Sprotbrough and Parish Council – Action Plan 2020/21 review – January 2021

PEOPLE Action Work to date Action met To date we have granted £776.00 to local 1. Community Grants groups and charitable organisations. The We will award up to £3300 of community grant funding to local availability of the grant and the application groups and charitable organisations for the period 2020/21. process have been communicated through Parish Council communication methods to encourage applications. PLACE The playground was completed and officially 2. Play area upgrade (Anchorage Park) opened on 28th September 2020 We will complete the upgrade of the children’s play area at Anchorage Park.

We have received the comments from the 3. Neighbourhood Plan Regulation 16 consultation from We will support the Neighbourhood Plan Champions to Council and a joint application was made to prepare the draft Neighbourhood Plan ready for NIPERS to instruct an examiner for the submission to the Local Planning Authority on behalf of the examination. The steering group met in Parish Council. December to discuss the 2 options and the recommendation was agreed by the PC in December. The examiner has had a preliminary look at the documents and confirmed that the examination will not need a public hearing it can be done through written representations. He has asked initial questions of the Parish Council and Doncaster Council and anticipates that he will undertake a site visit in early February (restrictions pending).

4. Goldsmith Centre In December 2021 the PC agreed to changed We will assess the current building and wider site to look at the name of the working group to the Assets opportunities to redevelop/ refurbish the community centre to Working Group which are scheduled to meet on see how it can be better utilised and meet the needs of local 15th January 2021. This group will look at residents, businesses and existing users of the site. options for projects/ activities for the PC in 2021/22 and make recommendations for the Action Plan. Public consultation is recommended to take place in the new year to establish priorities for 2021/22 and longer term projects.

5. Goldsmith Centre Play Area As for point 4 We will begin the process to upgrade and move the location of the outside space at the Goldsmith Centre (including the children’s play area).

6. Telephone Boxes The red phone box at St Mary’s Chruch has - Traditional red phone box, St Mary’s Church, been repaired and repainted in August 2020. Sprotbrough We will ask BT to repair the traditional red phone box. The completion of the transfer of the phone box We will paint the phone box to restore it given its at Inglebrorough Drive took place in June 2020. prominent location in Sprotbrough village centre. The replacement glass is scheduled to be - Modern kiosk, Ingleborough Drive, Sprotbrough installed in January 2021. The stickers have We will acquire the kiosk from BT, restore it and install a been received. The defib has been ordered and defibrillator to benefit the residents, businesses and will be installed on 15th March visitors to the Parish.

7. Public Realm - Litter picking We will procure and provide litter picking equipment for The Parish Council has procured litter picking local groups and residents to use to assist in equipment for local groups. Several groups improvement to the public realm within the Parish. have used it including the Don Gorge and the - Dog fouling recently formed ‘ploggers’ group in . We will work with Doncaster Council to provide additional signage and bins at all Parish Council owned New bins have been ordered for the Skate Park sites and used the Parish Council communication (Anchorage) and Wroxham Way (Newlands) methods to promote awareness and responsible dog from Doncaster Council. Two new bins are ownership. We will encourage residents to report located at the play area at Anchorage. problem areas to Doncaster Council to enable additional Additional signage has been added to the play enforcement patrols to be undertaken. area. Reporting communicated through social media and new PC website.

8. Access to Newlands Park, Cusworth Additional bollards have been installed at the To work with Doncaster Council to restore and reinstate entrance to (Gamekeepers fencing and bollards at the entrances to Newlands Park, cottage) and the access with the Trans Pennine Cusworth. trail. Additional Hawthorne bushes are being planted at non – official entrances to help.

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9. Parish Council branding and website A competition was run through local schools To run a competition with local schools and children to produce and social media to design a logo for the parish a Parish Council logo to be incorporated into Parish Council council. Local schoolgirl Celia Greenhalgh- communications, website and signage. Wilson won the competition and opened the To review and update the Parish Council’s website to improve new play area at Anchorage Lane on 28th transparency and information available. September. The logo is now used on all Parish Council documents and social media.

A new Parish Council website was launched on 9th November which provides more information and detail on parish council activity and is in compliance with current website accessibility legislation.

10. Accreditation to the Local Council Award Scheme To submit evidence that the Parish Council meets the criteria The application was submitted to NALC on 11th to meet the Foundation Award under the Local Council Award November. We anticipate that a response will Scheme. be received in February 2021.