Annex 5: Caerphilly Conversation Survey 2020 Digest of Comments
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Annex 5: Caerphilly Conversation Survey 2020 Digest of Comments NOTE: This report has been redacted. Comments that are considered to be offensive or compromise anonymity have been edited or removed. Table of Contents Annex 5: Caerphilly Conversation Survey 2020 Digest of Comments ........................................... 1 Q3: Biggest factor affecting the appearance of neighbourhood? ................................................ 2 Q12: Reasons for change in the level of Community Spirit ........................................................38 Q14 How pandemic has affected employment situation – something else..................................61 Q15: Comments on how we have collectively responded to the pandemic .................................70 Q16: Other areas to focus on as we recover............................................................................94 Q17: Most important services ............................................................................................. 100 Q18: Supporting business – other........................................................................................ 129 Q20: Other ways to contribute to wellbeing of community .................................................... 135 Q22: Activities that would benefit from a community budget ................................................. 139 Q28 Other services contacted the Council about during COVID pandemic ................................ 152 Q31: Encouraging cash payments – reasons for views ........................................................... 155 Q33: How to further improve the way residents are able to access services remotely................ 168 Q34: Council services that you feel need to be accessed face to face ....................................... 178 Q36 How else can we meet financial pressures ..................................................................... 185 Q37: Housing .................................................................................................................... 201 Q38: Strong and Prosperous Economy ................................................................................. 225 Q39: Ideas for attracting new business and visitors to town centres and high streets ................ 251 Q40 Education – what’s important?..................................................................................... 278 Q42: Reducing the impact of climate chance......................................................................... 301 Q43: Providing services differently ...................................................................................... 323 Q44: Protected Characteristics ............................................................................................ 337 Q3: Biggest factor affecting the appearance of neighbourhood? A lack of investment into the road infrastructure especially in areas liable to flooding A lack of trees and plants A wall on the approach to our estate collapsed over 4 years ago - nothing has been done Accumulation of rubbish weeds and general run down appearance . all the food shops All the rubbish being left in the streets, youths hanging around causing trouble, people on bikes and quads causing disruption. I couldn't pick one as they are all a nuisance All the rubbish dropped and left behind by the bin lorry. Never seen a sweeper lorry or any kind of maintenance vehicle in my street in the past 10 years. Very limited dirty public transport. Allowing too many new houses to be built on green spaces A lot cleaner than usual, cut could be due to not so many people out and about Always smashed glass outside my property Amount of litter and rubbish in back lanes before and after rubbish has been collected. I have put garden waste, leaves, grass cuttings on my front door for collection and waited 3 weeks for a collection amount of litter on the roads Amount of rubbish and dog mess to paving and rear lanes. An enormous amount of litter on both the streets and public walkways eg cycle tracks from Parc Cwm Darran and around the business parks near to PenyFan pond Anti social behaviour kids hanging around Anti social behaviour- littering Anti social behaviour of youths and litter Anti social graffiti- litter everywhere in open spaces - gangs lighting fires - cigarette butts on pavements evidence of drug use Antisocial behaviour Area generally looks rundown along the main roads Areas that are not looked after At long last properties being maintained properly. At one stage, the pen space became very overgrown and presented a health and safety issue. I do appreciate that staff had to be redeployed to other more essential services. At the moment there is an issue with pot holes, no street or suitable street lighting and very disappointed with the continual threat to green spaces across the LA. Awkwardly/illegally/dangerously parked cars on Heol Pwllypant - due to lack of enforcement and infrastructure. Back lanes in Crosskeys - Fly tipping, Gladstone Street is overgrown with weeds Because we don’t live on a main road our roads are never resurfaced. My neighbours who have lived here since the house were first built have said the roads have never been done Being able to respond to reports of illegal activity quickly enough to retain public confidence Being caring with people in which will never happen Being in a rural area cutting the hedges back to stop car from being scratched and leaves hoovered up road is disappearing, drains all blocked. Being unable to dispose of waste too large for bins due to restrictions xxxx Commercial St pavement in New Tredegar is filthy and disgusting and hasn't been cleaned for years. xxxx and feel ashamed to belong to CCBC Bins left outside - front gardens not tended Bins not being emptied. Leisure centre shutting when others in different counties stayed open, charging to use carparks at beauty spots. Terrible. Blackwood high st is well but streets in some estates are frankly appalling, Blocked drains after rainfall Blocked drains are resulting in rivers of water when it rains Blown about litter always seems to end up on my front garden. Boarded up shops that just look worse over time. Broken glass - this needs to be cleaned up quicker by people not throwing their rubbish on the ground and people cleaning up after their dogs Caerphilly Council is the only one not to clean the leaves off the roads or pavements Caerphilly Town Centre in need of regeneration Car parking car parking clogging pavements and inconsiderate street parking caravan in front garden Cars parked fully on the pavement making pedestrians walk on roads not just in the town the surrounding steets Cars parked on pavements. Bins left out for days after collection day. Bins left out because there is nowhere to put them. Graffiti on fences. Dog poo on pavements. Cars parked on the street cars parking illegally Cars using our street as a rat run when we are access only Castle View lake pollution appears to be left unchecked for several months and is now dangerous to residents and their pets. Clean streets and parking wardens Clean streets, free of litter. Nice flat paving, walking safely Clean streets, no litter Cleaning and grass cutting not as frequent but probably due to restrictions. Cleaning area cleaning of gutters and drains. Also some council small areas that arent mowed. cleaning our streets and lanes would do a lot for communities also allow people to attend the recycling dumps with vans as we need to discard matrices and other items not leave them outside dumped Cleanliness Cleanliness Cleanliness of areas of CCBC. Street, parks, lanes, road signs, street signs, (Not only Caerphilly and Ystrad Mynach). Cleanliness. I do have a problem with litter. Thankfully the area I live in is kept tidy. Closed businesses that may not be able to open again because of arbitrary lockdowns Closed shops, generally rundown Considering the overall circumstances Caerphilly council and its neighboured have done all they can do and continue to do so as a community coming together Constant litter constant screws being dropped on the roads in our area, causing financial stress on those having to replace tyres on a regular basis Construction sites and their vehicles damaging the road surface, speed humps and causing mud, debris and dust on the highways Could do with more litter picking Council need to start listening to public .what is happening to ystrad park and forge mill is a disgrace Council property gardens, fences and external appearance Council staff being redeployed to support Covid teams Covid Lockdown Restrictions COVID, meaning maintenance couldn't happen for several months cracked and unrepaired roads Cutting back the hedges off the pavement Cutting of grass/hedges Cycle lane changing town layout in Ystrad Mynach. Cycle paths are not cleared of debris and leaves leaving them slippery and dangerous. Trains are over crowded. dim byd yn Energlyn / nothing in Energlyn Dirty roads Dirty streets Dirty streets and litter Dirty streets, litter and overflowing bins, weeds and unkept hedges and verges Discarded drinks cans and other rubbish along roadsides discarded macdonalds cartons drinks cans and bottles either thrown from cars or dropped by youths during illegal gatherings .and the increased incidents of fly tipping discarded rubbish Dog bins not being emptied regularly. This is not acceptable to responsible dog owners Dog faeces Dog faeces on the streets, litter, discarded dog-faeces bags, discarded cigarette butts Dog Foul Dog fouling Dog fouling Dog fouling