Availability of Facilities for Community Events & Activities

The Village Hall has received funding for significant improvements, including works to enable the separate letting of the rear meeting rooms. In terms of lettings, the VH has recently lost some regular users and consequently about 30% of its income. The Library is due to be leased to the Parish Council (99 year lease) and run by the Friends of BB Library. Appropriate community use out of Library hours will be pursued. AGREE = 3

BB Primary School Board is reviewing its lettings policies including consideration of community use of the school hall. AGREE = 1

The Parish Council has deferred works to the Reading Room to enable its use for community activities to be considered as part of this review.

Are there sufficient facilities available for demand from users?

How do users access the range of facilities and secure the right one for them?

Consider integrating bookings arrangements and advertising for the range of community facilities.

AGREE = 2

Youth Club for the Village AGREE = 7

Youth Yurt AGREE = 3

MUGA AGREE = 2

Have you had any difficulties in finding out about what facilities are available?

Have you been unable to book facilities because of other users or for any other reason?

TV & Radio Reception

Digital switchover has resolved most TV reception problems, although areas of the Parish cannot receive Freeview and need Freesat (more expensive).

Many reported radio reception problems to do with poor receiving equipment. Analogue radio reception is largely acceptable and stations also available via Freeview/ Freesat.

Local Broadcasting

BBC had shelved Radio Dorset for want of funds. Decision this autumn on introducing part time Dorset Radio.

Lack of coherent / comprehensive news about what’s going on in the County.

Little regular W Dorset coverage on radio or TV stations.

Remaining (generally) intermittent TV reception problems are being pursued by DorBAG in conjunction with Offcom.

Do you support:

·      Establishing Radio Dorset?

·      Increased Dorset news coverage? AGREE = 10

·      Improved and comprehensive means of finding out what events are going on across the County? AGREE = 1

Village web site needs regular updates & could be used to promote debate

AGREE = 1

Retain analogue radio

AGREE = 5

Permanent) club house for the young

AGREE = 2 plus one warning re inappropriate behaviour

Lease library for community use

AGREE = 6

Secure pre-school facilities for a longer period 5 days a week ref catering for modern family needs

Look at rationalising community facilities

Publicise PC meetings etc and enhance public facilities

Encourage written input into PC business

Affordable Housing

3 Affordable housing units completed as part of the Flax Mill Development

12 new private houses built in the last five years

Reducing Carbon Emissions

No data collected to know what level of carbon emissions are from the Parish or whether levels increasing or declining

Parish Council adopted a sustainability policy

Parish Council Planning Committee uses the new sustainability policy to provide comments on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from development proposals

New sequential test developed by the Environment Agency will reduce house building on flood plain. AGREE = 1

Manor Farm housing development refused AGREE = 13

Is affordable housing still a big issue for the Parish? AGREE = 14

Do we need a new housing needs assessment to establish extent of local housing need? AGREE = 12

How to increase availability of affordable homes? What sites can be made available? AGREE = 2

What more can the Parish do to reduce carbon emissions? AGREE =1

Should the parish be considering community renewable energy schemes? AGREE = 22

Wind Turbine on North Hill

AGREE = 4 DISAGREE = 5

No more building

AGREE = 3

Go back 50 years

AGREE = 2

Refuse development outside the Defined Development Area

Particularly where they only deliver minimum affordable housing.

P.C. should actively campaign against planning applications that contravene planning guidelines Re: conservation area and areas AONB.

What is being done to provide anti-flood.ie: sand bags

Now you’re all here and don’t want anymore building NIMBY what about us we did’nt think there was going to be anymore building 30 years ago

Carbon emissions has nothing to do with Parish Council

Built Environment

WDDC has produced a conservation area assessment and action plan to conserve, enhance and raise awareness of the parish’s special qualities

National Trust have repaired dry stone walls on their property

Wildlife

Parish Council responded to Shoreline Management Plan consultation process

National Trust Volunteer Group formed to undertake practical conservation projects in Parish

Environment Agency maintenance works along the river Bride has changed as a result of parish lobbying on behalf of the Water Vole

Dry stone walls continue to fall into

disrepair

Need to increase community awareness of rising sea levels and medium term objectives in the Shoreline Management Plan for managed retreat at Freshwater AGREE =1

Fragmented pockets of wildlife habitat are under managed and need to be linked together with hedges AGREE = 6

Outside of protected sites wildlife species are struggling to thrive. 2010 targets for biodiversity in UK NOT achieved

Need for increased tree cover for wildlife, for water retention and to increase wood fuel – Veteran trees in Parish need active management AGREE = 5

Should the parish run training days in repairing dry stone walls? AGREE = 11

Which walls are important to retain as historic or landscape features?

AGREE = 3

Parish events on impacts of sea level rise?

What sites in the parish are important to wildlife? Are they being actively managed for wildlife? AGREE =6

What help can the Parish provide to improve management of land for wildlife

A plan for safeguarding veteran trees in the parish? AGREE = 6

What sites are available for tree planting schemes? AGREE = 4

Improve Woodland Management for firewood use in the village

AGREE = 2

Community Apple Day / Making better use of apples / Parish Council to purchase and share an Apple Press for residents

AGREE = 4

Lobby for better kerbside facility for re cycling plastics

AGREE = 3

Use volunteers to audit wildlife areas in the Parish

Prevent coastal erosion by people taking shortcuts to/from the beach

More tree planting

Start a Flood Warden Scheme

AGREE =2

Survey Traditional finger posts in the Parish and ensure maintained/ replaced with same

AGREE = 2

What about a village compost site for our large amount of clippings

AGREE =2

Activity/Issue

AGREE

Written Comments

Reduced speed through village

75

20 mph speed limit in village (6) 20 mph speed limit in Beech Rd (5)

No change to speed limits (4) Reduce speed limits on approach to village (1)

30 speed limit in Shipton Ln. should be enforced (1)

Safe pedestrian crossing points

27

Safe crossing at bend by garage to access playground (4)

Use of bridge from Shadrach Dairy Farm to access playground & playing field (2)

Footpaths through village

31

Improved pedestrian footpaths through village (5)

Get rid of cobbles to make safe (1)

Safe cycle route to West Bay

74

Cycle route to West Bay (1) Cycle route to Bridport (5)

Village cycling club (1)

Car share scheme

3

Car lift scheme to Dorchester & Weymouth (1)

Village car park

29

Extension of bus route to Beech Rd.

6

Maintain services in village to minimise car use

62

Improve local transport

2

Direct bus service to Dorchester (2)

Miscellaneous

B3157 comments

Reinstate Cats eyes and white lines on coast road (5)

Mirror to improve visibility when exiting Shadrach at Anchor Inn (2)

Too many Hive Beach signs on main road (1)

Activity over the last 5 years

New & Outstanding Issues

Consultation Questions

Since the X53 bus service introduced the public transport links to Bridport and Weymouth (most likely centre for delivering training) have been significantly improved – AGREE = 2

Local produce being sourced and sold in the Post Office – also there has been an increase in the number of people selling local produce on their ‘door step’ –AGREE = 8

Wessex Business Link (WBL) provides training and business advice. Individual businesses can speak to WBL advisors regarding any subject not in the forthcoming training programme.

Businesses could work together to produce an information leaflet for Burton Bradstock. – AGREE = 5

Combine promotion of parish businesses with Dorset Local Food activities. – AGREE = 2

Using the school outside school hours as a training resource for IT and other educational courses/events– AGREE = 17

“Also possible car parking i.e. for Music Festival and Village Hall Activities”

“BUT No more parking outside the school – too much there now” AGREE = 1

Is there a need for small workshop units or business premises in the village?

“Don’t agree they use their spare bedroom”

“NO”

What more can be done to promote local business?

Activity over the last 5 years

New & Outstanding Issues

Consultation Questions

Delivery of prescriptions to BB post office happens once a week from both Bridport and Portesham surgeries.

Both surgeries have carried out flu clinics in the Reading room and there have been a number of home visits made for flu vaccinations. – AGREE = 4

The 45 bus service gives direct access to Bridport hospital. – AGREE = 3

2 community police officers based in Bridport cover 13 local villages including Burton Bradstock

A surgery is held at the post office on the last Tuesday of each month and a dedicated van is parked on Annings Lane for 1 day the 2^nd week of the month

Homewatch operates in the village.

AGREE = 9

Crime figures for the parish are falling

COMMENTS ON THE DAY

Transport to visit Bridport Health Centre. –AGREE = 3

Direct transport (bus) to Dorchester especially the hospital. AGREE = 1

No cold calling to be extended?

The PC should offer the Home watch controller a 5 minute slot twice a year to update on any key developments on this and to see if there is anything it can do to help.

The PC should consider appointing someone as the village’s link with telephone, gas, electricity and water companies to ensure the smoothest running of these services for the village, and the early identification of any problem

Greater awareness of prescriptions service?- AGREE = 1

Crime prevention talks? AGREE = 2

What can be done to improve the health of our community?

What can be done to reduce the ‘perception’ of crime in our community?