Maker-with-Rame Parish Plan 2004 Maker-with-Rame Parish Plan Contents Page 1 Introduction 1 2 Community Services & Facilities 2 3 Employment 8 4 Environment 9 5Housing 17 6 Recreation & Leisure 20 7 Traffic & Transportation 22 8 Acknowledgements & Addendum 24 1 Introduction Parish Plan The Parish The Community The parish of Maker-with-Rame lies at the tip of The current population is 1070, of which 91% live in the south-eastern corner of Cornwall, guarding the the villages of Cawsand, Cremyll and Kingsand. The western approaches to Plymouth. It is almost parish also includes the hamlets of Forder, Lower encircled by the waters of Millbrook Lake, the Anderton and Rame, and the residential units at Fort River Tamar, Plymouth Sound and the English Picklecombe. Channel; to the north-west it is bounded by the 60% of the population has lived in the parish for parishes of St John and Millbrook. more than 15 years, with 26% having been born here. The Appraisal In the spring of 2000, the Parish Council decided to carry out a parish appraisal to provide a better understanding of issues of concern to the community that needed to be incorporated into the Parish Plan. Funding for the appraisal was obtained from Caradon District Council and via a grant from the Countryside Agency. Each club or organisation in the parish was invited to put forward a representative to form a working group, with three parish councillors. A list of those organisations that participated is included at the end of the document. Following the return of the appraisal questionnaires and the analysis of the findings, carried out by local statistician, Denis Allom, a public consultation was held on the findings and to seek the community’s views on additional suggestions made by respondents. All topics that received 56% or greater support have been included in the Parish Plan, and are the basis for the various actions and policies. This document represents the democratic views of the community and has been adopted by the Parish Council (11 March 2004). 1 2 Community Services & Facilities 2.1 Village Stores & Post Office Background The Issues Ten years ago there were two grocery shops, a bakery, a The Post Office is recognised as an essential bank and a post office in the parish. This has now been service for the parish, with 60% of appraisal reduced to one grocer (the Village Stores), the Post respondents using it at least once a week. 88% use Office and a shop selling a restricted range of groceries the banking services currently offered, 45% the (The Shop in Cawsand Square). bill payment services, 41% for pensions/family allowances and only 3% the postal services. The Village Stores is held in similar regard and is used by 73% once a week or more. 93% supported the proposal that the parish plan include a policy to resist the closure of essential shops and services in the village. 62% considered subsidies should be used as an incentive in this respect. Policy PCS1 The Parish Council will resist the closure of the Village Stores and the Post Office, and will actively support measures to ensure the continued existence of these essential community services. 2 2 Community Services & Facilities 2.2 The Community Hall Background There are three halls in the parish open to public use: the Community Hall, the Maker- with-Rame Institute and the Congregational Church Hall. The last has only recently been brought back into use and this was reflected in the usage indicated in the survey. The Issues The Community Hall and the Institute are both used by 75% of respondents, with 25% using one or other of them at least once a month. Policy PCS2 An extension to the Community Hall, to cater The Parish Council will support in principle for additional uses, is to be built on part of the measures to provide additional facilities and site of the old Youth Club building. Among the services for the community, as the needs arise. suggestions for use of the remaining land, a village garden received by far the greatest support (61%). Action ACS1 Potential Partners Provide a 21st Century Community Hall Management Garden within the grounds Committee of the old Youth Club. Parish Council 3 2 Community Services & Facilities 2.3 Churches & Chapels Background The parish has four churches, the Congregational Church and the Church of England Churches of Maker, Rame and St Andrews. The Congregational Church currently holds concerts etc., and St Andrews Church is raising funds to provide disabled access and toilets to enable it to cater for greater public use. The Issues 68% of respondents supported the suggestion that greater use be made of local churches/ chapels for concerts, lectures etc. Policy PCS3 Measures to enable the churches in the parish to provide additional services for the community will be supported. 4 2 Community Services & Facilities 2.4 Village Newspaper Action ACS2 Background Since the appraisal was carried out, the Courier has been made available on sale at the Post The parish does not have its own newspaper; Office and the Village Stores. however, the Anglican Church produces a monthly church magazine, the Courier, which contains other items of general local interest, including a diary of events and listings of all Policy PCS4 clubs and organisations in the parish. The Parish Council will support in principle the continued existence of the Courier, or an equivalent parish magazine, should the Courier The Issues cease to exist. The need for a parish magazine is recognised, but the Courier already fulfils this function for many residents. 69% of respondents indicated that they would read the Courier if it were extended to a parish newspaper and it were more readily available. 5 2 Community Services & Facilities 2.5 Youth Facilities Background The Issues The old parish Youth Club building has been demolished, after being declared unsafe. 81% of respondents support the current proposal to create a new shared facility for the The Youth Club is currently in negotiation for young people on the site of the Scout Hall, shared use of the 1st Mount Edgcumbe Scout & catering for the scouts/cubs and the Youth Cub’s premises at Watergate. Club. The Youth Club has a membership of over 80 young people, with a regular attendance of about 40 every Tuesday and Thursday evening. Action ACS3 Potential Partners Secure tenure for, and Youth Club provide a combined 1st Mt Edgcumbe Scouts youth facility at, Parish Council Watergate. Caradon District Council Policy PCS5 The Parish Council will support the Youth Club in its efforts to obtain shared use of the facilities at Watergate with the 1st Mount Edgcumbe Scouts. 6 2 Community Services & Facilities 2.6 Policing Background The Issues The crime records of the Devon and Cornwall Police statistics show a low recorded level of Constabulary would indicate that the level of crime. However, 77% of respondents consider crime in the parish is relatively low (40 crimes there is a need for a greater police presence in were recorded in 2000 compared with 744 in the parish. the Torpoint area). There is also strong support for the There is also an active Neighbourhood Watch reintroduction of a police surgery in the parish. scheme in the parish, which covers the area between Port Wrinkle and Cremyll operated by two senior officers and some 50 co-ordinators. Policy PCS6 There has been a notable reduction in crime in The establishment of a more prominent police the area since its formation and it is presence in the parish, including the current recognised as being one of the most effective proposal to provide a community police officer, in the rural areas of the South West. will be actively encouraged. Action ACS4 Potential Partners Reintroduce a regular Devon & Cornwall Constabulary police surgery in the Parish Council parish. Rural Initiative Forum 7 3 Employment 3.1 Opportunities Background The Issues 51% of respondents were retired. Of those in The survey recorded only 1% as unemployed, employment almost 50% are self-employed and with a similar small percentage claiming to be 66% of those work in the parish. seeking work. Of those in employment 43% work in the However, 74% of respondents consider there parish, 32% in Plymouth and 22% in either should be more jobs provided in the parish, with Saltash or Torpoint. a preference for craft workshops and small The two main employers in the parish in recent business units. years have been Mashford’s Boatyard at Cremyll and Mt Edgcumbe Country Park. New workshop units were constructed in the adjoining parish of Millbrook in 2002. Policy PEM1 Proposals for additional employment space in the parish will be encouraged on suitable sites, provided this is supported by an appropriate level of demand. 8 4 Environment 4.1 Coastal Erosion Background The Issues Much of the Rame Peninsula is suffering coastal The survey recorded that 67% believe more erosion in varying degrees. effort should be made to protect the peninsula’s coastline against erosion. Caradon District Council has advised us that where protection measures exist, the landowner Current national policy is to protect the coast- is responsible. line only where life and property are at risk. Where no protection currently exists, the District Council can pay for protection but only where life and property are at risk. Action AENV1 Potential Partners Further investigate this Parish Council issue and liaise with Caradon District Council those affected. Environment Agency 9 4 Environment 4.2 Beach Management Background The parish has four main beaches to which the general The Issues public has access: The Seaside Award acknowledges those Cawsand Beach beaches with good management which are Girt Beach clean, safe and display up-to-date information.