SUMMARY OF ACTION POINTS – STOURPAINE PARISH PLAN UPDATE – 2013: Update to the 2007 plan – Action Points

A. INTRODUCTION
As most of the action points included in the 2007 Stourpaine Parish Plan have now been completed, Stourpaine Parish Council decided the time was right to undertake an update to this Plan. This update was to be obtained by seeking the opinions of parish residents, social groups, societies and local businesses on issues that they consider matter to them.

An “Update Team” was established and the bulk of the consultation began with an open day “Stourpaine Matters” which was held in the Stourpaine village hall on the 6th October 2012. The results of this consultation were used to design questionnaires which were hand delivered to all households in the parish of Stourpaine during mid November 2012.

Those attending the open day represented 13% of the Parish population and 16% of the number of households. This compares with 130 (22%) adults and children who attended the first Stourpaine Parish Plan Open Day in 2005. Questionnaires from 126 households, 216 “adults” and 11 “young persons” [aged between 8 and 17] were completed and returned for analysis. This represented a response rate of 45% from all households, 39% from adults and 32% from those aged between eight and 17 who live in the Parish of Stourpaine. In comparison, the 2007 Parish Plan had input from 131 households (53%), 250 adults (51%) and 31 (46%) young people.

Following analysis of the information collected during the research period, at the open day and from the completed questionnaires, a detailed report was written for submission to and adoption by Stourpaine Parish Council. The report was adopted by the Council at a meeting on the 19th September 2013. The main report contains a summary of actions that the Update Team recommend should be undertaken by Stourpaine Parish Council and other parties. A copy of the main report is available on the www.stourpaine.info web site.

B. REQUEST FOR HELP
In the summary of action points which follows, reference is made to groups and individuals who we hope will be able to help undertake the work required to fulfil the wishes of Stourpaine residents expressed in the update to the Stourpaine Parish Plan. A number of you have already volunteered to help and you may be contacted in due course. If anyone else would like to help with any of the action points, then in the first instance, please contact:
Derek Gardiner, Update Chairman
1 Hod Drive, Stourpaine, DT11 8TJ
01258 488 455, derekg@ibres.com

C. ACTION POINTS

KEY:   1. Action   2. Responsibility   3. Time Scale

Key to Time Scale:
.. Short Term – within 6 months of issue of this update.
.. Medium Term – 6 months after of issue of this update.
.. Long Term – Time scale difficult to determine – most projects will be ongoing.

1. Determine the wisdom of printing the Benefice magazine monthly and distributing it to all households in the parish. This will also involve exploring ways to make this financially possible.
2. Local PCCs and Mr Lyle Adlem who has already been involved in discussions about this action point.
3. Short term

1. Support the use of www.stourpaine.info through training special interest groups to post information on the website.
2. Stourpaine Parish Council, all village groups and societies. We recommend Mr George McCavitt is approached and asked to lead this process.
3. On-going

1. Establish an e-mail news system to keep residents informed about forthcoming events.
2. Interested individuals. We recommend Mr George McCavitt is approached and asked to lead this process.
3. On-going

1. Continue to lobby local and central government to transfer the A350 to the C13 but as this is not contained in the Core Strategy it is unlikely that the situation will change for some years.
2. Councillor Scott Norman, Stourpaine Parish Council to lead.
3. Long term

1. Discuss approaches to reduce speeding on the A350 through the village with the Dorset AONB Partnership. Investigate ways in which Stourpaine can benefit from advice and help from them, including grant aid. Follow these through with discussions with the appropriate authorities e.g. the Highways Agency, North Dorset District Council, Dorset County Council.
2. Councillor Scott Norman, Stourpaine Parish Council to lead. Dorset Police, Dorset Roadsafe Highways Agency, NDDC, DCC and Dorset AONB.
3. Medium term

1. Continue to explore the feasibility of installing speed cameras and a pedestrian crossing on the A350 with the Highways Agency, North Dorset District Council, Dorset County Council and the Dorset AONB Partnership.
2. Councillor Scott Norman, Stourpaine Parish Council to lead. Dorset Police, Dorset Roadsafe Highways Agency, NDDC, DCC and Dorset AONB.
3. Medium term

1. Work with heavy vehicle owners whose drivers use the Trailway to encourage them to drive with care on the Trailway and through the village.
2. Councillor Keith Yarwood – Stourpaine Parish Council, North Dorset Trailway Group, DCC Rangers.
3. On-going

1. Determine ways in which to communicate with Trailway users (pedestrians and cyclists) about safe use of the Trailway and act on these findings.
2. Councillor Keith Yarwood – Stourpaine Parish Council, North Dorset Trailway Group, DCC Rangers and interested individuals.
3. Medium term

1. Determine how the Trailway can best be maintained in good order for all users, but especially for pedestrians and cyclists and act on these findings.
2. Councillor Keith Yarwood – Stourpaine Parish Council, North Dorset Trailway Group, DCC Rangers and interested individuals.
3. Long term

1. Should the new village hall / sports facility be built consider naming it either the Stourpaine Village Hall or the Stourpaine Village Centre.
2. The committee formed from the merger of the Stourpaine Village Hall Committee and the Stourpaine Playing Fields Association.
3. Medium term

1. Ensure that any proposals for the design, location and operating conditions for the proposed new facility are made available for comment prior to submission of any planning applications.
2. Councillor David Williams – Stourpaine Parish Council (who has been involved in the plans / proposals to date), Stourpaine Village Hall Committee, Stourpaine Playing Fields Association.
3. Short / Medium term

1. Inform the Blandford Leisure Centre of the findings of this report to justify why the Council should not contribute to funding the Centre.
2. Stourpaine Parish Council.
3. Completed

1. Identify those in the Parish who may need voluntary help from time to time and set up a team to provide this help.
2. Local groups and interested individuals.
3. On-going

1. Investigate the wisdom of providing the following in Stourpaine either at the proposed facility or elsewhere in the parish:

• film nights and social evenings
• bridge and whist evenings
• a youth club, football club and a skateboard park for the under 18 year olds
• coffee mornings, lunches and afternoon teas for the older generation
• a voluntary service to help some of the older generation with for example, companionship, shopping, car transport.

2. Local societies, local groups and interested individuals. In addition we recommend that the Stourpaine Village Hall Committee and the Stourpaine Playing Fields Association could co-ordinate some of these suggestions particularly as they relate to their premises / land.
3. On-going

1. Prepare a village welcome pack (in hard copy and electronic format) to provide to new arrivals to Stourpaine.
2. Stourpaine Parish Council to lead and to work with Holy Trinity church, local groups and interested individuals to prepare a village welcome pack.
3. In hand

1. Pursue any opportunities to help protect individual properties in Stourpaine from surface and groundwater flooding.
2. Environment Agency to lead; Stourpaine Parish Council, Dorset County Council (lead flood authority), DEFRA and interested individuals.
3. In hand

1 “Local groups” refers to individuals that may form a group to deal with specific issues.

• Continue to monitor and seek the views of children and young people and the wider village community with regard to their needs for high quality communal play areas. It is acknowledged that the requirements of children and young people will be subject to change. Therefore there may be a need to review the availability of funding with which to re-model and improve the areas and equipment notwithstanding the planned Phase Two investment.

2. Stourpaine Parish Council.
3. On-going

1. Ensure that regular reviews of health and safety are undertaken to identify the need for repair and replacement of play equipment.
2. Stourpaine Parish Council.
3. On-going

1. Identify the specific locations where the paths and hedgerows could be better maintained and arrange for maintenance work to be carried out.
2. In the first instance any rights of way problems should be referred to Councillor David Williams, Rights of Way Officer, Stourpaine Parish Council. If necessary any maintenance problems can be referred on to the Dorset County Council Rangers for action.
3. Short term

1. Monitor the aspirations and progress of Dorset Waste Partnership’s waste plans to help assess the wisdom of providing local recyclable material and garden waste collection facilities.
2. Dorset Waste Partnership
3. Short / Medium term

1. Using this report, examine where new dog waste bins could be located and review the feasibility where identified by Stourpaine Parish Council with NDDC and the North Dorset Trailway Group.
2. Stourpaine Parish Council, Dorset County Council Rangers
3. On going

1. Verify the demand for affordable housing in Stourpaine
2. NDDC with input from Stourpaine Parish Council
3. Medium / Long Term

1. Prepare a Village Design Statement (contained in 2007 Plan)
2. Stourpaine Parish Council to investigate further with input from local groups and interested individuals
3. Medium term

1. Prepare a Neighbourhood Plan
2. Stourpaine Parish Council to investigate further with input from local groups and interested individuals
3. Medium term