English Bicknor Parish Plan - 2004
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English Bicknor Parish Plan - 2004 N f How we live. What we do. What we think of our parish. What we would like for the future. English Bicknor Parish Plan, 2004 Table of contents Introduction..................................................................................................... 1 Analysis . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Section 1: Household . 2 Section 2: Housing/Planning . 8 Section 3: Road safety, Highways & Transport........................................................ 13 Section 4: Bus services....................................................................................... 23 Section 5: Employment . 28 Section 6: Social & Leisure . 30 Section 7: Church . 42 Section 8: Miscellaneous . 43 Section 9: Elderly/Disabled/Carers . 55 Appendix . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ... 57 Acknowledgements.......................................................................................... 60 Introduction Background In June 2003, a household survey took place in the parish of English Bicknor as part of a scheme sponsored by the Countryside Agency and Gloucestershire Rural Community Council which aims to help villages and small towns plan for their futures. The purpose of the survey was to build a picture of English Bicknor in 2003 and to collect the views of the whole community on how they would like to see English Bicknor in the future. Questionnaires, compiled by the Parish Plan Steering Group, were hand-delivered to all households in the parish and collected a month later. 141 questionnaires were completed, giving a return rate of 75% (there are 187 households in the parish). Presentation of results In this report the results are presented by question. The questions are in the same order and use the same wording as in the questionnaire. Not all households answered all the questions; the number who answered is given in square brackets alongside the question heading. In some questions it was appropriate to give percentages based only on the number who answered the question while in others the percentages are based on all 141 households; it has been indicated in each case which method has been used. A number of the questions invited comments. For most questions, these comments are given in the main part of the report, often in a categorised and slightly summarised form, but for other questions a briefer summary is given. Further comments are summarised in the appendix. Action Plans These are presented at the end of each section. 1 Analysis Section 1: Household 1. Please show the number of persons in your household in each age group. [141] The results for this question show that there are a total of 328 people among the 141 households who returned a questionnaire. This gives an average of 2.3 people per household, the same as the parish average. There were almost equal proportions of males and females among the 328 people (49% male, 51% female). Table 1a shows the number of people in each age group (as defined in the questionnaire), together with the proportion of each of these age groups among the 328 people, e.g. almost a fifth (19%) are over 65 years old. Chart 1a illustrates this data. Table 1b shows how many households contain people from the various age groups, for example just over a third of the 141 households (34%) contain at least one person over 65 years old. Table 1a. Table 1b. Number of Proportion of Number of Proportion of people 328 people households 141 households 0-5 10 3% 0-5 8 6% 5-10 17 5% 5-10 12 9% 11-16 10 3% 11-16 8 6% 16-18 10 3% 16-18 8 6% 18-60 180 55% 18-60 93 66% 60-65 39 12% 60-65 30 21% Over65 62 19% Over65 48 34% Chart 1a. 3% 5% 3% ■ 0-5 \ I /3% El 5-10 o 11-16 12% ■ 16-18 ■ 1~ ■ 60-65 n0wr65 2 1. continued In tables 2a and 2b some of the age groups have been combined to form broader categories. Table 2b shows that over a fifth of the households contain at least one person aged 0-18, two thirds contain at least one 18-60 year old and almost half contain at least one person over 60. A couple of figures not apparent from the table below are that around a third (34%) of the households contain only people over 60 years old and around a fifth {21 %) contain only people over 65 years old. Table 2a. Table 2b. Number of Proportion of Number of Proportion of le 328 le households 141 households 0-18 47 14% 0-18 29 21% 18-60 180 55% 18-60 93 66% Over 60 101 31% Over60 68 48% Chart 2a. 14% ■ 0-18 □ 18-60 ■ Owr60 3 2. Is your property ... [140] 87% of the households own their own home, 10% rent from the District Council and 3% from a private landlord. Number of Proportion of households 140 households Owned by you 122 87% Rented from the District Council 14 10% Rented from Private Landlord 4 3% 3. What type of property is it? [140] 83% live in a house and 16% in a bungalow. Two households ticked "Other" and wrote that they live in a converted barn. Number of Proportion of households 140 households House 116 83% Bungalow 22 16% Mobile Home 0 0% Other(Converledbam) 2 1% 4. When was the property built (approximately)? [133] Almost half live in a property built before 1900. The second and third most common periods are 1951-1970 (16%) and 1971-1980 (14%). None live in a house built after 2000. Number of Proportion of households 133 households Before 1900 62 47% 1901-1930 5 4% 1931-1950 14 11% 1951-1970 21 16% 1971-1980 19 14% 1981-1990 7 5% 1991-2000 5 4% After 2000 0 0% 4% ■ Before 1900 5% 131901-1930 I □ 1931-1950 1951-1970 47% ;\ ■ i ■ 1971-1980 :■ 1981-1990 ' \ & 1991-2000 11% 4% : a After 2000 4 5. Do you have a bathroom with a hot water supply? [140) 6. Do you have an inside toilet? [140] 140 of the 141 households answered questions 5 and 6. All those who answered said yes to both. 7. Has your property any of the following energy saving features? [140) The number of households who ticked each feature is shown in the table below. The features are listed in descending order of occurrence. Most households have at least one of the first three features listed, and 55% have all three. Over half have low energy bulbs and around a third have cavity wall insulation. 5 households (4%) have solar heating or power. Number of Proportion of households 140 households Loft insulation 119 85% Double glazingr 113 81% Laaaed hot water tank 112 80% Low enerav bulbs 77 55% Cavity wall insulationT 47 34% Water saving device 16 11% Solar heating or oower 5 4% Other (see below) 7 5% None at all 0 0% t A few of 1hose who ticked these options wrote "part" alongside 1hei" answer, Other • Economy Seven • Water heated on demand • Floor insulation and direct heating (water} • Under floor insulation • Dry-lined walls in some rooms • Heavy winter curtains • Wife who turns everything off ,,• 100% 0 85% 81% .&: I 80% :I 0 .i:: 60% 0 C 40% 0 i: 0 20% Q.e 0% a. 0% Loft Double Lagged Low Cwty wall Water Solar None at all insulation glazing hot water energy insulation saMng heating or tank bulbs de\4C8 power 5 8. If alternative accommodation were available would you move? [132] As shown alongside the question above, 132 households answered the question. They did this by either ticking "yes" {24 households) or "no" (108 households). In addition, there were 9 households who did not tick either option, possibly because they were undecided. Out of all 141 households (i.e. the 132 households who answered and the 9 who did not), 17% ticked "yes". Most of those who ticked yes would either move within the parish or outside the Forest of Dean altogether, as the table below shows. Number of households Within the oarish 7 Elsewhere in the Forest of Dean 2 Further afield 9 No response 6 9. How long have you lived in the Parish? [138] 43%t of the households have lived in the parish for 0-10 years and 57% for over 10 years. Fewer than 10% have lived in the parish for under 2 years. Number of Proportion of households 138 households Under 2 vears 11 8% 2-10 years 49 36% 11-25 years 37 27% 26-50 years 28 20% More than 50 years 13 9% ■ Under 2 years □ 2-10years 36% ■ 11-25 years ■ 26-50 years ■ More than 50 years. t The rounded figures for "Under 2 years" and "2-10 years" add to 44% but the actual, urvounded figll'es add to 43%. A number of o1her apparent discrepancies due to rouncfmg occur dlning 1his report. 6 10. How did you come to live in the Parish (tick all that apply)? [138) Those who answered ticked an average of 1.5 options each. Around half ticked "Love of country life" and around a quarter 'Work in area". The remaining options were each ticked by around a fifth of households. Of the 11 who had lived in the parish for under 2 years, all but one ticked "Love of country life" with most also ticking at least one other option: "Relatives" (4); "Village life" (4); 'Work" (2); Retirement (2). Number of Proportion of households 138 Households Love of country life 68 49% Work in the area 37 27% Love of village life 31 22% Relatives live nearby 29 21% Retirement 24 17% Born here 22 16% Other (caving, geoloav etc.) 1 1% eo60%~---------------------. "0 49% :g 50% 40% I0 ~ 0 30% § 20% i! 8.e 10% a. 0% Lo\8 of WOik in the Lo\8 of Relati\85 Retirement Born here country life area \4llage life li\8 nearby 11.