The Spaldwick Parish Plan
The Government wants local communities to have more control
of their own lives, to say what they want in their own parish
and to work with other organisations to get it done.
The Government’s November 2000 Rural White Paper stated that Parish Plans
should “identify key facilities and services, set out the problems that need to
be tackled and demonstrate how distinctive character and features can be
preserved”. They should set out a vision for the community in
the future and identify the action needed to tackle issues of concern
in addition to including everything that is relevant to the people who live and
work in the community, from employment needs to playgrounds. The Parish Plan
should consult everyone and give them a chance to say what they think about the
social, economic and environmental issues affecting them and how they’d like to
see their community improved. The whole community has to be involved,
not just those who come along to Parish Council meetings.
In Spaldwick, we have the Spaldwick Parish Plan initiative.
A survey of residents was undertaken in July 2008
In Spaldwick, a comprehensive survey of residents was undertaken in July
2008, and the results of this survey were formally published in November 2009.
Spaldwick Councillor Jason Pope presenting preliminary
results of the survey to attendees of the Spaldwick Fete in July 2009
You can download the results of the survey now!
New! The results of
the Spaldwick survey have now been published, and you can download the PDF
version of the published document
here.
The document also lists a number of actions that are needed to address the
issues raised.
Spaldwick has spoken, and now it's time to make things happen
Following on from the survey, the most important part of the
Spaldwick Parish Plan is now underway - the development of real
plans and implementation projects to make things happen.
This page will allow you to track progress, and help you understand
how you can be involved. To be successful, implementation projects
will demand the skills, expertise, passion and time of Spaldwick
residents.
So far, three initiatives have been instigated:
Improved facilities for the youth
A youth facilities group has been formed to progress actions to
improve the facilities available within the village, which was a
major issue identified by the Parish Plan questionnaire.
For more information on the Spaldwick Youth Group,
click here.
If you wish to participate, then please contact:
spaldwickyouth@btinternet.com.
Spaldwick Village Hall and playing fields
The Parish Plan questionnaire has endorsed the need for both a
village hall and a playing field and the resulting Action Plan calls
for a re-vitalisation of the village hall and playing field project.
New! An Extraordinary
General Meeting took place on 2nd December 2009, at
Spaldwick School at 8pm, which elected a new
Village Hall Management Committee.
You can understand the background by downloading the notes
below:
Background notes for the Village Hall Project
For more information on the new Village Hall Project,
click
here.
Speed reduction
The Parish Plan questionnaire identified speeding as a major
concern for many residents. Subsequent independent speed checks have
revealed a large number of vehicles travelling within the village
above the speed limit. As a result, a speed reduction group has been
formed.
Further information, to allow you to track progress and understand how you
can be involved in improvements, will appear here.
If you are interested in joining the speeding group, please email your
details to
stopspeeding@TheFileCrypt.com.