Husthwaite Parish Plan
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Husthwaite Parish Plan Husthwaite H Parish Plan Parish Plan Husthwaite Parish Plan NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARK CARLTON HUSTHWAITE COXWOLD TO THIRSK HUSTHWAITE HOWARDIAN HILLS Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty HUSTHWAITE PARISH A1 9 RASKELF EASINGWOLD TO YO R K Contents 4 Foreword 5 Introduction 6 Statistical Evidence 7 Profile of Respondents 7 Key Features of Husthwaite 8 Community Life 10 Services & Facilities 15 Housing 16 Traffic & Transport 17 Environment 19 Business 19 Sport & Recreation 20 Views of the Young People 22 Map of Husthwaite 25 Action Plan 25 Priority Issues 25 Monitoring and Evaluation of Progress 39 Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Over the years Husthwaite has achieved to deliver what people want, but this is Background of photos submitted, the Steering Group much, but it is essential to grasp new all part of the process. Towards the end of 2005, the Parish selected a representative sample which opportunities as they arise. I am pleased Council instigated the development of was displayed at the May event and that the decision has been taken to I hope that this is not a plan to gather a Parish Plan. In just over a year, this which stimulated lively discussion. The prepare a Parish Plan. The village is dust on the shelf, look backwards or goal has been reached, thanks to the children at the local primary school also not immune from the many changes be used mainly to resist change. It is enthusiastic and committed support of produced some wonderful 3D models of affecting rural life and needs to move a document which should be used the community. features they would like to have in the with the times. Nowadays national to manage change and, regularly village. and local government increasingly see reviewed, point the way to projects and The Steering Group parish plans as the key to the way ahead. partnerships which benefit Husthwaite. Peter Davison was asked by the Parish The May event was attended by over The Plan is of relevance to everybody Council to lead a Steering Group made 100 people. They were each asked to who lives or works in the parish but its Finally I would like to thank all up of volunteers which has worked post comments on the photographs and recommendations will only be turned residents, the staff and children of together since the end of February 2006. models and on a largescale map of the into action if people and organisations Husthwaite Primary School and the Its remit was to: parish. All comments were then reviewed work together. local businesses for their enthusiastic H devise and implement a consultation and used in drafting the questionnaire input to this very important project, process to ensure that it raised all the issues of Clear priorities have emerged based on not forgetting everyone involved in H review the results of the consultation concern. the views of residents. The challenge the Parish Plan Steering Group who process now is how to move forward with the have spent many hours collating all the H turn those results into the Parish Plan. The questionnaire was distributed to Action Plan in order to bring about information to produce this Plan for Progress has been reported regularly in every household in the parish. 140 of improvements through local initiatives, your village. It is surprising what can be the Newsletter. 165 were returned – a fantastic response partnership working, lobbying key achieved when a rural community sets its and one well above the average for authorities and exploring potential mind to the task and I wish Husthwaite Funding questionnaires of this nature. Interest sources of funding. every success in implementing its Plan. A successful bid for funding to develop was widespread and the process seems to the Parish Plan resulted in an award have further enriched what was already a Please do not dismiss the Plan as yet of £2,550 from Yorkshire Rural very strong community spirit. another example of the never ending Community Council. A further £300 was stream of instructions telling us all what contributed by the Parish Council. Most Using all the material received during to do. This is different. For once we have of the total of £2850 was spent on the the consultation processes, the steering a document produced by the community Consultation Launch and printing costs. group produced the Parish Plan reflecting for the community, not one imposed the general views of the community. The from above. Of course this brings Consultation final village consultation was again well its own challenges, especially when Percy Featherstone Involvement of the whole community supported with around 60 in attendance. negotiating with service providers such Member, Hambleton District Council – always a high priority – was achieved This occasion presented an opportunity as the County or District Councils White Horse Ward primarily through a photographic project, to share the results of the questionnaire, a Consultation Launch event in the distribute copies of the Consultation village hall in May 2006, an extensive Draft, talk through key features and questionnaire in July 2006 and a final receive comments and questions. village consultation in January 2007. The next step In April, over 50 disposable cameras It is hoped that the Plan will help inform were circulated to a wide variety of all strategic planning for Husthwaite and village residents. They were asked to give added weight to grant applications take pictures of aspects of the parish for a wide variety of projects. which they liked or disliked and aspects of other villages which they would like It is important to emphasise that the to see in Husthwaite. From the hundreds Plan is not the end product – it is a 4 5 steering mechanism. Implementation of the objectives listed in the action Profile of respondents to questionnaire plan is the key to making real progress, maintaining what is good and ensuring Age profile that Husthwaite becomes an even better place in which to live. The overall Age 0-4 5-16 17-20 21-39 40-64 65+ responsibility for delivery, monitoring of progress and reporting to the community Males 18 32 13 23 66 31 will now be undertaken by the Parish Council. Females 10 22 4 23 71 40 Finally, sincere appreciation must Total 28 54 17 46 137 71 be expressed to everyone who has contributed in any way to this plan. Grand Total: 353 Statistical evidence Work/training/voluntary activities (excluding school education) Mode of travel The 2005 estimates for parish Failure to respond to any question could population give Husthwaite 410. be for a variety of reasons, for example In Parish 56 Car/Van/Car share 166 Questionnaires were completed by uncertainty or indifference or even 353. This response rate strongly ‘questionnaire fatigue’! The Steering Within 10 miles 79 Motor cycle/moped 4 endorses the validity of the outcome Group has tried to gauge support for as a true expression of the views of the any action not only by the questionnaire Over 10 miles away 71 Private Bus 1 inhabitants of Husthwaite, as does the responses but also by comments made household response referred to above. throughout the consultation process. Frequency Service Bus 6 Response Rate Use of Results Daily 116 Bicycle 9 Of the 165 questionnaires delivered, Given the length of the questionnaire 140 completed copies were returned and the level of response, it is Weekly 51 Walk 18 – a response rate of 84.8%. The main not practicable to include all the questionnaire was to be answered by questionnaire results in the Plan Less often 8 Other (mostly work at home) 5 every adult (aged 16 and above) in each or to refer to every comment made household. The maximum number of throughout the consultation process. possible responses on any of the 33 However, all results and comments questions therefore was 271. A separate have been recorded and are available questionnaire was attached to obtain for inspection from the Parish Council. the views of young people (aged 15 and Where appropriate they will be passed Key features of Husthwaite below). on to the relevant people or body charged with implementation of the Geographical location Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village Use of Statistics Action Plan. Husthwaite is situated in an elevated is a designated Conservation Area and is Actual numbers have been used position on the east side of the Vale of adjacent to the North Yorkshire Moors throughout for responses to individual York – four miles north of Easingwold National Park. questions. Varying response rates and and two miles east of the A19 – and is low numbers could in some cases be easily accessible to the main service areas History misleading if expressed in percentage of Easingwold and Thirsk. The name, Husthwaite or ‘Hus thveit’ terms. Similarly, references to a came from the age of Scandinavian ‘majority’ relate only to the number of Part of the parish is within the nationally settlement and means ‘house in the people answering a question. designated Howardian Hills Area of clearing’. The nucleus of Husthwaite 6 7 grew up beside the old Saxon settlement undulating countryside which gives the Sources of information on the village? Improvements people would like to of ‘Baxebi’ which is mentioned in the village a particularly rural atmosphere. There are high levels of satisfaction with see in Husthwaite? great Domesday Inquisition of 1087. The myriad of footpaths and bridleways present arrangements. The amount and The greatest matters of concern were: At the time of the Norman Conquest, in and around the village are much used. quality of information was considered to the vill of Husthwaite was gifted to the There are also a number of ‘green areas’ be adequate by 223 people.