Hatherleigh Plan It Results

Hatherleigh Plan-It Survey 2011

Please add any comments to explain your answers regarding houses in Hatherleigh Response Answer Options Count 149 answered question 149 skipped question 676767

Number Response Date Response Text 111 We don't need any more houses on a large scale in Hatherleigh 222 Far too many houses for jobs, school for the local community (my son is in a temporary classroom) 333 Mixed availability from start up homes to larger homes 444 Due to the increase of houses and therefore residents I fell that community spirit is dropping. There are a handful of people who keep community events going. The residents of Hatherleigh are out ranking the 'locals' and ruining the spirit. 555 I would be very upset to see any large building plan for Hatherleigh as it would completely spoil the integrity of the town and be unable to support large numbers of people 666 Apartments would offer youngsters a chance of independent living. Detached, larger properties would balance all the low cost housing provision of the last decade. 777 Dedicated low cost homes for local children. Starter homes retained for local use only. 888 The law requires housing to be energy efficient 999 My kids cannot afford to buy. Rent is £500+ a month...what about bungalows for less able. 101010 Need a few more but shoudn't get too big that green spaces are too far out. 111111 Parking is not good (especially with new council proposition for market street) and I dislike the idea of Hatherleigh growing in size quickly and in small houses designed for low income/social housing. 121212 As I am relatively new to the area some of the above is what I have been told so I am unsure about some of it. 131313 There seems to be enough housing already. Any development would affect community spirit and ruin the town. 141414 I don't want a large amount of new houses built, it will change the character of it forever. We are a small country town with a good history - don't spoil it by turning it into one big estate with attendant problems! 151515 Re. Qu.27 - Ridiculous question - modern building techniques are energy efficient 161616 Q27 - new homes crossed out and existing homes written in Q28 Any increase in housing should follow improving job prospects in the town. The prospect of any increase in employment locally is nil 171717 Q26 - that is why they park on the road Q22 - silly question if you have no family here 181818 housing should be for local people not offered to people from all over the country who have no job to come too and provide no benefit to the town 191919 Social housing should be for local people, not for people from outside of Devon 202020 Hatherleigh needs to evolve - not expand at too rapid a pace. New development needs to reflect the vernacular architecture of the existing town 212121 could do with some small bungalows for older people, also some nice gardens attached to the houses to encourage wildlife 222222 Q.25 Ticked more than one A large development of housing will completely change the demographies of Hatherleigh and not in a good way 232323 Q.25 Ticked more than one Further housing on scale envisaged in plan would completely destroy the local community 242424

Q.25 Ticked more than one Give houses reasonable gardens - sizes that people can grow own veg, enjoy a lawn play area 252525 New properties should have bigger gardens and garages. You ask questions about wildlife - if gardens were bigger wildlife would use it but also our children deserve somewhere to play, not on the street. I think there should be more bungalows like Petrockstowe so older people and disabled can be houses. 262626 Q.25 Ticked more than one The population needs to grow to sustain business and services in the town - sadly! 272727 Q.25 Ticked more than one They must have gardens - for several reasons - freedom to enjoy the open air; able to grow own produce & flowers; somewhere for children to play; off-street parking. 282828 Needs to attract FULL mix despite favour to afforable housing. Hatherleigh has huge potential/facilities & must be aware of the need for both ends of the scale i.e. to include higher value housing - proposed market development might alter this. 292929 What is energy efficient ? Q.24 answered 2-4 bed but see Qs . 22 and 23 303030 Q.25 Ticked more than one 313131 Q.25 - bungalows Over the last 25 years far too many "affordable" homes have been built in contrast to development that would be more suited to our historic, lovely, little town. We need to encourage prosperity by building for middle-income (larger plots) housing and good bungalows for the retired (often with more disposable income). 323232 Jobs first! Then housing to fit requirements 333333 Bungalows are required 343434 Larger houses bought will bring money into Town and help Town 353535 Q.24 & 25 - 2-3 bed bungalows All new housing is smaller than older houses with very little gardens so people are unable to grow their own produce. 363636 There are enough houses built in Hatherleigh. If any more are built it will take away the character of the town. 373737 Q.25 Bungalows There are sufficient houses in Hatherleigh EXCEPT for OAPs who need more bungalows. Many households own several cars. More off-road parking should have been provided. 383838 Q.25 Ticked more than one All new houses should have solar PV panels 393939 Q.25 Ticked more than one If all new houses had solar panels it would help a lot. Affordable housing for young LOCAL people. We don't need to import more unemployed people. 404040 Q.25 Ticked more than one Ratio of houses to shopping and parking important - smaller shops in edges of Town to spread parking and interaction socially. 414141 Q.25 Ticked more than one 424242 Q.25 Ticked more than one At present there are many properties for sale in the town and few opportunites for employment. Additional housing would put pressure in the School, Medical Centre and other local services (e.g. sewage systems!). 434343 Q.25 Ticked more than one Do we need more housing? Most people working age will have to commute for work. An additional 80+ homes built in last 2 years. 444444 If many houses are built, who is able to buy them and where are the jobs to support this? 454545 Q.25 Ticked more than one We have had a lot of houses built in teh last 11 years - 200 I believe, only a fe of which have been detached. I understand that 40% of new housing has to be low cost so I would have thought that 80 is enough for Hathereleigh young. 464646 We don't need anymore houses for sale - small scale development of rental properties at the most. 474747 Q.25 Ticked more than one ALL the housing newly built should be affordable to the lowly paid people who live in W Devon 484848 YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO THAT YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THIS - YOUR SMALL PRINT ON THE FIRST PAGE SAYS THIS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPT AND DICTATED TO AS WELL. THERE IS NO MORAL CONSCIENCE AMONG MANY. IT WILL ALL JUST HAPPEN ANYWAY - AGAINST LOCAL NEED. 494949 The town does not require any more housing. There are already plenty of properties for sale and rent 505050 Q.25 Ticked more than one The word "affordable" is the problem. Many local people are in one or more part-time jobs & will be unable to pay market house prices - even part buy is a problem to families. 515151 Q.25 Ticked more than one Market development - parking spaces too small Apartments - not large blocks may be more affordable to first-time buyers 525252 Q.25 Ticked more than one 535353 Q.25 Ticked more than one 545454 It would be nice to think that some housing projects in Hatherleigh could be for LOCAL PEOPLE, who do not qualify for social housing ie those with deposits but not significant income to get large mortgages 555555 4+ bed not necessary Q.25 Ticked more than one Mist people in Hatherleigh have to travel to work but there is no work. 565656 Q.25 Ticked more than one 575757 Q.25 Ticked more than one 585858 Need houses for people who are working. 595959 Q.25 Ticked more than one 606060 Q.25 Ticked more than one 140 houses is too many for the town. With very little employment envisaged, public will have to travel hence dormitory town. 616161 Q.25 - Bungalows 626262 Hatherleigh may need some new housing but improved business and community facilties are more necessary and the market in some form needs to stay. 636363 New houses have been built, people shipped in on benefit, there are no jobs so why build more houses? 646464 We have already had a great number of new houses in Hatherleigh but not the employment opportunities to go with them and to put them over current employment land as is being considered now at the market is crazy. 656565 Vicks Meadow has no street lighting which creates an unsafe atmosphere, it is not safe walking around in the dark. Also no provisions for rubbish bins before collection. They look unsightly and an environmental risk. An area should have been built for this as the rubbish lorry cannot get into the road. 666666 Q.25 Ticked more than one New houses should mandatory have space for two cars per house minimum. Get cars into their own space, not parked on the road. 676767 Q.25 Ticked more than one 686868 We feel care needs to be taken in house building as we do not have the people or jobs for excess houses to be built. 696969 Hatherleigh does not need any more new houses! It has had so much building in the past few years and they are not for local people. The town is so congested - the school is over flowing - there are no jobs here. This town is about to be ruined forever. 707070 To retain/ attract people need all types of housing. Currently unsure of the current planning policy with regard to new permission to build 717171 There obviously will be future developments in Hatherleigh, why not promote traditional thatched homes, something that will fit in and retain the uniqueness of our town, rather than build sterile "same as anywhere else" boxes. 727272 you can buy any size house in hatherleigh now so why build wot we all ready have to sell vicks should be made to try and sell the market first to prove that no one else can make a success of it 737373 Q.25 Ticked more than one 747474 Q.25 Ticked more than one IF new houses are built we feel design and energy efficiency are very important with thought given to good design and layout of the site. 757575 Very little afordable housing. Most of smaller houses seem to go to single families on benefit - sign of the times! 767676 Hatherleigh does not need any more houses. The school is full and doctors. 777777 Affordable houses need to be for Hatherleigh-born people 787878 Q.25 Ticked more than one 50? house for sale currently - not easy to sell here. Scarce employment opportunities, low wages, lack of facilities. Too many houses in one go is social engineering by another route. Natural development better. 797979 There are a great number of houses for sale in Hatherleigh. It seems that these do not sell quickly - perhaps lack of parking, facilities etc. Building more houses has to be approached with great care - are we attracting retired people (as there aren't jobs around here) or are we to be a site to which families are sent from inner city areas - which is the cause of many social problems in itself - or who are the houses for? Ideally a mixture should be planned with a balance aimed for, 808080 Q.25 Ticked more than one Hatherleigh dose not need a lot more houses to home people who are brought into the area with no employment and nothing to offer the community 818181 Q.25 Ticked more than one I would like to see more higher priced range/smaller estates built - better quality housing for fewer people to keep Hatherleigh small enough to remain a small community. 828282 Q.25 ticked more than one 838383 Too many newbuilds seem to have been purchased for buy to let purposes therefore affordable housing is a non starter. It would be good to build in a more vernacular manner instead of the usual block and render. Wood, cob and thatch. I do not understqand the planning rationale whereby the number of houses increase exponentially but job opportunities decline. Hatherleigh has become a dormitory town and if the market goes it will lose it's raison d'etre completely. I needs to reinvent itself with a core based either on its history or themed on a new direction completely. 848484 Need off road parking to make it easier on fire service etc. The cheaper it is to run your home the better it will be for the buyer/renter. Saving over a year could mean people staying and not moving away as it is not cost effective. 858585 Q.24 - for entrepreneurs, to start businesses etc Q.25 Ticked more than one Q.26 But doesn't always get used - i.e. Oakfield Road beyond Claremont Place. people often DON'T park off road when they could. Some of the recent so-called "affordable" housihg is MINUTE - may have 2 bedrooms but tiny and with inadequate storage space (bedrooms with no room for wardrobe/chest of drawers/chair etc - Unreasonable. 868686 Q.25 Ticked more than one New building in Hatherleigh is inappropriate unless there are local employment opportunities 878787 New house building in Hatherleigh is not appropriate unless there are local employment opportunities. All the facilities are not big enough to accommodate more newcomers eg. school, Doctor surgery, Community Centre are inadequate. 888888 Too cheap and therefore the buildings are not good quality. Too expensive for first time buyers. 898989 Q.25 ticked more than one 909090 Q.25 Ticked more than one Some new developments are very big & I question whether there is a demand 919191 Q.25 Ticked more than one More affordable family homes - less luxury en-suite home county style housing 929292 Q.25 Ticked more than one All sizes & types of houses should be built to encourage all types of people to live here but all houses should have spaces for at least 2 cars. 939393 Hatherleigh does not need any new houses. The Primary School is full as it is, there is not even a decent sewage system to accommodate new houses. When new houses are built they are not in line with the old cottages - they look horrific. 949494 Q.25 Ticked more than one 959595 Q.25 Ticked more than one Fee parking has filled up roads ; Free parking will clear them . 969696 Q.25 Ticked more than one 979797 There has already been a lot of recent redevelopment, my feeling is if more houses are built, the friendly safe environment will change. 140 homes - NO THANK YOU 989898 Q.25 Ticked more than one Housing is only "affordable" if the purchaser's salary is large enough to qualify for a mortgage. There are precious few jobs in the Hatherleigh area where this criterion would be met. 999999 There seems to be enough housing for existing families, if new housing is built to accomodate overspill from elsewhere a strong case needs to be built for why the relocation and where do people work. 100 Q.25 Ticked more than one 101 The town should not grow too quickly. Ideally no new houses should be built for five years to allow for the effect of those recently built to bed in. 102 Any development needs to be considerate of the town's history and affordable for people with families to buy or rent. 103 Q.25 Ticked more than one 104 At the moment 50 houses are for sale in Hatherleigh and 20 for rent 105 Q.25 Ticked more than one 106 Q.25 Ticked more than one Local work and local transport needs to be much improved 107 It is obviously a huge benefit for the occupier to reduce cost of living 108 Q.25 Ticked more than one Houses should be built that fit the charater of the village and with 2 parking spaces per house. 109 I think if there is going to be new housing,there should be some more small bungalows for the elderly. they were not on your option list 110 There has been a disproportionately high amount of housing built recently - Hatherleigh does not have the infrastructure to cope. No residents want more housing. Share new build with other places! 111 Q.25 Ticked more than one We have had a lot of new houses built. We don't want too many more. 112 Speculative building in the face of unconfirmed employment opportunities is very shortsighted. Recent buildings build quality poor on the whole. Many OLD small houses on market in Hath. 113 Q.25 Ticked more than one 114 Q.24 - NONE Q.25 - NONE Alredy enough houses and plenty for sale Q.24 - None 115 Q.25 - None We love Hatherleigh because it is so quiet and tranquil. Do not spoil it by building more housing Qestates..24 - prefer none 116 Hatherleigh may get more houses but nothing in village to cater for them. we would need extra Dr Surgery, Chemist shop and School. 117 Q.25 ticked more than one Don't allow people to infill unsuitable places such as down Buddle Lane which has poor access and parking 118 We are desperately short of parking spaces. This must be addressed in any future developments 119 Q.24 should build housing to suit Q.25 Terraced COTTAGES Any housing that is built centrally should keep in mind the heritage of Hatehrleigh. Is it too difficult for an architect to come up with cottages and narrow streets and cottages that are ALL different? 120 Q.25 Ticked more than one Q.26 DEFINITELY NOT 121 Q.25 ticked more than one Young people need to be encouraged to settle and raise children in Hatherleigh, therefore more "affordable" housing is needed. Most homes have 1 car so parking needs to be a priority on new estates to allow the housing areas to be accessed and enjoyed. 122 Q.25 Ticked more than one 123 Hatherleigh streets are already clogged up. There is still a reasonable community feeling in the town and we do not want to spoil this. The Housing Ass could well flood us with the un-wanted from elsewhere. 124 Q.25 Ticked more than one 125 Q.25 Ticked more than one Could do with student housing /flats /small first houses 126 Q.25 Ticked more than one 127 Q.25 Ticked more than one 128 Q.25 Ticked more than one 129 Q.25 Ticked more than one 130 Q.25 - Ticked more than one Rather than more carparking, money should be spent on better public transport. Any new housing should be ecological sound, sustainable & energy efficient using renewable green technology 131 There is no need for more housing, what we need is employment 132 Q.24 - depends on needs of local people Q.25 - ones that blend in with existing local vernacular Hatherleigh simply does not need more housing estates - they would swamp the town as it is and change the charatcer of an attractive market town. Encouraging an active flourishing market is far more important than more and more new houses. 133 Q.25 Ticked more than one Q.26 New houses NW of town centre should have been set back so cars can park in a lay-by in front of them. This should have been a condition of the planning permission 134 Attractive home do not have to be expensive and will blend in not clash with Hatherleigh architecture. 135 Theirs enough housing in hatherleigh, seeing theirs not much work in the area. 136 Too much emphasis given to small affordable housing by WDBC and not enough thought about larger houses which will be needed in the future.Those people wishing to move to larger houses will have to look further because of a shortage in Hatherleigh. 137 There needs to be more smaller homes/apartments which are easy to maintain and cheap to run for the rapidly growing elderly population. There also needs to be more smaller homes which are cheap enough for first time buyers to be able to get on the housing ladder. 138 we need to make sure that we don't have excess housing association houses which are filled by non local people being brought in as there are not the facilities, work or transport for high levels of unemployed. 139 It's one thing to build houses, affordable or otherwise, but at the same time, employment opportunities need to be created for the occupants. There are few opportunities in Okehampton, fewer in Hatherleigh itself, not a lot in Holsworthy and so on. If houses were built - what work will the people do? 140 vast new housing developments already there - need more work opportunities to be in place before more new houses are for sale - there are so many currently for sale, so demand is not high 141 25. housing needs to be mixed. that make a community. all ages, all incomes all sizes 142 The new large houses recently built are not of good enough quality to attract wealthy people (who we need to help invest in the town - hopefully by running a business here and employing people). We need a part buy scheme dedicated to our own young people so that they can have their own property. 143 I think that the social housing is very important however, the houses don't seem to go to "local"people, they seem to get given to people from outside of the area. 144 I feel that with the slump in the housing market that building more houses where people have been trying for ages to sell their properties a waste of time. If there were more job opportunities in the area then the need for houses for either sale or rent would then be welcome 145 We don't need to see more houses in Hatherleigh. There are plenty of homes for sale and rent. Providing more homes will not increase the job opportunities for people looking for a home, it will probably only result in people on benefits having housing provided for them, free of charge, and this will result in Hatherleigh beingm over populated by people who put nothing back into the community. 146 Bunching all families with children in one area and all old people in another and all fairly well off in another and those making ends meet in yet another is not a good idea. Segregation does not help make a harmonious community 147 The question concerning housing for my family will not apply to me as my children will probably not find employment in this area due to the lack of suitable job opportunities. 148 The needs to jobs first then houses, I think there are enough houses already 149 Whats the point of building new houses when there is no employment in the area or close to the town and with there having to be 40% social housing it will only bring the wrong type of people to the town and increase crime and vandalism