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Community Plan

Pucklechurch ~ Shortwood ~ Parkfield ~ Lyde Green

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On the Buses

Do you want a better bus service for Pucklechurch (including Shortwood and Parkfield)? Do you have ideas on how it could be improved?  Do you want to have your say? This meeting is open to everyone with and interest or point of view.

Public Meeting
Wednesday, 13th January
8.00pm in the Village Hall meeting room

The Traffic & Transportation working group of the Community Plan are finalising proposals for the future of bus transport for Pucklechurch.  The meeting will summarise the data collected in the Community Plan survey and then discuss options and ideas to be put to the Parish Council, South Gloucestershire and the bus companies.

If you can't be at the meeting send your input to
community.plan@pucklechurch.org or Martin Smith, Hodden Cottage, Hodden Lane, Pucklechurch, BS16 9SG.

Our Community Needs Your Views

Are you interested in the future of where you live? Are you worried by the way the area is developing or might change? Are there aspects you really like or dislike? Would you like to be more involved?

INTERESTED? Read On...

Our Community Plan will define what the people who live, work and play in this area want for its future. In order to make sure that the Plan really represents your views, we need to know what you think.

Why Create a Plan?

Every village and rural community has been given a chance to influence its own future as part of a National Government Initiative and now it’s our turn! The Plan will be drawn up independently, by local people, for local people.

The benefits include:

  • the identification of important projects to include in a 10-year local action plan
  • a better chance of successful funding applications to make our chosen projects happen
  • greater influence over Local Government decision making
  • improved communication with local businesses, as well as within the community
  • supporting and informing the work of the Parish Council

What needs to be done to create a plan?

To complete the plan there will be wide ranging consultation with individuals and groups around the parish.  This will take place over several months and be broken into five phases:

  • Phase I – Set up
    • Establish Steering Group and processes
    • This Phase has been completed
  • Phase II – Gather ideas, issues and needs
    • Identify the items that are important to the parish
    • This phase (up to 30th September 2006) has been completed
  • Phase III – Questionnaire Development & Consultation
    • Use working groups to develop detailed questionnaire on all the topics identified in Phase II. The working groups are:
      • Community Spirit: This deals with the way people feel about the place in which they live - its sense of community and the extent to which people in the Community Plan area feel they are part of a community.
      • Environment: The man-made and natural surroundings that provide the overall physical characteristics of our area including the natural environment (our local landscape and wildlife), the built environment (our buildings, roads and other urban features) and the historic environment (our local heritage, sites and monuments).
      • Traffic & Transportation: This section looks at how people in the Community Plan area travel for work and recreation. It deals with the impact on our community of traffic from inside and outside the area.  It deals with the infrastructure to support the movement of people by foot, cycle, private vehicle and public transport.
      • Sustainability: This covers what it would take to make Pucklechurch Parish a more environmentally sustainable community.
    • Use questionnaire to engage the parish in comprehensive consultation on the future of the parish
    • This phase has been completed
  • Phase IV – Analysis and Plan Development - In progress
    • Analyse results and prepare and launch the first version of the plan
      • First each working group is to prepare an analysis of where we are today, define where we want to be in the future and develop an action plan to get there.
      • Second the individual plans will be consolidated into an overall plan for the Parish
      • Third, this will be presented to the Parish Council for adoption
      • Forth this will then be be published and a summary distributed to all households in the Parish
  • Phase V – Action and Monitor
    • Implement recommendations, monitor progress, modify plan as required

All households, groups and businesses in the village will be consulted in order that the Plan is as valid and influential as possible.

Contact Information

Please email: community.plan@pucklechurch.org

or call Martin Smith (937 4437)