this includedis a low direct in therepresentation “views of ofan the individual”. younger members Although of our this community is a low, direct representation ofthe the “views younger of a household members” response of our iscommunity, very likely to theinclude “views opinions of a from household” younger response is very likely to includefamily opinionsmembers. from younger family members. How does our response rate compare to the Parish Population? How does our responseAt the time of rate the Survey compare, 245 peopleto the were Parish registered Population? voters on the electoral roll. Taking “views of a local business” respondents as not necessarily being resident in the Parish, At the time of thetaking Survey, out the 245 three people stated wereunder 18’s,registered and assuming voters that on thethe average electoral “views roll. of Takinga “views of a local business”household” respondents represented as not two necessarily voting adults being, will est residentimate that in132 the of Parish, a possible taking 245 out the three stated under 18’s,registered and assuming voters contributed that the to averagethe questionnaire “views responsesof a household”. This would represented indicate a circa two voting adults, will estimate54% responsethat 132 rateof a. possible 245 registered voters contributed to the questionnaire responses. ThisWhen would compared indicate to alocal circa election 54% voter response participation rate. rates and feedback we have seen When comparedfrom to localother Parishelection and voter Community participation planning exercisesrates and this feedback is a very solid we andhave seen from other representative proportion of the community and demonstrates the level of interest and Parish and Communityconcern loplanningcal residents exercises have for issuesthis is affecting a very oursolid Parish andand representative the environment. proportion of the community and demonstrates the level of interest and concern local residents have for issues affecting our Parish and the environment. 3 3 How the plan is structured. The plan is structured into 10 sections following the format of the Questionnaire 1. Transport/Roads/Road Safety 2. Network Rail and the Building of a Station near Abbots Ripton 3. The Environment and Conservation 4. Housing and Planning 5. Alconbury Weald Development 6. The Secret Garden Party 7. Crime & Safety 8. Local Facilities, Organisations, Groups and Leisure 9. Communication 10. Governance Each section shows the statistical responses to the questions and statements and a summary of the fndings. Your comments were analysed and summarised to provide a more concise and weighted commentary to add to the statistics. It has not been possible to reproduce all the verbatim comments as written in response to each question and still keep this plan to a manageable size. Those interested in seeing all the comments can access them, by question, on the Survey Monkey website using the web address below: https:www.surveymonkey.net/results/SM-KQCKQNVR using the password ABandW to enter the site. We cannot guarantee that the Survey Monkey Site will remain active through the life of the Parish Plan so we are investigating extracting the comments as a text fle that can be made available through the Parish Council Website. We anticipate that the direct Survey Monkey link will work at least through 2017. Each section also has recommendations and actions arising from the questionnaire responses and analysis. Following a summary of the recommendations, actionable issues are shown in a table style layout identifying the issue, the specifc recommendations, stakeholders in addressing the issue, expected outcome and proposed next step. We hope you will recognize that many of the issues raised require funding, support and approvals that are outside of direct Parish Council control or means. The Parish Council will act as our representatives to lobby for and progress the issues. In some instances, the plan represents the views of the Parish on wider strategic planning and environmental issues that have no immediate direct action requirement, but that should be taken into consideration in the future as a collective view or wish of the Parish. It is expected that this input forms part of any future consultations or decision making processes affecting the villages and our immediate environment. Thank you again for your input to this important document and your continued support as the Plan evolves. Yours Sincerely The Parish Plan Committee 4 Section 1 - Transport / Roads / Road Safety Survey Questions 3-16 Section 1 - Transport / Roads / Road Safety Survey Questions 3-16 Q3 Q3 Traffc calming andTraffic speed calming management and speed management provisions provisions are adequate. are adequate. % of Respondents n=101 70 60 50 28.7 40 7.9 30 20 33.6 29.7 10 0 Agreement Disagreement No Opinion Agree Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree No Opinion 41.5% of respondents41.5% agreed of respondents with the agreed statement with the withstatement 58.5% with disagreeing. 58.5% disagreeing. A clear A clear majority would like to see traffc calmingmajority would and speedlike to see management traffic calming improved.and speed management The level of improved. comment The in level this of area was comment in this area was high, 58 respondents voiced opinions. A summary of key high, 58 respondentsconcerns voiced is given opinions. below. A summary of key concerns is given below. An overwhelming majority of the comments expressed concern at speeding through the village and An overwhelming majority of the comments expressed concern at speeding through the the failure of the existingvillage and traffc the failure calming of the measures existing traffic to calmingadequately measures control to adequately this. control this. • Several respondents observed that the 30mph restriction and chicane to the North of Abbots • Several respondents observed that the 30mph restriction and chicane to the Ripton is poorly sitedNorth ofwith Abbots restricted Ripton issight poorly lines. sited withMore restricted than one sight comment lines. More recommended than one re- siting to the junctioncomment with recommended Clay Lane at re -thesiting turn to the to junctionthe railway with Clay bridge. Lane at the turn to the railway bridge. • Several respondents• Several recommended respondents recommended replacing replacingthe fashing the flashing 30mph 30mph school school signs signs with electronic signs showingwith electronic the signsactual showing speed the of actual the approaching speed of the approach vehicleing vehicle • A 20mph section by the school and through Wennington village was also • A 20mph sectionproposed by the school and through Wennington village was also proposed • The distance •betweenThe distance the chicanes between the and chicanes the danger and the of danger vehicles of vehicles speeding speeding up byup bythe time they the time they reach the school was also noted. Provision of a formal pedestrian reach the schoolcrossing was also at the noted. central Provision point in the of village a formal near thepedestrian school was crossing commented at theon central point in the villagealthough near theelsewhere