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Formatted: Width: 29.7 cm, CONGRESBURY Height: 21 cm Population of Settlement Households within Settlement Intensification Settlement Expansion (Estimate Jan 2017) Settlement (within settlement boundary) (adjacent settlement boundary) (Jan 2017) (Based on the average (Number of properties paying Sites completed or Sites with planning Sites completed or Sites with planning household size from 2011 council tax Jan 2017) under construction in permission (not under construction in permission (not census X number of properties the last 10 years (net implemented) the last 10 years (net implemented) paying council tax) figure) figure) 3,007 1,253 68 2 27 88 Settlement Description: Congresbury is a medium sized village located on the A370 approximately 7km east of Junction 21 of the M5, 12km east of Weston-super-Mare and 26km south of Bristol city centre. The Congresbury Yeo River flows through the village and Cadbury Hill Fort is a prominent feature within the local landscape. Services and facilities Congresbury is a relatively well served village with a variety of services and facilities and is designated as a Service Village in the Core Strategy. The built up area of the village is in two parts with the main bulk of the village starting on the A370 and extending south along the B31338. The other built up area which is mainly residential covers an area south of the A370 Bristol Road. There is open countryside between these two areas some of which is functional floodplain. In terms of educational facilities it contains a St Andrew’s C of E Primary School (approx. 315 pupils), thea Community Ppre-school and a playgroup as well as the Yeo Valley and Rural Ooutreach Cchildren’s Ccentre. The main secondary school that serves children in Congresbury is Churchill School in Churchill which is 4km away. A school bus provides transport for children to the secondary school. The nearest hospital is Weston General in Weston-super-Mare 14km away. Mendip ValeYeo Valley Medical Practice is located on Station Road and Day Lewis Pharmacy is located on Broad Street and other medical facilities include the Somerset Podiatry Clinic and AMS Physiotherapy clinic. There are numerous community meeting places including the Old School Rooms, Memorial Hall, Recreation Club and the, Methodist Hall. Church,Congresbury Youth Partnership provides activities for young people Formatted: Font: (Default) +Body predominantly in the age range 8 - 14 in the village and has its base at the Youth Club. There is a the Scout Hut which provides a venue for scout and guide activities as well (Calibri), 11 pt as an alternatibve meeting venue.and the youth club. Sporting clubs In addition to this there are tennis, football, cricket, snooker, skittles and the bowls clubs. There are also an outside ball court at Riverside, the Mendip Spring Golf Club and the Club and Spa at Cadbury House which is a members club only. , the Riverside Ball Court and 1 Cadbury House Hotel, located just outside the village, where some activities such as swimming lessons are held. Congresbury also has clubs and societies including the Senior Citizens Lunch Club, Yatton, Congresbury Claverham and Cleeve Archaeological Group, Congresbury Singers, Yatton and Congresbury Wildlife Action Group, Congresbury Formatted: Font: (Default) +Body History Group, Women’s Institute and various art and craft groups. (Calibri) Formatted: Font: (Default) +Body The village has two local centre designations in the North Somerset Development Management Plan. One around tThe Cross extending along Broad Street and west along (Calibri), 11 pt the A370. The other is the area known as the Precinct on Brinsea Road in the south of the village which is a purpose built shopping precinct which contains a convenience store, bakers, butchers, post office, fish and chip shop and kitchen shop. , caterers, Ticknells Country Stores is adjacent to the precinct. and Somerset Podiatry Clinic. Shops and service providers in the local centre around Broad Street include hairdressers (x3), a take aways, an estate agent, carpet shop, windows and conservatories provider, pharmacy, art gallery, outdoorclothes shop, a charity shop and restaurant and take away. There are also a three pubs in Congresbury; The Old Inn, The Plough and The Ship and Castle. Further retail is located outside the local centres, including . This includes Tesco Express on the A370 and several unitsshops on Smallway including a pet shop, a conservatory outlet, paving supplier, garden centre and reuse project and Cadbury Garden Centre which, although originally a garden centre, has expanded to include a number of concessionary outlets. a large out of town retail destination. There are also pubs/restaurants in Congresbury; the Old Inn, the Plough, the White Hart, the Star, Mezze at the Ship and Castle and Heather’s Coffee Shop. In summary, manyost day to day facilities are provided in Congresbury, however the village does not have a dentist, bank, veterinary practice, supermarket and the opening hours of the doctors surgery are very limited. These and for any services andor facilities unavailable in Congresbury are available in Yatton , Yatton which is just a few kilometres away., However, Yatton now does not have a bank, the closest being at Worle or Clevedon. away caters for these. The main secondary school that serves children in Congresbury is Churchill School in Churchill which is 4km away. A school bus provides transport for children to the secondary school. The nearest hospital is Weston General in Weston-super-Mare 14km away. Employment Cadbury House Hotel (large 4 star DoubleTree Hilton Hotel located between Congresbury and Yatton) and Cadbury Garden Centre on Smallway are two largemajor employers in near to Congresbury. There are very limited employment opportunities elsewhere within the service sector within in the village and self-containment1 for Congresbury parish is measured at 36% with 9.9% of people working from home. The majority of residents commute to Bristol for work. The majority of the village has superfast Broadband connection although some areas on the periphery along the A370 and B3133 are not covered. Mobile phone coverage can also be varied throughout the parish. Connectivity The nearest railway station is Yatton Station located approximately 2.7km from Congresbury Cross. Yatton Station is on the Bristol to Exeter line and has trains provided by First Great Western. connect to Bristol, Weston-super-Mare and beyond. Congresbury is well served by buses with numerous bus stops located around the village. The following services run from Congresbury: 88A - Nailsea - Portishead - Clevedon - Nailsea 1 Self containment is a measure of how many people live and work (including working from home) in the same geographical area based on 2011 census data. 2 88C - Nailsea - Yatton - Clevedon - Portishead - Portbury - Nailsea 128 - Bishop Sutton - Clevedon 135 - West Harptree - Weston-supre-Mare A3 - Weston-super-Mare - Congresbury - Bristol Airport X1 - Weston-super-Mare - Bristol X1A - Weston-super-Mare - Congresbury - Bristol X2 - Weston-super-Mare - Congresbury - Bristol X7 - Bristol - Nailsea - Yatton - Weston-super-Mare The Weston-super-Mare to Bristol routes are well se serviced ands include frequent services running Monday to Friday running before 9am and after 5pm so suitable for commuting to Bristol and Weston-super-Mare, plus frequent services on Saturday and Sundays. Other routes are infrequent and some only providing one service a week and therefore the village is only well connected to the main towns of Weston and Bristol city. In terms of cycling there are no dedicated cycle lanes on the roads around the village but there is access to the Strawberry line from the A370 and from several agricultural tracks. Silver Street via a narrow country lane. This provides access to Yatton Station to the north and down to Sandford, Winscombe and onto Axbridge and Cheddar in the south. There is no off road cycle lane to get to the village school or the secondary school in Churchill. There are pavements on most of the roads around the village, although there are is no pavements on the north western side of the High Street for a small section between the War Memorial Hall and Yeo Meads Cottage, along the bottom section of Venus Street, areas of Smallway, Wrington Lane and Wrington Road. There are other smaller residential roads around the village where sections of the road have limited or no pavement on one side. Most roads have some pavement on at least one side, although at times these are narrow and unsuitable for wheelchair users or pushchairs especially along areas of the B3133 where there is heavy traffic and large vehicles.. The traffic around Congresbury is heavy, on the A370 and transecting B3133particularly on the A370. Congresbury Cross is at capacity at peak periods. The main Brinsea Road/A370 junction is at peak capacity at peak periods and is a congestion area. The linked and the Smallway junction is an accident hotspot. The traffic becomes a particular problem when there is an accident or incident on the motorway and the village becomes very quickly clogged. Environmental constraints 3 The Congresbury Conservation Area stretches along Station Road and the High Street and the area around the Congresbury Cross. There are 25 Grade II listed buildings and 2 Grade I listed buildings in the village. including St Andrew’s Church, the Refectory, Court House, the Old Rectory, the Birches and the Ship and Castle Mezze pub. The village (market) cross at the junction of Broad Street and High Street is a village landmark and is a designated Scheduled Ancient Monument. Parts of the village are located in Flood Zones and there have been historical incidents of fluvial and surface water flooding. The village is listed as one of the top 15 communities most vulnerable to flooding in the North Somerset Local Flood Risk Management Strategy.