THE BOURNE END COMMUNITY LED PLAN November 2012 This Bourne End Community Plan has been produced using the knowledge gained from surveys carried out and meetings held over recent years and from the results of the Priorities Survey 2012. The summary version of this document was circulated to 2,500 homes in the village of Bourne End during December 2012. Table of Contents Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................... 2 Appendix 2 – Action Plan . 34 ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Figures ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Photographs – with thanks to David Foster, Barrie Penfold and David Davis .................................... 4 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Bourne End .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Key Facts and Figures (1, 2) ................................................................................................................. 6 Bourne End cum Hedsor ..................................................................................................................... 8 Community Plan ...................................................................................................................................... 9 Previous Surveys ................................................................................................................................. 9 Surveys 2011 and 2012 ....................................................................................................................... 9 About Yourself ...................................................................................................................................... 11 Transport Priorities ............................................................................................................................... 12 Buses ................................................................................................................................................. 12 Railways ............................................................................................................................................ 13 Roads ................................................................................................................................................. 13 Parking .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 15 Community ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Community Priorities ........................................................................................................................ 16 Community Services .......................................................................................................................... 17 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 18 Economy................................................................................................................................................ 19 Retail ................................................................................................................................................. 19 Independent Shops ....................................................................................................................... 19 Variety of Shops ............................................................................................................................ 20 Farmers Markets ........................................................................................................................... 20 Page 2 of 34 November 2012 Facelift for Shops .......................................................................................................................... 20 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................ 21 Non-Retail Businesses ....................................................................................................................... 22 Review of Bourne End General Economic Data ............................................................................ 22 Review of Bourne End-cum-Hedsor’s Scorecard - ........................................................................ 23 Industrial Structure: ..................................................................................................................... 23 Business and Enterprise .............................................................................................................. 23 Skills and Qualifications ............................................................................................................... 23 Labour Market .............................................................................................................................. 23 Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 24 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................ 24 Policing .................................................................................................................................................. 25 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 25 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 27 Housing and Development ................................................................................................................... 28 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 29 Access and Environment ....................................................................................................................... 30 Access ................................................................................................................................................ 30 General Environment ........................................................................................................................ 31 Open Spaces ...................................................................................................................................... 32 The Thames ....................................................................................................................................... 32 Slate Meadow ................................................................................................................................... 32 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 33 Appendix 2 – Action Plan . 34 Page 3 of 34 November 2012 Figures Figure 1 - Views of Bourne End ............................................................................................................... 5 Figure 2 – Wooburn and Bourne End Parish ........................................................................................... 6 Figure 3 – 2011 Collecting the views of the Residents ......................................................................... 10 Figure 4 - 2012 Jubilee Picnic on Bourne End Recreation Park............................................................. 16 Figure 5 - Commemorative Clock on Penny’s Corner ........................................................................... 19 Figure 6 - The Parade, Bourne End ....................................................................................................... 20 Figure 7 - The same view of The Parade, Bourne End 21st Century ..................................................... 21 Figure 8 - View of the Thames from the Marina ................................................................................... 32 Photographs – with thanks to David Foster, Barrie Penfold and David Davis Page 4 of 34 November 2012 Introduction Bourne End The village of Bourne End is situated alongside one-and-a-half miles of the River Thames to the west of London and Windsor. It was originally a grouping of working class hamlets, Cores End, Eghams Green, Upper Bourne End and Well End. The coming of the railway in 1854 carried with it the seeds of change as the station was located in the fields between the small communities and the Bourne End that is known today developed around the centre and encompassed the older hamlets. The ward of Bourne End - cum - Hedsor currently has a population of approximately 5,500. There are excellent transport links with frequent