Stoke St Gregory Parish Council Somerset,

Stoke St Gregory Action Plan

General Actions

The Parish Council should prioritise the above actions into short term (6-12months), medium term (12mths- 3 years) and long term (3 – 5 years

The Parish Council undertakes to repeat this parish appraisal in 2010

Households

Arrange for information and grants to be available for the installation of energy saving and safety devices installed in homes.

Review the transport needs of those households without private transport or who are disabled.

Actively promote the clear naming and numbering of houses.

Explore opportunities with the shop owner to encourage greater use of this local amenity.

Transport

Review access to transport, public and private, for the households which are unable to access essential services and shopping .

Consider the options for reducing private car use including car sharing, and improvements to public transport.

Consider developing village minibus transport scheme.

Assess whether a car share scheme should be set up and contact respondents who expressed a desire to join such a scheme.

The Environment

Review road, roadside and footpath repair and maintenance particularly consider cyclists pedestrians and horse riders.

Consult with the County Council for improving the main danger spots of I) the bends by Walnut Tree Cottage and 2) the camber on the road at ‘Denman’s Hill.’

Initiate a traffic survey to ascertain the amount of speeding at different locations in the village and how best to reduce speeding.

Produce a map of rights of way in the area to enable easier access.

Review with the Footpath Officer, the design of stiles, placement of mid-route way marks and stiles at locked gates to improve access.

Investigate the positioning dog waste bins.

Review methods of reducing litter in the Parish.

Investigate the feasibility of separate collection of recyclable materials.

Education and Liesure

Liaise with the Playgroup, the School Governors and the Friends of the School to investigate the possibility of meeting the needs for childcare provision.

Explore opportunities for further education classes with Taunton Adult Learning and Leisure and local people interested in establishing clubs.

Review the provision and access to public and private transport.

Review the provision of a centralised information point.

Consider the appointment of an Information Officer.

Follow up those respondents who stated that they are willing to help run clubs.

Develop an IT training program to offer computer training and use of the internet.

Follow up those respondents who stated that they are willing to help to set up new leisure activities.

Housing and Work

Set up local working group on how to achieve more affordable housing in the next 5 – 10 years.

Work with Taunton Deane Borough to make any necessary changes to the local structure plan to enable affordable homes to be built.

Apply for a rural community grant for a feasibility study for affordable housing in Stoke St Gregory.

Set up a working group to look at ways of creating more jobs for local people.

Crime Prevention

Review the role of the Community Police Service in crime prevention.

Approach the present Neighbourhood Watch leaders and with them promote new schemes in areas of the village that are not presently covered.

Investigate schemes for reducing speeding in the village.

Quality of Life

Develop a “Welcome” pack for new residents to the Parish.

Contact those willing people willing to participate in a good neighbour and Parish Warden schemes.

Ascertain that the support needs of those people who are disabled are being met.

Convene a ‘patient user group’ in conjunction with the health centre manager to consider options for improving access especially for disabled people.

Consider the establishment of a Carer Support Group for those people who look after others.

Young People

Investigate the feasibility of new hard court area with lighting and shelter on the playing field, or short tern use of school playground.

Establish register of young people available for work.

Investigate public transport for young people to see if there can be improvement in timetables, fares, reliability and driver attitude or local transport alternatives .

Review ways in which young people can be involved in the business of the Parish Council.

Back

Index

Home