Binley Woods Parish Plan - Analysis of Main Survey Responses Section H – And Finally… Question H1: How would you describe Binley Woods to a stranger? Some adjectives were used by many respondents. The most common ones (ie those used by 10 or more respondents) are:  Friendly 115 25.1% of respondents  Quiet 63 13.7% of respondents  Pleasant 63 13.7% of respondents  Good 61 13.3% of respondents  Nice 54 11.8% of respondents  Lovely 33 7.2% of respondents  Rural / semi-rural 31 6.8% of respondents  Safe 28 6.1% of respondents  Small 20 4.4% of respondents  Large 17 3.7% of respondents  Peaceful 16 3.5% of respondents  Green 14 3.1% of respondents  Convenient 12 2.6% of respondents  Great 11 2.4% of respondents  Modern 10 2.2% of respondents

A complete list of responses is given in Attachment A.

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 1 Section H – And Finally… Question H2: What ONE thing would you most like to see in our village to improve it? The most common answers are:  Doctor's surgery 25 5.4% of respondents  Health centre 13 2.8% of respondents  More police 13 2.8% of respondents  Improved parking 8 1.7% of respondents  Less dog mess 8 1.7% of respondents  Better broadband 7 1.5% of respondents

A complete list of responses is given in Attachment B.

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 2 Section H – And Finally… Question H3: Which features of the village (buildings, views, vegetation, etc) are important to retain for future generations? Summarised list of answers:  Woods / woodland 136  Village Hall 57  Trees 47  Green spaces / open areas 43  School / school grounds 42  Parks / recreational areas 31  Recreation Ground / Back Field 31  Shops 31  Vegetation 30  Views (unspecified) 29  All / all of it 26  Roseycombe 22  Green Belt 19  Allotments 18  Brandon Wood 16  Village community, size, feel & status 16  Village Green 16  Density / variety of housing 15  Farmland / fields 12  Grass verges 9  Post Office 9  Children's play areas 7  Buildings 6  Library site / building 6  All of the above 5  Bus service / route / transport services 4  Gap between Binley Woods & Coventry 3  Roads / streets 3  Businesses 2  Gardens / front gardens 2  Walks / footpaths / bridle paths 2  Access to the Spinney 1  Birchy Wood 1  Bluebells 1  Broadstreet Rugby Club 1  Butchers 1  Chemist 1  Church 1  Events 1  Hedgehogs 1  Hedgerows 1  One Stop 1  Piles Coppice 1  Police 1  Stadium / speedway 1  View over fields on Rugby Road 1  View towards Brandon 1  View towards Coventry 1  Walk to Coombe Abbey 1  Youth Club 1

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 3 Section H – And Finally… Question H4: Which features immediately outside of the village (woodland, footpaths, views, etc) are important to retain for future generations? Summarised list of answers:  Woods / woodland 213  Walks / footpaths / bridle paths 88  All / all of it 38  Views (unspecified) 27  Brandon Wood 24  Green Belt 23  Walk to Coombe Abbey 21  Farmland & fields 18  All of the above 12  Green spaces / open areas 12  Gap between Binley Woods and Coventry 10  Village community, size, feel & status 8  Parks / recreation areas 7  New Close Wood 5  Trees 5  Bus service / route / transport services 4  Recreation Ground / Back Field 4  Benches in woods 3  Stadium / speedway 3  Walk to Brandon Hall 3  Gap between Binley Woods and Brandon 2  Ponds 2  School / school grounds 2  Village Hall 2  Walk to Brinklow 2  Allotments 1  Birchy Wood 1  Bluebells 1  Brandon golf club 1  Hedgerows 1  Piles Coppice 1  Post Office 1  River 1  Shops 1  View from Piles Coppice 1  View towards Coventry 1  View up Monks Road 1  Village sign 1  Walk to Bretford 1

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 4 Section H – And Finally… Questions H3 and H4: Which features of the village / immediately outside of the village are important to retain for future generations? Many answers given to question H3 better apply to question H4, and vice versa - or apply equally to both questions. The two sets of responses have been merged in the following analysis.

In the above chart, answers have been placed onto logical groupings. For example, ‘Woods / woodland’ includes Brandon Wood, Piles Coppice, New Close Wood, etc. Answers given by less than 10 respondents have been omitted from the above charts.

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 5 Section H – And Finally…

Answers given by less than 5 respondents have been omitted from the above charts.

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 6 Section H – And Finally… Questions H5: Have you any other comments you would like to make? Comments made in this section that relate to either specific questions or particular topics covered elsewhere in the questionnaire have been included in the analysis of the relevant question / section. Here are the remaining responses:  A big thank you to the doers  Although I am not able to become involved, it is great to see people are taking time to care about the village.  As I work I do not have time to use the village facilities, the hall, buses, library as much as I would like. But as I'm retiring next year I hope to be a more active member of the community.  As our children attended Wolston C of E School, we spent a lot of our 'family social time' in Wolston. They have a definite village identity which I feel we lack here in Binley Woods. I feel we need more open, free events which are very inclusive to encourage all residents to feel part of a village community. Eg village barbeque, Christmas tree event, etc.  As we work full-time we are not able to use many of the facilities available in the village. It would be nice for people who work if more events were available in the evenings. We are retailers so we work on Saturday as well and thus unavailable to attend such events as the open day.  Can road noise from A46 be reduced?  Decorated / lighted Christmas tree to compete with Wolston village.  Do more in the village. We used to do loads of things in the village that we don't do now. We could have jubilee events, Halloween and Christmas parties for children. Get young involved in the village events.  Elm Close lets the area down.  Elm Close needs improvement on the garage areas. I know residents are being ripped off by Havering Management Ltd (London).  Ensure retirement bungalows (Coombe Drive area) are for the elderly and not sold on (as one or two have been).  Good luck, and thanks to those members of our community who are dealing with these questionnaires. A lot of hard work for some.  Have lived here 7 years and don't plan to move - ever.  Hope this will help to enhance our village and preserve it for future generations. Thanks.  I appreciate the dedication of these residents to spare their time to care for our village and it's future. Thank you.  I believe ex Rose Gardens should be turned into a sports venue ie Alan Higgs/Goals  I do believe that the car wash on Rugby Road is not only an eyesore but on busy periods causes traffic congestion and also degrades the area  I just wanted to say I disagree with the Chairman, who was quoted in the free paper as saying people of Binley Woods would not mind being classed as Coventry. I do mind. This is Warwickshire. Always has been.  I love my community. I am very concerned about the number of 'buy to lets' in Elm Close which is destroying the local community. Short terms lets, with lack of engagement to the community, lack of maintenance of flats, 'social' problems with problem tenants - drug dealing, theft, protection services.  I think there should be a marked walk taking in Binley Woods (Roseycombe - enter back of recreation ground) - Brandon Lane to Royal Oak - Brandon Wood (back of Brandon Hall) - Binley Woods return to Roseycombe.  If Broad Street Rugby Club fails to prosper what would happen to that building and land? How would the village be able to prevent gypsies moving onto that space?  I'm grateful for the stewardship of the Parish Council and their thoughtful improvements (keeping verges trimmed, eco-lighting, their advice on planning applications, tree-planting, recreation ground improvements, etc).  Improve the look behind the shops in Woodlands Road by making shopkeepers and residents above responsible for rubbish around bins.  Improvements to Elm Close. Knock down garages to create large car park.  It is worth protecting.

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 7 Section H – And Finally…  Let's inform residents and try to encourage ownership or guardianship of our roads and village. Let's make people proud to be part of this community. We live here but we are only looking after it.  Let’s make Binley Woods more attractive by having raised flower beds at the entrances to the village and by planting shrubs and trees in key locations and spring bulbs along the Rugby Road and on our side of the island.  More community events - open air cinema night etc. Jubilee day was great, brought people together with only one thing in common - Binley Woods.  My wife and I often walk to B&Q, Morrisons shopping and often get sprayed with water/mist etc from car wash. Could you tell them to tidy up their act or put some kind of shield up to protect the general public walking past.  Need more road sweepers, especially autumn.  Need to encourage upkeep of houses, particularly frontages. Eliminate scrapheaps in front gardens. Restrict parking of commercial vehicles on road and off road. Encourage shops to discourage litter drops outside their premises and be made responsible for daily clean up.  No, but thanks for the opportunity to give feedback about where we live.  People make the difference to where we live. Supporting the action / go get people is important.  People should take more pride in how their own property looks and help any elderly people keep theirs tidy like they used to.  Please when undertaking repairs, can they be completed once and to good quality. The repaired fence at village green is not a good job - would rather pay more and get job done well.  Protect the grass verges everywhere  Residents should not be allowed to keep cockerels in back gardens which cause nuisance to adjacent neighbours. Cockerels are being kept by our neighbour who continues to ignore a Noise Abatement Order issued by the Council. The Council are not prepared to enforce the order by court action (cost???) so the nuisance continues.  So happy to be living here and proud to know so many lovely people in shops, chemist and Post Office, and so lucky to have such loving, caring and helpful neighbours.  Thank you for all you do  Thank you for this opportunity. So much I was not aware of. I love this village. Would not want to leave here now. We came here in our 20s and are in our 70s. Myself came from Scotland and my husband Coventry. My family visit regularly and they love to come here and walk round. Proud to say I live here, and lucky.  Thank you to our Parish Council & Village Hall Committee & many other organisations who commit to making this a better village for everybody to enjoy  Thanking Parish Council for continued hard work they do for the village to make it better.  The destruction of the wood, too many people out of this area letting their dogs run riot, parking getting dangerous on Ferndale Craven Avenue, dogs should be kept on leads. Loutish behaviour by Convenience Store button of Woodlands Road, cars parked with local youths drinking, smoking, graffiti on walls. No neighbourly spirit. A sad resident who is selling up and leaving after 47 years as sick of life in Binley Woods.  The efforts of the Parish Council are very much appreciated.  The garages in Elm Close are a problem. They take up valuable space and are not fit for use.  The Parish Council is run by dedicated people who take an interest in the residents, but let's not change what is working well  The questions posed are based on a pre-conceived notion of what is important and what is achievable. I do not know what issues can be addressed by the plan or the cost associated with any change eg change to post code has been opposed on the basis that it will incur a cost but that cost is unknown.  Tidy front gardens - no old cars etc.  Tidy up disused property (Pope's garage, Oakdale Nursery in Brandon)  To retain the village character and we would also like to be incorporated into future village plans.  Try and keep the standard of the village as it is.  We are happy to be here.  We are looking forward to getting to know the village better over the next few months.

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 8 Section H – And Finally…  We hope that our comments are relevant to the wonderful future of Binley Woods. The Parish Council always excels with imaginative and on-going improvements that always impact on the wellbeing of the whole of the Binley Woods community. Thank you for all the hard work involved with the design of the questionnaire.  We need a Christmas tree! This would provide a real 'heart' to the village at Christmas time (singing carols round the tree, etc). My suggestions would be either: o Some lovely lights in the oak tree outside the village hall. o A tree on the verge outside the Roseycombe. o A tree in the paved area outside the Village Hall. (I would be happy to contribute!)  We opposed neighbours extension and a parish plan that would have supported retaining space and woodland would have been very useful.  Well done to all who do the hard work for the village - we do appreciate it. PS Less street furniture (sign boards, etc).  When I came to the village with a young family, it was really a lovely place. I was away from my own family but soon became part of village life. After the children went to secondary school, I lost that a bit and missed it very much. Now I am back with taking grandchildren to school, that is back. I do feel strongly that it is a shame so many gated communities and houses are springing up. They don't know what they are missing. We should work hard to keep the village atmosphere alive by making that extra effort to get to know our neighbours.  Whoever failed to drain the land before building failed miserably.  Would enjoy more summer family themed events to bring the village together. Really enjoy open gardens, treasure hunt, barbeques, bonfire, etc.  Would love more flowers and new church (building).  Would prefer newcomers to the village to integrate with the village and residents, and not bring their own views and urban ways without consultation.  You are all doing a very good job. I am so glad that we in Binley Woods have people like yourselves who do this thankless job. From everyone in our house we say a big THANK YOU.

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 9 Section H – And Finally… Attachment A Question H1: How would you describe Binley Woods to a stranger? Complete list of answers.  20th century village with no church. Generally quiet, clean and litter free.  A brilliant little village far enough away but close to everything  A caring community, village atmosphere, situated on the outskirts of Coventry.  A clean friendly village. Our home for all our married life.  A clean, quiet and green place to live in  A desirable place to live close to the city but with country amenities and woodland walks.  A dormitory of Coventry  A family-friendly village  A friendly close knit village  A friendly community  A friendly community and modern village feel.  A friendly community situated just beyond the fringe of the city of Coventry, but surrounded by woodland. Well used facilities include the village hall.  A friendly place to live  A friendly place to live in where a lot of our born here children strive to eventually own a home of their own here!  A friendly place to live, a real community  A friendly place to live.  A Friendly village  A friendly village community on the edge of a multi-cultural city.  A friendly village. A village with lots of varied activities at the village hall, with a well run local pub.  A friendly welcoming community with good access to lovely countryside and also shops. Good transport links to Coventry and Rugby.  A friendly, well balanced (age groups) community  A good neighbourhood, friendly people  A good place to live  A good place to live  A good place to live. Reasonably good facilities, green spaces and woodland. Friendly.  A great community to live in!  A green and pleasant place to live. Lots of trees. Friendly community.  A green and pleasant village with a lot of traffic  A happy safe comfortable place to live  A haven just outside a city.  A large community trying to be a village, but too close to the city. Modern, no traditional church building as a focal point, but there is a sense of community.  A large housing estate with no character or central focal points.  A large village  A large village between Rugby and Coventry.  A large village on the outskirts of Coventry.  A large village that is close to the city, but can feel very rural if you venture into the woods  A large welcoming and friendly village with good amenities and residents we care about  A large, busy village, family friendly and surrounded by beautiful countryside  A little piece of heaven between Coventry and Rugby. Let's keep it that way.

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 10 Section H – And Finally…  A lovely friendly place to live  A lovely friendly place to live on the edge between city and rural life. Has easy access to the countryside.  A lovely friendly village with good shops, chemist, school, garage and village hall. Good houses and some flats. Nice play areas.  A lovely little village  A lovely place to bring up your family  A lovely place to live, fantastic open spaces and good facilities. The community is worth preserving.  A lovely place to live, low crime, good community, excellent woods, residents look after their homes. Excellent school.  A lovely quiet area with beautiful walks. People are very friendly and helpful.  A lovely quiet village well kept where the villagers are kind, helpful and good neighbours.  A lovely quiet village with beautiful surroundings and lovely kind residents.  A lovely suburb, quite quiet, with good bus service to Coventry and Rugby  A lovely village spoiled by too many people who come here with no intention of integrating and becoming villagers  A lovely, friendly place to live  A lovely, semi-rural, peaceful village with a large wraparound heart!  A main road ribbon on which on one side a large private housing estate was built some 50/70 years ago.  A modern village - forward thinking with good mix of tradesmen resident and small properties suitable for retired couples particularly bungalows.  A modern village on the outskirts of Coventry  A modern village, friendly, safe being in a green belt with lots woods and walking paths. All the conveniences at a short distance plus a mixture of ages and types of property.  A neat, well-kept village on the outskirts of Coventry  A nice community  A nice friendly and safe village  A nice friendly place to live.  A nice friendly youngish village  A nice place to live  A nice place to live  A nice place to live and bring up a family  A nice place to live and bring up a family  A nice place to live with nice people. Lovely walks in the woods etc. A smashing local pub. Good shops.  A nice place to live.  A nice place to live.  A nice pleasant place to live  A nice quiet place most of the time. Low Crime. People generally friendly although not always  A nice village to live in  A nice, safe rural feeling community.  A normal small village  A peaceful place to live, relax and get away from work.  A Peaceful semi-rural location on the outskirts of Coventry, surrounded by wooded countryside, easy motorway access, near to good shopping  A pleasant and safe place to live, with country walks close by and with easy access to the motorways.  A pleasant community with good services and friendly people  A pleasant desirable location  A pleasant friendly semi rural village

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 11 Section H – And Finally…  A pleasant friendly village to live in, with a good community spirit.  A pleasant location to live with nice walks and good amenities  A pleasant place to live - which needs to be preserved  A pleasant place to live as long as it retains its village heel and doesn't become too built up.  A pleasant place to live in. Plenty places for walking and seeing countryside. People are very pleasant.  A pleasant place to live.  A pleasant place to live. Easy to get to major motorways. A lovely environment to live in due to woods and surrounding countryside. Good school.  A pleasant place to live. Friendly, lovely green spaces.  A pleasant quiet safe(ish) place to live. A popular pub, decent shops and situated in the countryside.  A pleasant village to live in - let it stay that way.  A pleasant wooded village  A post-war village surrounded by beautiful countryside. A place where everybody knows you. A place where I am proud to have grown up in.  A quiet and friendly place to live and bring up children with moderate facilities and close to countryside  A quiet friendly place as a bunch of people. As a physical space quite unusual for the range of house types and garden sizes. A special place where nature is not far away.  A quiet friendly village on the outskirts of Coventry.  A quiet pleasant village  A quiet residential area  A quiet residential area ideal for those who enjoy walking in woodlands and countryside without the journey to reach the walks.  A quiet residential community of individual houses with a strong community spirit conveniently located for the facilities of Coventry yet identifiably separate from the city.  A quiet, clean, green, neighbourly area  A quiet, friendly place to live with easy access to supermarkets, etc  A quiet, friendly village which is in a great location for the amenities of Coventry.  A quiet, pleasant village  A quiet, pleasant village on the edge of Coventry  A quite (quiet?) village with an elderly population  A real nice place to live  A real village community with easy access to major communications networks. A friendly place in a rural setting where neighbours help each other.  A really friendly village with 'everything' on its doorstep… in the heart of woodlands.  A relatively quiet residential area  A residential area with good access to woodland and countryside  A ribbon development, a grid of houses, no centre or real heart, hard to get people to attend events, not really a strong community spirit.  A rural community adjacent to Brandon Wood. It is a quiet area and friendly place to live offering a number of activities and amenities for all ages.  A safe and friendly place to live  A safe and friendly place to live, sense of community, good amenities and close to all neighbouring towns.  A safe and settled community where people communicate with each other. Very neighbourly.  A semi-rural village - pleasant  A small community squeezed between a busy main road and the lovely, ancient woodlands of Warwickshire.  A small village centred around a woods with a good pub, shops and village hall within easy reach of both Coventry and Rugby.  A small, friendly community with good facilities Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 12 Section H – And Finally…  A sought after location to live that attracts a premium to live here.  A stand-offish place  A tree-lined community at one with its natural surroundings  A very friendly village  A very friendly village. Most people would go out of their way to help you with a problem or would seek help for you and lots of activities and social life in the village.  A very nice place  A very nice place to live, friendly and safe  A very nice place to live. Very friendly place to be.  A very nice village, quite near Coventry on the road to Rugby. Surrounded by lovely wooded countryside & convenient for M6.  A very pleasant community in which to live.  A very pleasant place in which to live  A very pleasant place to live  A very pleasant place to live, which has many people trying to build a community but a greater number too busy to get involved. A good mix of housing with attractive street scene due to trees and vegetation.  A very pleasant rural village with a good community spirit. Easy reach of towns and motorways. Has a nice rural feel about it.  A very pretty, safe and friendly village  A village but not quite a village  A village community  A village environment built on a 'block' system  A village just outside Coventry  A village near TGI Fridays  A Village on the edge of Coventry boundary.  A village surrounded by woods with a good school and easy access into Coventry  A village type atmosphere which will require vigilance and effort to retain its friendly atmosphere.  A village with village life available if you want it. Residents accept new people easily and you can get involved straight away.  A wonderful area to live in  Although near to a city, Binley Woods retains its identity as a village. Surrounded by accessible countryside. A good community feeling.  An annex to Coventry. Similar Styvechale in character.  An eclectic mix of properties on the outskirts of Coventry. It has the advantages of a rural location and proximity to a city.  An over grown village  As a returning resident I was told "it's gone downhill". I have to agree somewhat. I have been abused by a resident re my disability. My friend was attacked in the park.  Beautiful village  Beautiful, quiet, lovely neighbours  Big village. Plenty of nice wood walks. Safe and friendly.  Binley Woods is a friendly place to live. It has a wide demographic. The housing is varied and well kept. The surrounding countryside and access to woodland is a huge advantage.  Binley Woods is a village which has many of the advantages of a suburb, without the isolation and lack of facilities which many villages suffer.  Binley Woods is great  Choice residential area  Clean and green, until you get to TGI island. I have always been proud to say where we are from when asked.

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 13 Section H – And Finally…  Clean, tidy, fairly quiet  Clean, tidy, peaceful & nice  'Clicky and nosey'  Close knit community, cosy village, friendly, green  Community on the outskirts of Coventry surrounded by woods and fields. A close community which takes time to feel part of. Mixture of ages and house types.  Commuter village for Coventry and beyond with trees  Compact area with good selection of amenities. Friendly residents who are community minded. Well maintained owned woodland. An area where generations of families have remained.  Convenient and satisfactory place to live  Conveniently situated close to major motorways but surrounded by countryside with easy access to major towns and country walks and places of interest  Could not live in a better place  Delightful  Desirable place to live. Convenient for the shops, etc and most important the woods are easily accessible.  Dormitory area with no centre. Some closely-knit groups - not elitist.  Enviable place to live - let's keep it that way.  Excellent place to live  Friendly  Friendly  Friendly  Friendly  Friendly  Friendly and ideal for dog lovers with use of woods. Assortment of housing.  Friendly close community  Friendly community  Friendly community living  Friendly local community  Friendly neighbourhood, convenient for Coventry, Rugby, Kenilworth and major road networks.  Friendly place  Friendly place to live  Friendly place to live / close to motorway network / close to woods and nature reserve - best of both worlds  Friendly place to live. Social life very good in village hall.  Friendly pleasant place to live  Friendly residential community  Friendly small village with good amenities  Friendly village community  Friendly village with reasonable amenities, pleasant place to live  Friendly welcome village  Friendly wit strong sense of community. Pleasant surroundings  Friendly, quiet, respectable community.  Friendly, safe village to which once people move to they never want to leave  Friendly, safe, small  Friendly, village like experience, beautiful and pretty in the spring.  Friendly, well kept, community feel to it, tidy  Full of townies - get rid of them.

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 14 Section H – And Finally…  Cyclists off the footpath, or dismount as you meet them, do not expect them to move over for you. It is a footpath - not a cycle path.  Generally friendly place to live.  Good activities at the village hall.  Well informed around the village of local news and events.  Generally quiet, pleasant place to live  God place to live  Good area in which to live.  Good community  Good environment to live in and one that should be protected for existing and future home owners.  Good in parts  Good place to live  Good place to live and bring up children  Good quiet place to live  Great community to live in, friendly people, community spirit.  Great place to live, friendly community atmosphere, good school, pleasant surroundings, good access to woodland walks  Green and well looked after  Green, safe, a community  Has a village and community feel to it. Feel secure.  I think Binley Woods is a great place to live. So friendly, but you need to take the time to be friendly too. The support network between long existing residents is brilliant.  I would never describe Binley Woods as a village. I don't feel it has a centre as most villages do. It is a convenient, quiet residential area on the outskirts of Coventry  Initially a medium sized village fast becoming over-developed  It is a nice area  It is a pleasant, peaceful place but more recently it has been taken over by the urban sprawl from Coventry (TGI roundabout, etc).  It used to be a village  It's a nice place to live, especially with the woods. Plus it's close to the city and countryside  It's not a typical country village but it has the feel of one.  Keeping Up Appearances  Large dormitory estate  Large friendly village. Fairly expensive housing, but predominantly with decent gardens. Lovely woodland to visit. Great central park, village hall.  Large village  Large village almost a suburb of Coventry.  At present not over-developed.  Large village with good community spirit surrounded by wonderful woodland walks, with a diverse selection of houses and bungalows  Large, modern, friendly village  Leafy, pleasant and beautiful woodland walks  Like a village, but with no church or historical buildings  Lovely community with woods for walking  Lovely place to live  Lovely place to live and work  Lovely village

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 15 Section H – And Finally…  Mature housing estate on the edge of Coventry with good community organisations and reasonable facilities.  Med Size village on the outskirts of Coventry have all facilities nearby a nice place to live low crime rate.  Modern village  Modern Village with little character  Most people are welcoming and helpful, however I have found some quite rude and think that because they have lived here all their life then they have more rights than me.  Mostly harmless! Almost a bog after rain!  Near Coventry, but village mentality still maintained  Nice , safe place to live. Close community.  Nice area  Nice but can be a bit stand offish if you are new to the area. Quiet  Nice friendly place to live. Lovely woods to walk in and good shops - however a greengrocer is required to encourage the local community away from the supermarkets.  Nice friendly village  Nice friendly village  Nice friendly village, good facilities and a homely public house, all surrounded by woods and countryside.  Nice place to bring up children, Good local pub. Close to supermarkets. Good village shops and easy access to motorways.  Nice place to live  Nice quiet area. Very good facilities. Friendly residents.  Nice quiet village. Very rare vandalism or trouble.  Nice residential area  Nice rural village with easy access to motorways  Nice village  Nice village in Coventry / Rugby area  Nice, but lacks community spirit (sorry!). Don't really feel there is a meeting place for all like other villages.  Nice. Safe. Quiet  Old, well established, quiet, safe village  Once a nice village now not so appealing first impression into Rugby Road a eyesore of a carwash  Originally a 'shack and track' estate and still a heavily wooded area with large trees.  Peaceful  Peaceful  Peaceful rural location with a heart  Peaceful, very green, good location, good housing.  Pleasant  Pleasant  Pleasant  Pleasant and attractive village. Not a lot of mess or trouble.  Pleasant and urban village  Pleasant community to live.  Pleasant modern village with good access to major road system.  Pleasant place to live  Pleasant place to live, very close community  Pleasant place to live. Central for town one way, Coventry the other.  Pleasant rural village but handy for Rugby, Coventry, etc.  Pleasant semi-rural area in which to live with good access to the road network

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 16 Section H – And Finally…  Pleasant surroundings, good facilities and friendly people  Pleasant village  Pleasant village  Pleasant village  Pleasant village  Pleasant village near to all facilities of nearby main towns of Coventry / Rugby. Very good local environment.  Pleasant village with a caring community spirit  Pleasant, friendly village with good amenities  Pleasant, leafy, semi-rural, modern village with many good amenities and woodland within walking distance.  Pleasant, safe village convenient for Coventry and Rugby and the surrounding countryside.  Pleasant, semi-rural, fairly friendly village with variation of housing. Also an enthusiastic and good Parish Council.  Pleasantly situated village, close to good amenities and Coventry.  Pretty village, village community spirit, surrounded by woods. Village magazine. Help to maintain woods.  Pretty, friendly; lots of lovely trees  Quiet  Quiet - respectable  Quiet and friendly  Quiet and friendly residential area  Quiet and friendly, relaxing  Quiet and peaceful  Quiet and pleasant to live in at best - elitist and arrogant with little community spirit at worst  Quiet mostly and handy for buses, shops and visiting Coventry and Rugby and lovely for walking in the woods and countryside.  Quiet peaceful & homely  Quiet pleasant, but not the lovely village when we first moved to Binley Woods  Quiet village close to amenities of Coventry with local primary school and good pub  Quiet village location. Nice to live in.  Quiet village outside Coventry  Quiet village type parish, yet close to city and access to Motorway systems  Quiet village, good facilities eg shop and school, good public transport and convenient for Coventry.  Quiet, convenient for motorways. A village that I would not like to move from.  Quiet, friendly  Quiet, friendly and a nice place to live  Quiet, nice place to live  Quiet, not a traditional village but has good local rural amenities.  Quiet, Peaceful friendly place to live  Quiet, peaceful, feel safe, many older people, affluent.  Quiet, pleasant, nice place to live  Quiet, relaxing, picturesque village  Residential area just outside Coventry  Rural area with easy access to Coventry, Rugby and motorways, but also local facilities  Rural setting near to major road networks  Rural village surrounded by woods on the outskirts of Coventry  Sadly a former village that is fast becoming urban sprawl.  Safe environment: clean: friendly. Too expensive for first time buyers

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 17 Section H – And Finally…  Safe place to live  Safe, friendly, convenient, quiet, good connections to major roads, with great woods and walks. Good school and lively church and lots of community groups.  Safe, happy place, friendly  Safe, quiet and peaceful at most times  Safe'. 'Peaceful', 'Friendly' and 'Rural'  Semi rural village on outskirts of Coventry - lovely quiet village - wonderful to walk in and live so close to the woods.  Semi-rural  Semi-rural area with easy access to Coventry, Rugby and the motorway networks.  Semi-rural pleasant place to live  Semi-rural, handy for motorways. Sited mid way between Coventry and Rugby.  Simply a nice friendly place to live  Small community on outskirts of Coventry with lovely Woodlands surrounding it.  Small community on the edge of Coventry  Small dormitory village just outside Coventry  Small estate on edge of Coventry / Rugby boundary  Small friendly environment  Small friendly Village with good range of shops and nearby superstores - varied activities in Village Hall  Small rural village on the outskirts of Coventry / Rugby - which is a nice friendly village to live in.  Small semi-rural community with strong supportive community who are passionate about their surroundings  Small village peaceful and quiet  Small, pleasant suburb of Coventry  Small, quiet village with good access to major cities  Small, well kept village on the outskirts of a busy city.  Superb village between Coventry and Rugby, rural enough with sufficient local activities  Surrounded by countryside with plenty of woodland and walks and footpaths  The perfect village  Too many newcomers, not the friendliness as years ago, neighbours don't speak and too much snobbiness.  Tranquil, appealing and probably one of the top three desirables areas of Coventry  Up-market  Up-market semi-rural Coventry Suburb  Very convenient for most amenities  Very different now from a number of years ago. It has become an extension of Coventry. It has lost the village it was and is fast moving with network of main roads surrounding it.  Very friendly  Very friendly and clean.  Very friendly where people know not only their neighbours but also people from many other streets.  Very nice place to live  Very pretty, lovely greenery. Adequate shops. Residents who care about their local area.  Very safe to live much improved a big difference over the last couple of years  Vibrant, great people, nice place to live  Village  Village / suburb  Village between Coventry and Rugby  Village between Rugby and Coventry with one public house and a small number of shops and one school and a post office. Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 18 Section H – And Finally…  Village status with city feel  Village with a good community spirit on the whole  Was a village but becoming part of Coventry now  We have beautiful woods to walk in, just one minute and in the country fields and ten minutes to Coventry city for shopping.  Welcoming - all inclusive 'A great place to live'  Well kept and inviting village  Wonderful  Wonderful  Wonderful, very friendly  Woodland village  Young, progressive, community-minded, feel safe, confidence, good facilities, and especially picturesque, woods and fields, happy residents!

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 19 Section H – And Finally… Attachment B Question H2: What ONE thing would you most like to see in our village to improve it? Complete list of answers.  20mph speed limit in all side roads.  40mph speed limit for the whole of Rugby Road  70% ownership flats, 2/3 bedroom houses  A better range of wine and food available at the Roseycombe  A 'bobby' on the beat  A bridge over TGI island to stop traffic congestion when problems on motorways.  A Christian revival - reduces crime, people more content with life.  A doctors  A doctors surgery  A doctors surgery - perhaps on Popes Garage site  A doctor's surgery.  A feature at both ends of Rugby Road. A gateway to Binley Woods.  A fibre-optic broadband  A Fish & Chip Shop  A floral display / welcome on Rugby Road, both ends of the village.  A flourishing community building at the library site.  A garden of remembrance.  A geographic 'centre of gravity' for the village. The last opportunity for this went with the development of the old school site.  A library.  A local church building  A medical facility  A nice country feel to our village as you enter the village  A police presence.  A police station  A policeman on foot patrol at various times.  A restaurant / pub serving better meals than the Roseycombe  A retirement home or sheltered accommodation.  A small fresh produce market would be an addition I'm sure a lot of retired locals would use it. Perhaps once a month at the Rugby Club.  A stronger sense of community  A Tennis club with club house.  A traditional C of E church or a river  A traditional village sign  A use found for the former Pope's garage site.  Access to Ring And Ride service like Coventry  All burglars shot  All residents taking more pride in the village tidiness. Some of the unkempt gardens greatly improved and tall trees reduced in height at front of properties, especially 29 Craven Avenue.  All unsightly pavements replaced  An 'assisted living' complex  Banking facilities - maybe several in one building.  Being a proper village Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 20 Section H – And Finally…  Benches - park, library - garden  Better broadband / cable  Better broadband and phone coverage  Better control of dogs  Better facilities for disabled people  Better maintained pavements  Better pavements  Better play equipment at Craven Avenue park  Better policing  Big drop in crime  Bus shelters  Can't think of anything  Can't think of one  Charity shop  Checking our elderly or housebound folk.  Children's play facilities  Chiropodist  Church  Cleaner roads, ie removal of weeds / grass in roads  Cleaner streets  Coffee shop  Coffee shop!  Community days on the recreation ground (by the pavilion).  Considerate parking  Continuation of community spirit.  Develop old garden centre site (opposite stadium) perhaps hotel and restaurant to improve amenities. Would fill need.  Do something with Pope's garage  Doctors  Doctors  Doctors / medical facility  Doctors and Dentist  Doctors practice  Doctors surgery  Doctors surgery  Doctors surgery  Doctors Surgery  Doctors Surgery  Doctors surgery  Doctors Surgery  Doctors surgery  Doctors surgery  Doctor's surgery with clinic facilities  Doctors, NHS Dentist  Dogs banned from parks and woods.  Elm Close & Norman Ashman Coppice

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 21 Section H – And Finally…  Ensure traffic levels on Rugby Road do not increase.  Expansion  Extra youth facilities (High School age group)  Faster broadband  Fibre optic broadband  Fibre-optic broadband  Fish & chip shop / Health centre  Flag Pole flying the Union Jack  Flower beds to give the village more colour on Rugby Road.  Flower boxes / features as you enter the village. Welcome signs.  Footpaths not sloping.  Front gardens to be tidied up  Gardens  General appearance. Weeds in gutter (roadside) never cleared,  Get rid of the Car Wash  Golf course (joke!)  Good level pavements with accessible drop kerbs.  Good use of the old library  Greater involvement of residents under 40 in community life.  Greengrocer  Greengrocer  Grown up apparatus for the park (like assault course adventure playground)  Happy as it is  Happy with is as it is  Happy with the village as it is  Health care centre  Health centre  Health Centre  Health centre or doctors surgery. Swimming pool.  HGVs from A46 for Rugby directed to A45  High speed broadband, fibre optic  Highly visible security patrols  Hotel and restaurant (see H2) would enhance village and 'put it on the map' as a place to visit from surrounding area. It would complement Brandon Hall but would be more 'visible' to passing trade.  Housing with facilities for elderly people  I am a dog owner and I get very Angry when I see dog mess. "PICK IT UP"  I would like to see a vet in the village  If development cannot be avoided, it should be SMALL properties, ie 1 or 2 beds only.  Improved village welcome signs  Improvements to the appearance of the shopping area.  Indian takeaway  Information on what's happening and where, plus a children's centre.  Internet speed / mobile phone signal  It would be great to have our own doctors surgery.  It's OK as it is.  Keep all caravans out of sight, or removed completely

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 22 Section H – And Finally…  Leave it alone  Less cars and vans parked on kerbs.  Less cars, less destruction of the woods.  Less dog poo in the woods  Less houses  Less on-street parking  Less parking on pavements  Less speeding traffic  Less traffic  Less traffic / fewer cars  Limited development and greening (sorry that’s 2!)  Litter  Litter bins  Litter collection  Local doctor  local doctors  Long term introduction of solar powered street lighting.  Maintain its village feel / status  Maintain the cleanliness  Major community events - outside bands and bars. Make a central point to the village.  Make the owners of the old garage opposite Ferndale Road sell or tidy it up  Making the pub more family friendly  Medical centre  Medical Centre  Medical centre  Medical centre.  Medical facilities  Medical facilities - doctor  More affordable houses.  More community spirit  More community things - ie bonfire night party, Easter hunts. Etc  More greenery, less tarmac and less driveways replacing greenery.  More housing  More officers on the beat  More people taking part in community activities  More play equipment in the recreation ground  More police presents (sic)  More policing  More trees  More trees  More trees.  More village events  New covered bus stops  No cars parked on grass verges or pavements  No expansion (leave it as it is)  No growth or at least limited growth will not improve it but will go towards retaining its character

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 23 Section H – And Finally…  "No more house building.  Change our postcode."  No parking on footpaths  No parking on road corners  No police cameras  Not too sure, I like it as it is.  Nothing  Nothing  Nothing, only bus shelters  Notice board at shops Woodlands Road  Noting  Occasional police patrols  Old library used for community events  Only just moved to Binley Woods  Parking addressed on Craven Avenue outside the recreation ground  Pavements  Pavements and parking  Pavements improved  People cleaning up their dog mess  People not parking on grass verges  People to keep their front gardens free from litter & weeds.  People to stop parking vehicles in roads when they have driveways  Perhaps a sheltered housing complex for people who have lived here for many years  Permanent Police presence  Play areas at the Roseycombe  Play group  Police Station  Police station!  Possible a yearly village fete.  Protection of all trees, including those in gardens  Pub more child-friendly  Raised flower beds at the entrance to the village.  Reduction of dog fouling  Reinstatement of the library  Remember it is RUGBY - not Coventry  Removal of weeds from kerb edges  Remove the A46!  Request Coventry airport to stop / control random / haphazard light aircraft traffic over the village.  Resident police house  Restriction on youths with arms in Brandon Woods enforced  Return of police house and patrolling officer.  Road safety issues. Library.  Roadside flowers like daffodils, not trees as they lift the pavements etc.  School hedge to be kept tidy and stop cars parking on verge  Security  See the verges reclaimed by the Council and pavements relayed.

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 24 Section H – And Finally…  Small bus shelters  Small leisure centre  Some form of health centre would be ideal  Something for youths  Speed bumps  Speed calming on Rugby Road  Speed humps on Rugby Road  Speeding restrictions  Sports facilities @ recreation ground (not football)  Stop parking on pavement outside One Stop Shop  Stop people who bring packs of dogs to walk in the woods  Stopping outsiders bringing dogs to use the woods as a toilet  Suitable indoor sports and gym for area  Swimming pool for school & community use  Tended flower beds  TGI roundabout is still a danger  The demolition of Elm Close and the garages  The new residents to integrate more with village life.  The old library brought back into use.  The Playing fields.  The police taking action when attacks happen with the support of the Parish Council.  The scale of buildings and the spaces between them.  The sky!  The Village Centre project, on a properly funded basis.  This is a luxury thought but it would be lovely for the children and grown-ups if a small swimming pool (like the first school had) could be established at the middle school and opened up to the residents of Binley Woods.  To have a doctors / clinic within the village.  To see a policeman around now and again  Traffic calming  Traffic calming on Rugby Road  Traffic calming on the main road especially  Tree Pruning for older residents  Trees, shrubs, flowers  Trim the ugly (too tall) trees  Updated, modern village hall  Updating BT cables to fibre optic  Vet  Village Hall, Park, School  Village policeman  We would love a Christmas tree  Weed free gutters and better maintained grass verges.  Weekly bin collection is a mist!  Widening of the roads on approach to Rugby Rd.  Would like to see the library sire and garages off Birchwood Road developed into low level senior citizens residence for the elderly generations to come in the village.

Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 25 Section H – And Finally…