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Woodhurst Parish Plan Survey Results Spring 2013 Woodhurst Parish Plan Survey Results Spring 2013 Contents Foreword ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Welcome to the Woodhurst Parish Plan ............................................................................................ 4 About Woodhurst ............................................................................................................................... 5 Woodhurst: A brief history ................................................................................................................. 5 Key Views From Our Community ........................................................................................................ 6 The Adult Survey ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Section 1: General ............................................................................................................................... 8 Section 2: Public Transport and Travel ............................................................................................... 9 Section 3: Crime ................................................................................................................................ 15 Section 4: Public Services .................................................................................................................. 17 Section 5: Community in Woodhurst ................................................................................................ 20 Section 6: Social Events ..................................................................................................................... 29 Section 7: Planning ............................................................................................................................ 31 Section 8 : Local Government ........................................................................................................... 38 Section 9 : Demographics ................................................................................................................. 43 The Youth Survey .................................................................................................................................. 46 Section 1: General ............................................................................................................................. 46 Section 2: Public Transport and Travel ............................................................................................. 47 Section 3: Crime ................................................................................................................................ 49 Section 4: Public Services .................................................................................................................. 50 Section 5: Community in Woodhurst ................................................................................................ 50 Section 6: Social Events ..................................................................................................................... 52 Section 7: Further Comments ........................................................................................................... 53 Section 8: Information About You .................................................................................................... 54 Woodhurst Parish Plan Survey Results Page | 2 Foreword Woodhurst Parish Council was encouraged by Huntingdon District Council to prepare a parish plan in order to gauge the views of residents within our parish. It took some time to gather enough momentum to begin the process but once the parish council had initiated the first parish plan meeting, a steering group of volunteers was soon formed to create the plan. The group then undertook the important tasks of obtaining finance, designing and printing the questionnaires, processing of all the data and finally drafting the plan. Cambridgeshire ACRE gratefully supplied the grant funding and initial guidance as to how to proceed with the plan. The high level of response to the questionnaire has undoubtedly helped to provide a true measure of the aspirations and opinions of residents. The parish council, as the first tier of local government, will be able to use the data to obtain support from Huntingdon District Council and Cambridgeshire County Council when considering what actions are needed to be taken and prioritise them accordingly. Following the principles of localism, some of the actions to be tackled may require the help of enthusiastic volunteer groups, such as Natural Woodhurst. This is the start of a process of engagement between the parish council and parishioners and one which will hopefully continue. It may well become modified as future priorities become apparent, but I am confident it will benefit our community. It has taken a lot of time and effort to produce this plan and I hope you will join me in congratulating all those who have worked on this project. Cllr Alistair Marr Chairman, Woodhurst Parish Council Woodhurst Parish Plan Survey Results Page | 3 Introduction Welcome to the Woodhurst Parish Plan. Hopefully you will recall members of the committee delivering and collecting questionnaires back in 2011. It has taken a while to collate and analyse the results and produce this document so we apologise if you had been wondering what had happened to your hard work. So, can we start with a big thank you to all who took the time to respond and provide us with your views and opinions on a large range of issues affecting us all. What is a Parish Plan? All Parish Councils are “encouraged” to produce a Parish Plan – failure to do so sends a signal to government about the level of active interest there is within the Parish and this can contribute to parishes being absorbed into larger parishes, thus losing our independence and focus on our village. A Parish Plan must be produced by volunteers from within the Parish community, not by the Parish Council although they do need to approve the Plan prior to its publication. The Parish Council have been very supportive in its production and we thank them for their time. What Will Change As A Result? Change of any nature results from a consensus and from there calls upon the various agencies of government or in the case of community projects, by ourselves the residents organising and making things happen to improve and deliver the facilities we want. Generating this Plan has enabled us to gain a consensus the key concerns and these will be taken forward via the Parish Council to the various agencies. The Parish Council cannot be expected to do all the work, the success of any campaign or petition will be dependent upon volunteers from within our community coming together on various projects. You have all chosen to live in Woodhurst, no doubt for a variety of reasons, and together we are responsible for the community that we create and enjoy. We cannot make a shop or pub appear by ticking a box on a questionnaire but we can make a difference to our village in a lot of other ways. Your Parish Plan committee will be suggesting some projects in the near future and your support will be vital to achieve success. As with all villages, we are a community of individuals bound together by our decision to live in Woodhurst. The village will continue to flourish for as long as we want it to and by the look of this survey, there is a very positive desire for it to do just that. Andy Notman, Tony Reynolds, Shirley Firth Woodhurst Parish Plan Committee [email protected] With thanks to Annabel Farbon, Avril Mayall, Gary Davies, Sharron Davies Woodhurst Parish Plan Survey Results Page | 4 About Woodhurst Woodhurst is a small Village to the North of St Ives in Cambridgeshire. It falls under the jurisdiction of Huntingdonshire District Council and Cambridgeshire County Council and also has its own 7 member Parish Council. It has limited amenities and facilities, with no retail units or schools. There has not been a Village Pub or Post Office for a number of years and there is no designated ‘play space’ within the village. Public Transport links are scarce, with a single bus to St Ives each morning, which returns three hours later. Very few residents now work in the village and the Children go to many different schools in the surrounding area. With no mains gas, most residents rely on oil or gas tanks for heating and a large portion of the village has unsightly electricity cables on poles. Broadband access is limited and much slower than neighbouring villages due to the distance from the local exchange (Warboys). Woodhurst: A brief history The oldest written reference to Wodeherst is found in a ‘feet of fines ‘ (a conveyance of land agreement) dated 1209; and in 1229 a letter from the Pope confirming that the church of Wodehurst is a chapel belonging to the Prior and monks of St Ives. Hurst is an Old English name meaning ‘wooded hill’. ‘Wode is a Middle English name meaning ‘wood’ Woodhurst has been known as an Anglo Saxon Ring Village for a long time, however there was a settlement here before the Anglo Saxons came. A survey carried out by Cambridge and Birmingham Universities Archaeological Field Units before Harradine Close was built in 2001
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