Braintree District
Rural Services Survey 2008 RURAL SERVICES SURVEY 2008
CONTENTS
Page
1 Background 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Purpose of the Survey 1 1.3 Use of the Survey 1 1.4 Survey Method 1
Map showing parishes and wards in the local areas 2
2 Executive summary 2.1 The district as a whole 3 2.2 Braintree Area 4 2.3 Halstead Area 5 2.4 Witham Area 6
3 Area Comparisons 7
4 Changes since 2005 Rural Services Survey 8
Map showing key services in each settlement 9
5 Services and facilities in Braintree District 10
6 Service centres 6.1 Braintree Area 11 6.2 Halstead Area 11 6.3 Witham Area 11
Map showing nearest service centres 12
7 Access to service centres 13
Map showing frequency of bus services 14
8 Key Services in each parish 8.1 Braintree Area 15 8.2 Halstead Area 16 8.3 Witham Area 18
Questionnaire (2005 Survey) 19
8 January 2008 RURAL SERVICES SURVEY 2008
1 BACKGROUND
1.1 Introduction
This report is an update of the Braintree District Rural Services Survey 2005. The report covers the 62 rural parishes (52 parish councils) in Braintree District. It excludes the parishes of Witham Town and Halstead Town and the unparished area of Braintree and Bocking.
The report includes a summary for the district as a whole and also information for each of the three local areas of Braintree, Halstead and Witham. Details can be provided for individual wards or parishes on request.
1.2 Purpose of the Survey
To establish the number of settlements with and without key services.
To find out which, if any, rural villages are considered to be service centres for other settlements.
To provide information about the services and facilities available to residents living in rural settlements.
1.3 Use of the Survey
To provide information for the Local Development Framework Evidence Base. To provide information for the Sustainable Community Strategy and Action Plan. To provide information for the Rural Policy and Action Statement. To provide information for the Deprivation Report.
1.4 Survey Method
In August 2007, each parish clerk was sent a summary of services and facilities in their parish, using information from the 2005 survey, and asked to update it.
All 52 parish councils responded to the survey and provided information about 71 settlements.
The questionnaire distributed for the original survey in 2005 is on page19.
- 1 – 8 January 2008 - 2 – 8 January 2008 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2.1 The District as a whole (71 settlements)
Key Services 79% have a hall 66% have a pub 42% have a primary school 39% have a post office 31% have a grocery store 20% have a doctor’s surgery 20% have a cash point
8.5% (6 settlements) have all the above services A further 5 settlements have all except a cash point And 1 has all services except a post office
17% have no public transport services to their nearest centre for key services
35% identified their centre for key services as being outside of Braintree District
Business and Tourism 45% have small business units 17% have a tourist or visitor attraction 42% have a hotel or B&B 17% have a café
Provision for young and old 46% have a pre-school or nursery 20% have an after school club 8% have a youth council or forum 30% have a youth club or mobile facility 52% have a club for the elderly 13% have a good neighbour scheme
Leisure and Health 70% have a play area 62% have a sports pitch 7% have a nature reserve or similar 35% have allotments 6% have a dentist
Community Safety 41% have a police station or mobile facility 75% have a neighbourhood watch scheme
Communication 99% have a parish magazine 58% have a web site 73% have broadband
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2.2 Braintree Area (16 settlements)
Key Services 81% have a hall 87% have a pub 56% have a primary school 44% have a post office 37% have a grocery store 25% have a doctor’s surgery 31% have a cash point
Coggeshall has all the above services Finchingfield has all except a cash point And Great Notley has all services except a post office
19% have no public transport services to their nearest centre for key services
6% identified their centre for key services as being outside of Braintree District
Business and Tourism 56% have small business units 56% have a tourist or visitor attraction 62% have a hotel or B&B 31% have a café
Provision for young and old 56% have a pre-school or nursery 37% have an after school club 12% have a youth council or forum 56% have a youth club or mobile facility 62% have a club for the elderly 19% have a good neighbour scheme
Leisure and Health 75% have a play area 81% have a sports pitch 12% have a nature reserve or similar 19% have allotments 12% have a dentist
Community Safety 56% have a police station or mobile facility 69% have a neighbourhood watch scheme
Communication 100% have a parish magazine 69% have a web site 81% have broadband
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2.3 Halstead Area (42 settlements)
Key Services 76% have a hall 52% have a pub 33% have a primary school 31% have a post office 24% have a grocery store 14% have a doctor’s surgery 10% have a cash point
Earls Colne, Sible Hedingham and Steeple Bumpstead have all the above services Bures Hamlet, Castle Hedingham and Great Yeldham have all except a cash point 19% (8 settlements) have none of the above services
21% have no public transport services to their nearest centre for key services
57% identified their centre for key services as being outside of Braintree District
Business and Tourism 33% have small business units 5% have a tourist or visitor attraction 40% have a hotel or B&B 12% have a café
Provision for young and old 40% have a pre-school or nursery 7% have an after school club 5% have a youth council or forum 17% have a youth club or mobile facility 45% have a club for the elderly 10% have a good neighbour scheme
Leisure and Health 64% have a play area 48% have a sports pitch 5% have a nature reserve or similar 33% have allotments 0% have a dentist
Community Safety 33% have a police station or mobile facility 74% have a neighbourhood watch scheme
Communication 98% have a parish magazine 48% have a web site 64% have broadband
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2.4 Witham Area (13 settlements)
Key Services 85% have a hall 85% have a pub 54% have a primary school 62% have a post office 46% have a grocery store 31% have a doctor’s surgery 38% have a cash point
Hatfield Peverel, Kelvedon and Silver End have all the above services Terling has all except a cash point
0% have no public transport services to their nearest centre for key services
0% identified their centre for key services as being outside of Braintree District
Business and Tourism 69% have small business units 8% have a tourist or visitor attraction 23% have a hotel or B&B 15% have a café
Provision for young and old 54% have a pre-school or nursery 38% have an after school club 15% have a youth council or forum 38% have a youth club or mobile facility 62% have a club for the elderly 69% have a good neighbour scheme
Leisure and Health 85% have a play area 85% have a sports pitch 8% have a nature reserve or similar 62% have allotments 15% have a dentist
Community Safety 46% have a police station or mobile facility 85% have a neighbourhood watch scheme
Communication 100% have a parish magazine 77% have a web site 85% have broadband
- 6 – 8 January 2008 3 AREA COMPARISONS
The three areas are quite different in character.
Witham Area has good transport infrastructure with the A12 and mainline and branch line railways. It includes three ‘larger’ villages (populations over 3,000) and two ‘small’ communities (populations less than 500). The A120 serves many parishes in the Braintree Area which has two ‘larger’ villages (Coggeshall to the east and Great Notley to the south west) and two ‘small’ communities. Halstead Area has no trunk road and almost three times the number of parishes and settlements of either of the other two areas. It similarly has 2 ‘larger’ villages but has 27 ‘small’ communities.
Geographically, Halstead is the largest of the three areas and many of the villages are some distance from Halstead town and without good road infrastructure or transport services. The towns and larger villages outside the district – Sudbury, Haverhill and Clare - are significant service providers to those without key services.
Retail and Health Services
70 60 50 Braintree 40
% Halstead 30 Witham 20 10 0 Post Office Grocers Cash Doctors
The smaller rural communities in the District generally lack key services. Access to basic retail and health services is particularly limited with inequality across the district. The district wide percentage masks the very poor provision of these services in the Halstead Area. In Halstead Area 31% of settlements have a post office (62% in Witham Area), 24% have a grocery store (46% in Witham Area), 10% have a cash point (38% in Witham Area) and only 14% have a doctors surgery (31% in Witham Area).
The gap in provision of retail services may to some extent be overcome by mobile shop services. However, of the 49 settlements (30 in Halstead area) without a grocery store or farm shop, only 10 have a mobile grocery service. The major supermarkets offer home delivery services across the district but only 9 settlements have community ICT access (for those without a home computer), all of which also have a grocery store or farm shop.
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Post Office and GP services cannot easily be provided as a mobile service as they need premises that meet particular requirements. There are examples across Braintree District of community buildings being adapted to provide a service; for example, a post office in Toppesfield village hall, in Feering police station and in a White Notley pub building (although this now earmarked for closure). There is also an example of a GP outreach surgery in Wethersfield.
A community building such as a hall, school, pub or church can be important as a focal point for the delivery of services in rural areas. A significant number of rural settlements have a hall; the level of provision is a similar percentage (78% to 84%) in all three local areas. Of the 15 settlements that do not have a hall, 8 have a church and 2 have a pub which could be used as a centre for community activity.
The lack of key services would be a less serious problem if there were adequate public transport services to the nearest location of each service. However the survey shows that 12 settlements in the district (9 in Halstead area and 3 in Braintree area) have no bus service to their identified service centre.
4 CHANGES SINCE THE 2005 SURVEY
The greatest changes since 2005 are in relation to ICT. The number of settlements with a website has increased from 19 to 41 (out of 71), and the number of parish clerks with an email address has increased from 29 to 46 (out of 52).
Change in ICT use
100 90 80 70 60 2005
% 50 40 2007 30 20 10 0 Website email
There has been 1 new post office opened (although the one at White Notley is now to close) and the opening of 2 grocery stores, 2 farm shops and 5 new cash points. 2 pubs have converted to restaurants.
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- 9 – 8 January 2008 5 SERVICES AND FACILITIES IN BRAINTREE DISTRICT
TOTAL WITHAM HALSTEAD BRAINTREE 12 31 9 52 Number of Parish Councils 12 39 11 62 Number of Parishes 16 42 13 71 Number of distinct settlements 13 32 11 56 have a hall or meeting place 14 22 11 47 have a pub, 22 have more than 1 pub 9 14 7 30 have a primary school 7 13 8 28 have a Post Office, although 2 have limited opening hours 6 10 6 22 have a grocery store, the large villages having more than 1 4 6 4 14 have a doctor’s surgery 5 4 5 14 have a cash point and only 1 has a bank (Kelvedon) 10 12 7 29 have other shops in their village 5 19 3 27 have at least one mobile retail service 10 17 3 30 have accommodation (Hotel or B&B) 4 2 1 7 have a museum 9 2 1 12 have a tourist or visitor attraction 5 5 2 12 have a café; some larger villages have 2 2 2 2 6 have a vet 9 14 9 32 have small business units 3 14 8 25 have allotments 1 1 1 3 have a police station, 1 is unmanned 8 13 5 26 have a mobile police unit service 2 0 2 4 have a dentist 1 0 1 2 have a mobile health service, which is chiropody 14 36 10 60 have a mobile library service 1 3 3 7 have a library building 3 4 3 10 have community ICT access 11 20 10 41 have a website 16 41 13 70 have a parish magazine 15 41 13 69 have a local information notice board 3 4 2 9 have a good neighbour scheme 11 31 11 53 have a “Neighbourhood Watch” scheme 13 27 11 52 have broadband 13 38 11 62 have a church/faith group meeting place 3 6 4 13 have a cemetery or burial ground 9 17 7 33 have a pre-school or a nursery 1 2 1 4 have a secondary school (2 in Halstead area are private schools) 6 3 5 14 have an after school club 7 10 6 23 have a venue for indoor sports, which is the village hall or school hall 13 20 11 44 have a sports pitch 12 27 11 50 have a play area 2 2 1 5 have a nature reserve, country park or similar
- 10 – 8 January 2008 5 SERVICES AND FACILITIES (continued)
TOTAL WITHAM HALSTEAD BRAINTREE 12 31 9 52 Number of Parish Councils 12 39 11 62 Number of Parishes 16 42 13 71 Number of distinct settlements 0 2 2 4 have a golf course 2 2 2 6 have a youth council or forum 2 3 1 6 have a youth club 7 4 4 15 have a mobile youth facility 10 19 8 37 have a club for the elderly
6 SERVICE CENTRES 6.1 Braintree Area Braintree Town was identified by 14 of the 16 settlements in its area as the service centre to satisfy their needs. Beazley End identified Wethersfield as it is part of that parish. Great Bardfield identified Dunmow, having strong links with schools there.
Within the area, Coggeshall (having all of the ‘key services’) recognised itself as a potential service centre but was not identified by other settlements in the district as fulfilling that role. It may be a service centre for settlements in Colchester Borough. Great Notley also felt that it may be a service centre but was not identified as such by other villages in the district; it may fulfil that role for settlements in Chelmsford Borough.
6.2 Halstead Area Halstead was identified by 12 of the 42 settlements in its area as the service centre to satisfy their needs. 12 settlements identified Sudbury, 6 identified Haverhill, 4 Clare, 3 Great Yeldham, 2 each for Long Melford and Earls Colne, and 1 for Sible Hedingham.
Within the area, Sible Hedingham and Earls Colne (having all of the ‘key services’) recognised themselves as service centres. Bures Hamlet, Great Yeldham and Steeple Bumpstead felt they may be service centres but only Great Yeldham was identified by other settlements. It may be that Bures Hamlet and Steeple Bumpstead are services centres for villages outside the district.
6.3 Witham Area Witham Town was identified by 7 of the 13 settlements in its area as the service centre to satisfy their needs. 3 settlements identified Braintree which is not surprising as the Witham area extends to the edge of Braintree town. The other 3 identified Kelvedon, Hatfield Peverel and Terling.
Within the area, Hatfield Peverel, Kelvedon and Silver End (having all of the ‘key services’) recognised themselves as service centres. Silver End was not identified by other settlements in the district as fulfilling that role.
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- 12 – 8 January 2008 7 ACCESS TO SERVICE CENTRES
The time taken to travel by car to the nearest service centre as identified by each settlement ranges from 2 minutes to 20 minutes.
5 settlements have a train service. White Notley and Cressing (on the Witham to Braintree branch line) and Bures Hamlet (on the Marks Tey to Sudbury branch line) have an hourly service. Hatfield Peverel and Kelvedon (on the main line to London Liverpool St) have an hourly service off peak with more frequent trains at peak times. The train services enable access to identified service centres.
Bus services to the identified service centre is as follows:
TOTAL WITHAM HALSTEAD BRAINTREE 12 31 9 52 Number of Parish Councils 12 39 11 62 Number of Parishes 16 42 13 71 Number of distinct settlements 3 9 0 12 have no bus service 3 11 3 17 have one bus per week 1 4 0 5 have two/three buses per week 0 1 1 2 have one bus per day 0 2 0 2 has three buses per day 0 1 1 2 has a bus every 2 hours 9 14 8 31 has a bus hourly /half hourly (but most are without evening service and a reduced service at weekends)
12 settlements have no bus service to their identified centre for key services. Of these, only one settlement has no bus service whatsoever. The other 11 are on a bus route which provides access to a major town (e.g. Braintree or Sudbury) but does not access their nearest service centre (e.g. the location of their doctor’s surgery).
The 12 settlements with no bus service to their identified service centre are lacking key services and rely on the car to access their nearest location. 4 of these 12 settlements have none of the key services; 3 have a post office and grocery store, 4 have a primary school, 7 have a pub and 8 have a village hall. None of these 12 settlements has a doctor’s surgery.
The 17 settlements with one bus per week are similarly lacking in key services.
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- 14 – 8 January 2008 8 KEY SERVICES IN EACH PARISH
8.1 Braintree Local Area
12 Parishes, 16 Settlements Number of key services in each settlement and parish
Pop’n Primary Post Grocery Doctor Cash Ward Parish Settlement Hall Pub 2001 School Office Store Surgery Point Coggeshall * Coggeshall 4327 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 Cressing and Cressing 1538 2 4 1 1 1 0 1 Stisted Stisted 617 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Great Notley Great Notley 4815 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 Bardfield Saling 179 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Great Saling 261 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Panfield Panfield 850 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Shalford 746 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Rayne Rayne 2162 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 Cornish Hall End 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Finchingfield 1348 Finchingfield 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 Great Bardfield 1238 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 Three Fields Beazley End 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Blackmore End 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wethersfield 1232 Rotten End 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wethersfield 2 2 1 1 0 1 0
* Information for Feering North is included in Feering Parish totals as part of the Witham Area. The majority of Feering services and facilities are south of the railway line in Feering South.
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8.2 Halstead Local Area
39 Parishes, 42 Settlements Number of key services in each settlement and parish
Pop’n Primary Post Grocery Doctor Cash Ward Parish Settlement Hall Pub 2001 School Office Store Surgery Point Bumpstead Helions Bumpstead 473 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Steeple Bumpstead 1481 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 Sturmer 464 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Gosfield and Gosfield 1364 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 Greenstead Greenstead Greenstead Green 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 668 Green Green Whiteash Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Castle Hedingham 1142 1 5 1 1 1 1 0 Gestingthorpe 421 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hedingham Great Maplestead 355 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 and Little Maplestead 294 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maplestead Sible Hedingham 3665 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 Wickham St.Paul 330 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 Belchamp Otten 164 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Belchamp St.Paul 331 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 Belchamp Walter 198 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Borley 99 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bulmer 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Stour Valley Bulmer 568 Bulmer Tye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 North Foxearth 303 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liston 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ovington 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pentlow 228 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tilbury juxta Clare 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 16 – 8 January 2008 Pop’n Primary Post Grocery Doctor Cash Ward Parish Settlement Hall Pub 2001 School Office Store Surgery Point Stour Valley Alphamstone 177 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Bures Hamlet 765 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 Great Henny 126 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lamarsh 177 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Little Henny 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Middleton 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pebmarsh 479 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Twinstead 165 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colne Engaine 979 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 Three Colnes Earls Colne 3389 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 White Colne 480 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ashen 315 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Birdbrook Baythorne End 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 369 Birdbrook 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Upper Colne Ridgewell 503 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 Stambourne 401 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Toppesfield 533 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 Great Yeldham 1715 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 Yeldham Little Yeldham 326 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
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8.3 Witham Local Area
11 Parishes, 13 Settlements Number of key services in each settlement and parish
Pop’n Primary Post Grocery Doctor Cash Ward Parish Settlement Hall Pub 2001 School Office Store Surgery Point Bradwell 512 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Bradwell, Silver Rivenhall 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 End and Rivenhall 3741 Rivenhall End 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Rivenhall Silver End 732 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Black Notley 1646 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 Fairstead 206 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Black Notley Faulkbourne 101 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 and Terling Terling 774 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 White Notley 500 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Hatfield Hatfield Peverel 1 6 1 1 3 1 1 Hatfield Peverel 4384 Peverel Nounsley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Feering * 1985 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 Kelvedon Kelvedon 3485 1 3 1 1 4 2 3
* Totals for Feering Parish are included here. Feering North is in Coggeshall Ward (Braintree Area). The majority of Feering services and facilities are south of the railway line and therefore in Witham Area.
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Rural Services and Facilities Questionnaire
Contact Name …………………………………………………Tel No ………………
To help us to gain a better understanding of your village, and to improve services in rural areas, please complete and return the following questionnaire prior to 31st July 2005.
SERVICES AND FACILITIES Please identify (to the best of your knowledge) the number of each type of service that exists in the village or, if zero, where the nearest service is located.
Service Number Nearest Example question – is there a theatre in your village? 0 Colchester Example question – is there a park seat in your village? 2 - 1 Is there a grocery store? 2 Are there any other shops? (Please list – use an extra sheet if necessary)
3 Are there any mobile retail services? (Please list)
4 Is there a Post Office? 5 Is there a Post Box? 6 Is there a Doctor’s practice? 7 Is there a private only dentist/ NHS patient dentist*? 8 Are there any mobile health services? (Please list)
9 Is there a Police Station / mobile police unit service*? 10 Is there a venue for indoor sports? (Please specify)
11 Is there a sports pitch or court? (Please specify)
12 Is there a playground / play equipment*? 13 Is there a bank or building society? 14 Is there a cash point?
- 19 – 8 January 2008 15 Is there a public house? 16 Is there any accommodation (hotel, B&B, etc)? 17 Is there a café? 18 Is there a village hall or community centre? 19 Is there a veterinary practice? 20 Is there a library / mobile library service*? 21 Is there any community ICT access? 22 Is there a Pre-school, play-school or nursery? 23 Is there a Primary school? 24 Is there a Secondary school? 25 Is there an after school club? 26 Is there a youth club / mobile youth facility*? 27 Is there a club for the elderly? 28 Is there a church / faith group meeting place? (please list denominations / faiths)
* please delete as appropriate
29 Is there a local information notice board? YES / NO* 30 Is there a Good Neighbour scheme? YES / NO* 31 Is there a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme? YES / NO* 32 Does your village/hamlet have broadband? YES / NO* 33 Does your village have any small business units? YES / NO* 34 Is there a community bus? YES / NO* 35 Is there a public car park? YES / NO* 36 Are your community facilities generally in a good condition? YES / NO* (if NO, please provide details of any defects)
37 Are there any plans to improve services and facilities? YES / NO* (If YES, please provide details of local projects)
38 Do you consider your village to be a ‘service centre’ for other YES / NO* villages? 39 Which is your nearest ‘service centre’ town or village? 40 By car – what is the average journey time to this town/village? 41 Is public transport available to this town/village? YES / NO* 42 How frequent is the bus service to this town/village?
* please delete as appropriate
- 20 – 8 January 2008 43 What other activities are there in the village hall not covered by the above? (Please list)
44 Are there any regular events within the Parish? (Please give details and month)
45 Any other comments relevant to a survey of services and facilities in your Parish
PARISH COUNCIL INFORMATION
Please provide the following information to help us to improve the flow of information between the district council, parish councils and local people.
46 Do you have a parish office and information point? YES / NO* 47 Do you have a Parish Magazine? YES / NO* (If YES, please provide contact details)
48 Do you have a Village Guide to organisations and services? YES / NO* 49 Do you have a guide to local businesses? YES / NO* 50 Do you have a guide to village walks/footpaths? YES / NO* 51 Do you have a village web site? (If YES, please give address) YES / NO*
52 Do you have a parish council email address? YES / NO* (if YES, please provide)
- 21 – 8 January 2008 53 Where practicable, would you prefer to receive council information YES / NO* electronically? (Please comment)
54 Where meetings are organised by BDC, do you and your councillors YES / NO* generally prefer them to be in the evening? (Please comment/state preferred time of day)
55 Do you undertake any services which would normally be carried out YES / NO* by Braintree District Council? (If YES, please list)
56 Do you undertake any services which would normally be carried out YES / NO* by Essex County Council? (If YES, please list)
57 How often does your Parish council meet? (Please specify which months of the year)
Thank you very much for taking the time to complete this questionnaire
Please return the completed questionnaire in the freepost envelope to Policy & Performance Department at Braintree District Council
Should you have any queries regarding this project, please contact Jan Cole or Kitty Barrett at Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End. Braintree, Essex CM7 9HB
Jan at RCCE Tel: 01245 352046 ext 111 email: [email protected]
Kitty at BDC Tel: 01376 551414 ext 2746 email: [email protected]
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