Duns Tew Village Plan Duns Village Tew Plan Duns Tew, Cherwell District, North Oxfordshire Final Village Plan Page 1 of 64 Duns Tew Village Plan Table of contents 1. Introduction................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1. The Village Plan steering committee.............................................................................. 5 1.2. The 2001 Village Appraisal............................................................................................... 5 1.3. How the Village Plan is organised.................................................................................... 6 1.4. History of Duns Tew .......................................................................................................... 6 2. Meeting Places............................................................................................................................... 9 2.1. The Village Church............................................................................................................ 10 2.2. The Village Hall.................................................................................................................. 13 2.3. The Village Pub................................................................................................................... 14 3. Gatherings .................................................................................................................................... 16 3.1. Clubs and Societies........................................................................................................... 16 3.2. Communications.................................................................................................................. 19 3.2.1. Neighbourhood Watch........................................................................................... 19 3.2.2. Good neighbour-type scheme ...............................................................................20 3.2.3. Newsletter ................................................................................................................20 3.2.4. Web-site....................................................................................................................22 3.2.5. Welcome pack...........................................................................................................24 3.3. Parish Council .....................................................................................................................25 3.3.1. Communications........................................................................................................25 3.3.2. Financials ...................................................................................................................26 3.3.3. Grass cutting ............................................................................................................26 3.3.4. Litter ..........................................................................................................................26 3.3.5. Roadside street cleaning .......................................................................................26 3.3.6. Trees and shrubs.....................................................................................................27 3.3.7. Play Area....................................................................................................................27 3.3.8. Village Hall mortgage..............................................................................................27 3.3.9. Best Kept Village competition..............................................................................27 3.3.10. Planning.......................................................................................................................27 4. Design.............................................................................................................................................30 4.1. Housing.................................................................................................................................30 4.1.1. How the Affordable Housing process works ................................................... 31 4.1.2. Affordable Housing and Duns Tew .....................................................................32 4.1.3. Duns Tew as a Conservation Area .......................................................................33 4.1.4. Summary ....................................................................................................................34 4.2. Countryside.........................................................................................................................35 4.3. Farmers................................................................................................................................36 4.4. Public Rights of Way........................................................................................................37 4.5. Pedestrian issues...............................................................................................................40 4.5.1. Access to the A4260 for walkers, cyclists and horse-riders..................... 41 4.5.2. More central pavements........................................................................................42 4.6. Streetlights........................................................................................................................42 4.7. Traffic issues.....................................................................................................................43 Page 2 of 64 Duns Tew Village Plan 5. Services.........................................................................................................................................45 5.1. Public Sector Services ....................................................................................................45 5.1.1. The Health Service.................................................................................................45 5.1.2. Fire Service ..............................................................................................................48 5.1.3. Police Service...........................................................................................................48 5.1.4. Refuse Collection.....................................................................................................49 5.1.5. Education ...................................................................................................................50 5.1.6. Library Service ........................................................................................................50 5.1.7. Postal Service...........................................................................................................50 5.2. Private Sector Services.................................................................................................. 51 5.2.1. Community shop ....................................................................................................... 51 5.2.2. Transport Services.................................................................................................52 5.2.3. General Transport...................................................................................................52 5.2.4. Mains electricity......................................................................................................54 5.2.5. Mains gas provision .................................................................................................55 5.2.6. Mains water...............................................................................................................55 6. Youth section ...............................................................................................................................56 6.1. Schools.................................................................................................................................56 6.2. Facilities for the young ...................................................................................................56 6.3. Play Area..............................................................................................................................57 6.4. Youth Club...........................................................................................................................60 7. Summary of recommendations ................................................................................................ 61 8. Acknowledgements .....................................................................................................................63 Countryside views across southern Duns Tew Page 3 of 64 Duns Tew Village Plan 1. Introduction Welcome to the Duns Tew Village Plan. This is a report on the state of affairs in Duns Tew in 2005. It has been compiled with the help of many residents and is built on the 2001 Village Appraisal. A Village Plan is intended to serve many purposes:- • the main purpose is to inform and influence future planning and development policies for the relevant local authorities • the recommendations in this report are included as a Duns Tew Action Plan, and passed to the responsible authority. We hope and believe that the Parish Council will ensure that the recommendations are accepted and followed through, as part of its normal ‘overseeing’ function in village activities • if you are new to Duns Tew, this will explain much of the