Binley Woods Parish Plan - Analysis of Main Survey Responses Section H – And Finally… Question H1: How would you describe Binley Woods to a stranger? Some adjectives were used by many respondents. The most common ones (ie those used by 10 or more respondents) are: Friendly 115 25.1% of respondents Quiet 63 13.7% of respondents Pleasant 63 13.7% of respondents Good 61 13.3% of respondents Nice 54 11.8% of respondents Lovely 33 7.2% of respondents Rural / semi-rural 31 6.8% of respondents Safe 28 6.1% of respondents Small 20 4.4% of respondents Large 17 3.7% of respondents Peaceful 16 3.5% of respondents Green 14 3.1% of respondents Convenient 12 2.6% of respondents Great 11 2.4% of respondents Modern 10 2.2% of respondents A complete list of responses is given in Attachment A. Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 1 Section H – And Finally… Question H2: What ONE thing would you most like to see in our village to improve it? The most common answers are: Doctor's surgery 25 5.4% of respondents Health centre 13 2.8% of respondents More police 13 2.8% of respondents Improved parking 8 1.7% of respondents Less dog mess 8 1.7% of respondents Better broadband 7 1.5% of respondents A complete list of responses is given in Attachment B. Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 2 Section H – And Finally… Question H3: Which features of the village (buildings, views, vegetation, etc) are important to retain for future generations? Summarised list of answers: Woods / woodland 136 Village Hall 57 Trees 47 Green spaces / open areas 43 School / school grounds 42 Parks / recreational areas 31 Recreation Ground / Back Field 31 Shops 31 Vegetation 30 Views (unspecified) 29 All / all of it 26 Roseycombe 22 Green Belt 19 Allotments 18 Brandon Wood 16 Village community, size, feel & status 16 Village Green 16 Density / variety of housing 15 Farmland / fields 12 Grass verges 9 Post Office 9 Children's play areas 7 Buildings 6 Library site / building 6 All of the above 5 Bus service / route / transport services 4 Gap between Binley Woods & Coventry 3 Roads / streets 3 Businesses 2 Gardens / front gardens 2 Walks / footpaths / bridle paths 2 Access to the Spinney 1 Birchy Wood 1 Bluebells 1 Broadstreet Rugby Club 1 Butchers 1 Chemist 1 Church 1 Events 1 Hedgehogs 1 Hedgerows 1 One Stop 1 Piles Coppice 1 Police 1 Stadium / speedway 1 View over fields on Rugby Road 1 View towards Brandon 1 View towards Coventry 1 Walk to Coombe Abbey 1 Youth Club 1 Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 3 Section H – And Finally… Question H4: Which features immediately outside of the village (woodland, footpaths, views, etc) are important to retain for future generations? Summarised list of answers: Woods / woodland 213 Walks / footpaths / bridle paths 88 All / all of it 38 Views (unspecified) 27 Brandon Wood 24 Green Belt 23 Walk to Coombe Abbey 21 Farmland & fields 18 All of the above 12 Green spaces / open areas 12 Gap between Binley Woods and Coventry 10 Village community, size, feel & status 8 Parks / recreation areas 7 New Close Wood 5 Trees 5 Bus service / route / transport services 4 Recreation Ground / Back Field 4 Benches in woods 3 Stadium / speedway 3 Walk to Brandon Hall 3 Gap between Binley Woods and Brandon 2 Ponds 2 School / school grounds 2 Village Hall 2 Walk to Brinklow 2 Allotments 1 Birchy Wood 1 Bluebells 1 Brandon golf club 1 Hedgerows 1 Piles Coppice 1 Post Office 1 River 1 Shops 1 View from Piles Coppice 1 View towards Coventry 1 View up Monks Road 1 Village sign 1 Walk to Bretford 1 Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 4 Section H – And Finally… Questions H3 and H4: Which features of the village / immediately outside of the village are important to retain for future generations? Many answers given to question H3 better apply to question H4, and vice versa - or apply equally to both questions. The two sets of responses have been merged in the following analysis. In the above chart, answers have been placed onto logical groupings. For example, ‘Woods / woodland’ includes Brandon Wood, Piles Coppice, New Close Wood, etc. Answers given by less than 10 respondents have been omitted from the above charts. Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 5 Section H – And Finally… Answers given by less than 5 respondents have been omitted from the above charts. Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 6 Section H – And Finally… Questions H5: Have you any other comments you would like to make? Comments made in this section that relate to either specific questions or particular topics covered elsewhere in the questionnaire have been included in the analysis of the relevant question / section. Here are the remaining responses: A big thank you to the doers Although I am not able to become involved, it is great to see people are taking time to care about the village. As I work I do not have time to use the village facilities, the hall, buses, library as much as I would like. But as I'm retiring next year I hope to be a more active member of the community. As our children attended Wolston C of E School, we spent a lot of our 'family social time' in Wolston. They have a definite village identity which I feel we lack here in Binley Woods. I feel we need more open, free events which are very inclusive to encourage all residents to feel part of a village community. Eg village barbeque, Christmas tree event, etc. As we work full-time we are not able to use many of the facilities available in the village. It would be nice for people who work if more events were available in the evenings. We are retailers so we work on Saturday as well and thus unavailable to attend such events as the open day. Can road noise from A46 be reduced? Decorated / lighted Christmas tree to compete with Wolston village. Do more in the village. We used to do loads of things in the village that we don't do now. We could have jubilee events, Halloween and Christmas parties for children. Get young involved in the village events. Elm Close lets the area down. Elm Close needs improvement on the garage areas. I know residents are being ripped off by Havering Management Ltd (London). Ensure retirement bungalows (Coombe Drive area) are for the elderly and not sold on (as one or two have been). Good luck, and thanks to those members of our community who are dealing with these questionnaires. A lot of hard work for some. Have lived here 7 years and don't plan to move - ever. Hope this will help to enhance our village and preserve it for future generations. Thanks. I appreciate the dedication of these residents to spare their time to care for our village and it's future. Thank you. I believe ex Rose Gardens should be turned into a sports venue ie Alan Higgs/Goals I do believe that the car wash on Rugby Road is not only an eyesore but on busy periods causes traffic congestion and also degrades the area I just wanted to say I disagree with the Chairman, who was quoted in the free paper as saying people of Binley Woods would not mind being classed as Coventry. I do mind. This is Warwickshire. Always has been. I love my community. I am very concerned about the number of 'buy to lets' in Elm Close which is destroying the local community. Short terms lets, with lack of engagement to the community, lack of maintenance of flats, 'social' problems with problem tenants - drug dealing, theft, protection services. I think there should be a marked walk taking in Binley Woods (Roseycombe - enter back of recreation ground) - Brandon Lane to Royal Oak - Brandon Wood (back of Brandon Hall) - Binley Woods return to Roseycombe. If Broad Street Rugby Club fails to prosper what would happen to that building and land? How would the village be able to prevent gypsies moving onto that space? I'm grateful for the stewardship of the Parish Council and their thoughtful improvements (keeping verges trimmed, eco-lighting, their advice on planning applications, tree-planting, recreation ground improvements, etc). Improve the look behind the shops in Woodlands Road by making shopkeepers and residents above responsible for rubbish around bins. Improvements to Elm Close. Knock down garages to create large car park. It is worth protecting. Binley Woods Parish Plan Main Questionnaire 7 Section H – And Finally… Let's inform residents and try to encourage ownership or guardianship of our roads and village. Let's make people proud to be part of this community. We live here but we are only looking after it. Let’s make Binley Woods more attractive by having raised flower beds at the entrances to the village and by planting shrubs and trees in key locations and spring bulbs along the Rugby Road and on our side of the island. More community events - open air cinema night etc. Jubilee day was great, brought people together with only one thing in common - Binley Woods. My wife and I often walk to B&Q, Morrisons shopping and often get sprayed with water/mist etc from car wash. Could you tell them to tidy up their act or put some kind of shield up to protect the general public walking past. Need more road sweepers, especially autumn. Need to encourage upkeep of houses, particularly frontages.