PLACES IN Melton DECEMBER 2009 Places in leicestershire 2009 For more information, please contact: Alex Lea research Manager community Planning Branch leicestershire county council county hall, Glenfield leicester le3 8rB tel: 0116 305 6803 email: [email protected] Nicole Rickard team leader, Policy and Partnerships community Planning Branch leicestershire county council county hall, Glenfield leicester le3 8rB tel: 0116 305 6977 email: [email protected] Produced by leicestershire county council and Melton local strategic Partnership December 2009 isBn: 978-085022-477-1 Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within this report, neither leicestershire county council or Melton local strategic Partnership can be held responsible for any errors or omission relating to the data contained within the report. Designed and printed by leicestershire county council. 2 meLtoN community Forums are a new method of making sure the services received IntRoDuCtIon meet local needs. community Forum membership includes Parish, District the map on page 5 shows Melton Borough, including the main towns and and county councillors, local voluntary sector representatives, local service the key rural service centres. providers such as the leicestershire constabulary and the leicester, this report is to identify and highlight the priorities for individual places in leicestershire and rutland nhs and members of the public. leicestershire including Melton Borough, based on relevant and available community Forums are held 2-4 times per year and provide opportunity for data sources and information. the original “Places in leicestershire” report residents to raise questions and feedback about the services they receive which was included within the 2008 leicestershire sustainable community and highlight any changes coming up that may affect the local forum area. strategy enabled identification of place based priority outcomes for the leicestershire sustainable community strategy and local area agreement. PArticipatory BudgEtINg this report and update of the Places in leicestershire report is to refine leicestershire together has made available £20,000 for each community these priorities using relevant and timely information for adoption by district Forum throughout the county, to be spent on local projects and schemes. authorities including local strategic Partnerships (lsPs). each community Forum will be given the opportunity to influence how CommuNIty ForumS this money is spent through a Participatory Budgeting Workshop, where local ideas will be shared and evaluated. the ideas will then be voted the seven reports covering leicestershire are divided into chapters on and prioritised before being checked by leicestershire county council structured around the key places in each District, arranged by the for feasibility, costs & benefits, alternative ways of delivery, availability 27 community Forums used around the county to engage with local of other funding sources etc. the final decision will then be made by the communities. community Forum. the map on page 6 shows the location of the 27 community Forums in For more information, please visit: leicestershire. there are five community Forums in Melton Borough: http://www.leicestershireforums.org/your-voice-your-choice.html Belvoir Melton Mowbray Melton West and Parishes 3 Places in leicestershire 2009 tyPES oF Places a list of each type of settlement in Melton Borough is shown below: the key places are divided into: main towns main towns Melton Mowbray these 17 settlements are identified in the local area agreement as Priority Neighbourhoods key large service centres which provide health services, employment, Melton Mowbray education, leisure and shopping facilities for the surrounding population Rural Centres Priority Neighbourhoods asfordby identified in the local area agreement 2006-09, these 19 neighbourhoods are small areas of the county with bigger than average problems, usually Bottesford in relation to a number of aspects of deprivation (see indices of Multiple Rural Communities completing Parish Plans Deprivation below) eastwell Rural/Service Centres harby these are smaller service centres, identified through the leicestershire rural Partnership (lrP), rural strategy (rs) and the local Development long clawson Framework (lDF) that provide a range of facilities for the surrounding rural stathern villages and hamlets. they vary in size, but they are all a focal point for a cluster of smaller settlements. twyford and thorpe rurAL ArEAS Rural Communities Starting the Parish Plan Process this section of each chapter covers the rural parts of each Forum area and Waltham on the Wolds identifies the priorities, based on access to services (access to services thorpe arnold report) or specific needs identified through a Parish Plan (see below). Kirby Bellars 4 meLtoN Map 1: mELtoN 5 Places in leicestershire 2009 Map 2: LEICEStErShIrE CommuNIty ForumS ANd mELtoN (hIghLIghtEd) 6 meLtoN InfoRMatIon SouRCES ten most deprived LSoAs in Leicestershire: ImD 2007 County ImD National a range of information sources have been used to develop these sections, LSoA Code LSoA Name District a short description of each is below: Rank Score Rank loughborough 1 e01025699 charnwood 50.98 2119 INdICES oF muLtIPLE dEPrIvAtIoN 2007 Bell Foundry the indices of Multiple Deprivation (iMD) are produced by the Department Greenhill north north West 2 e01025934 43.87 3625 for communities and local Government (formerly ODPM) with the aim of east leics measuring deprivation in a consistent way across england and to provide loughborough 3 e01025725 charnwood 43.32 3769 policy makers with a strategic tool to underpin policy development. Warwick Way north West the indices were first produced in 2000, with updates in 2004 and 4 e01025932 Greenhill centre 41.81 4183 2007. While the original Places in leicestershire reports made reference leics loughborough to the iMD 2004 the revised Places in leicestershire reports update 5 e01025700 charnwood 37.34 5450 this information to cover the iMD 2007. the results of the iMD 2005 canal south and 2007 are directly comparable in terms of the methodology and data loughborough 6 e01025701 charnwood 33.61 6758 sources used. central station loughborough the indices include domains measures relating to: 7 e01025717 charnwood 33.61 6761 Woodthorpe income Deprivation (including two sub-domains measuring income north West 8 e01025949 Measham centre 32.82 7051 deprivation affecting children and older people) leics hinckley trinity hinckley & employment Deprivation 9 e01025866 32.03 7368 West Bosworth health Deprivation and Disability hinckley & 10 e01025844 earl shilton east 29.37 8464 education, skills and training Deprivation Bosworth Barriers to housing and services living environment Deprivation crime these seven domains are then combined to create an overall measure of deprivation. When aggregated, leicestershire is ranked 138th out of the 149 county/unitary authorities in england in 2007 (where 149 = least deprived). Melton Borough is ranked 294th out of 354 local authorities in england. 7 Places in leicestershire 2009 ten most deprived LSoAs in Charnwood: ImD 2007 Lower Level Super output Areas County ImD National lower level super Output area (lsOa) lower level is a national geography LSoA Code LSoA Name District Rank Score Rank created by the Office for national statistics. these areas are created by Melton egerton combining a number of Output areas (created for the 2001 census). lower 21 e01025900 Melton 25.15 10510 north West super Output areas are areas of broadly consistent population size across the country, containing 1,500 people on average. they are often referred to Melton sysonby 40 e01025905 Melton 21.70 12659 south in the text as lsOas. names have been given to each lsOa, and are listed in the appendix. Melton craven 41 e01025894 Melton 21.52 12778 West For more information please visit: http://www.lsr-online.org/reports/leicestershire_and_rutland_lower_super_output_ Melton egerton 47 e01025899 Melton 19.71 14127 area_names West Melton Warwick 61 e01025907 Melton 16.92 16402 town and Village Centres Survey West this work was carried out by BMG research on behalf of leicestershire Melton Dorian 69 e01025897 Melton 16.00 17260 county council and leicester shire economic Partnership in 2008. the north research was based upon a customer satisfaction survey of visitors and 73 e01025884 asfordby east Melton 15.80 17426 users in the 17 Main towns identified above. a main report is accompanied Melton egerton 79 e01025898 Melton 15.53 17698 by a shorter report for each individual town or village centre. south West For more information please visit: Greater 94 e01025912 Melton 13.97 19246 http://www.lsr-online.org/reports/leicestershire_town_and_village_survey_2008 Wymondham croxton Kerrial, Parish Plans 97 e01025887 Melton 13.77 19454 eaton and Belvoir a parish plan is led by a cross-section of local people and focused around (national rank: 1=most deprived in england, 32,482=least deprived in the outcomes of a questionnaire survey, which are analysed and used to england) produce a summary report and action plan. More than 25% of parishes in leicestershire have conducted a Parish Plan - this report focuses on Parish Deprivation Change Report Plans completed over the last 3 years. in addition, the research team at leicestershire county council produced For more information please visit: a report which specifically