Objectives
The Parish Council believes that by highlighting a number of specific matters for the coming year, in addition to all the general issues that are dealt with, helps provide a focus and measure of accountability. In May 2016 the Parish Council identified the following matters:
- Investigate additional cycle path/footpath opportunities, particularly the one on the A4421 together with increased availability of other leisure facilities for residents
- Complete the Resilience and Emergency Planning programme
- Investigate the need to develop a Neighbourhood Plan
Some of these are a follow on from the previous year’s seven objectives, where no’s 1-5 below were met in whole or part as follows:
- to communicate more with the community in an open and transparent manner;
- to actively encourage more people to get involved with activities around the village;
- to support the development of a CLP Plan;
- to establish a vibrant new website that all sections of the community can participate in and contribute to;
- to obtain funding to re-furbish the entire playground and commission the work;
- to pursue the issue of the bicycle/footpath on the A4421;
- to investigate the viability of creating a village open space.
Focus for the current year 2017/2018 is as follows:
- Continue to communicate regularly with the community
- Increase the number of Parish Councillors to 7 and identify a new Chairman for 2018/19
- Support the proposed bi-annual Food Beer & Music Festival in June 2018
- Promote tree awareness in the community
- Vehicle speeding matters in the village and raise money for a VAS Electronic Road sign
- Continue to pursue the issue of a bicycle/footpath on the A4421