You are at Parish Plan/WPPG Action Plan (short version).
This abbreviated version of the Action Plan was updated in October 2007.
This abbreviated version of the Action Plan was updated in October 2007.
| '''Issue''' | '''Specific Project / Objectives''' | '''Progress??''' | %colspan=3|'''Public Services - Crime & Safety''' |
| Policing | Improve police visibility to strengthen relationship with the community | Now have a regular beat officer here & has been seen around often. Attends Cllrs termly surgeries | |
| Policing | Re-establish Neighbourhood Watch Schemes | NW set up - 90% coverage including pub and countryside watch linked up to it | |
| Prevent Crime | Monitor and take up opportunities to prevent crime e.g. anti social behaviour, vandalism, graffiti, hooliganism, car crime and burglary | Requested police to attend NW, which they do - also working hard on junior activities | %colspan=3|'''Public Services - Health and Wellbeing''' |
| Access to Doctors & GP Practice Clinical Team | Improve access to GPs & alternative health services, especially outside of surgery hours | Via Friends of the Cottage Surgery - no report yet | |
| Travel to hospitals | Improve access and publicity for travel options. | ditto | |
| Health Information & Advice | Develop and promote links to suitable information and organisations in suitable places | ditto | |
| Wellbeing | Promote and develop activity groups for sport, recreation and education | Some new groups e.g. Reading. Ch Arts ran some YP sports & dance coaching. Hosted children's theatre. Scout Hut future plans to join up with Sports Club to uncrease youth activities | %colspan=3|'''Employment and Business''' |
| Retain & improve local business | Establish local business group, study residents' suggestions, increase publicity for the range of goods and encourage regular customer surveys | Business Forum of all local retailers met twice but now dormant | |
| Access by disabled residents | Compliance with Disability Discrimination Act in order to ensure access to streets and shops for disabled residents | Forum above was to consider | %colspan=3|'''Village Facilities''' |
| Allotments | Increase awareness and take up of allotments | PR in Roundabout & more rented as a result. New rules May 07 & new manager Oct 07. | |
| Churches | Ensure churches are aware of responses to questions | Supplied | |
| Parish Premises | Review management, maintenance and facilities of all parish premises. Set up two subgroups reporting to the Parish Council. One group will be concerned with replacing children�s play equipment, with the other group focused on the village hall, annexe and scout hut. | Play area team strengthened. Friends of Village Hall group set up Aug 05, PC allocation of �5000 for their first wish list. | |
| Community Centre | Residents' access problems Ensure school are aware of concerns over access | Community Centre now defunct | |
| Meeting room: Old Woodhouse | Provision of community room. Continue to support this project [83% of the 380 responses favoured a room extension to church] | Building started Oct 07; Trustees recruited | %colspan=3|'''Local Government and Communication''' |
| Parish Council visibility | Set up a working group to consider current Parish Council communications mechanisms and the actions that can be taken to respond to the comments made | Improved comms via noticeboards, email & PC website regularly updated & page in Roundabout | |
| Borough & County Council visibility | Propose regular surgeries with local Borough and County Councillors | Three per year set up | |
| Parish Income | Annual review of parish income and expenditure taking account of PP | Precept increased 05/-06 onwards with annual uplift agreed | |
| Action Plan follow-up | Review progress on the action plan Continue to have this as a standing item on the Parish Council's agenda and encourage WPPG members to attend | Done | %colspan=3|'''Young People aged 13-19''' |
| Access to Social & Sports Facilities | Explore ways to provide access to social and sports facilities that are not available to young residents Establish a Young People's working party to meet with Charnwood Youth Service officers to explore options | Via a proposed Youth Council/junior cttee but Scout Hut development may do this | |
| Lack of information | Publicise existing opportunities available in the locality Ask the Young People's working party to commission the fact-finding | Via proposed Youth Council | |
| Views of young people | Increase awareness of needs of this age group; Consider annual Parish Council meeting with young people in this age group | Youth Council - no response from invitees | %colspan=3|'''Planning and Environmental Issues''' |
| Dog Fouling | Control dog fouling and educate owners to clean-up | CBC leaflets/bags distributed & photo opportunity in local press & clear up by PC; comms with CBC street wardens as and when | |
| Protect Parish Environment | Include survey results in the work of the Village Design Groups | Done, but pressure needed on planning system to respect this | |
| Energy Resources | Investigate local renewable energy strategies and encourage take up Establish steering group to collate data and recommend strategies | To do | |
| Planning Applications | Seek to establish better access to information regarding local planning applications. Prepare proposals for consideration by the Parish Council as part of review of its communications | Regular display on noticeboards & via email lists & on website via BC links | |
| New homes | Housing development Support the Borough Council survey into affordable housing. | Survey done - site finder failed to find a site that owner would sell. | |
| Street scene | Enhancing village appearance Explore the possibility of landscaping small, visible spaces [e.g. via commissioning a landscape architect] | To do, possibly with new Heritage Warden Oct 07- | %colspan=3|'''Traffic and Transport''' |
| Speed | Assemble data and video evidence to make a case for: more visible policing & reduced speed limits [e.g. on Beacon Road]. Establish a Traffic Watch Group to co-ordinate this work. | Traffic Watch group set up & very active. Petition done & covert monitoring done by police. Speed monitor bought and used. Involved in CSW pilot 2006. Ongoing pressure; some improvements eg 40mph on Maplewell; VAS in OW; roundel on Church Hill | |
| Parking | Assemble evidence and prepare report | TW engaged in this | |
| Traffic Congestion | Explore ways to reduce congestion | TW lobbying | |
| Horse-riding | Seek more off road routes for horse-riders to ease the flow of traffic and reduce the risk to horses and riders. | TW with WESRRA horse riders group engaged |