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Barkway-Newsells Parish Plan - Update
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26th February 2010 A meeting of the Parish Plan Steering Group, plus volunteers, was held in the Reading Room on Friday 26th February. The purpose of the meeting was to set up working groups to look into possible solutions to the many issues and concerns raised by the recent Parish Plan questionnaire. The meeting was successful and the purpose was achieved. A mixture of Steering Group members and volunteers agreed to work on individual project groups. Click here for a minute of the meeting Click here for a list of projects with allocated resources The Parish Plan Steering Group is extremely grateful to the volunteers for offering their support in the production of a Parish Plan. As ever, help is always needed and if anyone would like to add their support or knowledge to the process, they may contact the Steering Group by emailing parishplan@barkway-village.co.uk
16th February 2010 As part of the Parish Plan process, Councillor Robert Davidson and Cecelia van der Heijden of the Parish Plan Steering Group met with two officials from Herts Highways yesterday to discuss traffic issues in Barkway which were raised as a result of the recent questionnaire. Several matters were discussed and the feeling was that the meeting was very constructive and certainly encouraging in that Herts Highways shared our concerns over traffic issues in the village. The issues raised will now be considered and subject to necessary safety, viability and economic areas, we are hopeful that solutions to our traffic problems will be found
12th February 2010 The next meeting of the Steering Group is planned for Friday 26th February to be held in the Reading Room at 7.30pm. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss with volunteers the issues raised by the analysis of the recent questionnaire and to allocate resources to seek solutions to some of the issues.
4th February 2010 Click here to view the report on the analysis of the recent questionnaire prepared by Dr Robert Davidson. A hard copy is available to view in the Reading Room.
29th January 2010
5th January 2010 The findings from the recent questionnaire are being analysed and the results will be presented to the Steering Group shortly.
30th December 2009 - Parish Plan Questionnaire There has been an excellent response to the questionnaire - a rate of 29% was achieved. Thanks to all those who found time to let us have their views and thoughts - they really do count. The date for submitting forms has now passed.
18th December 2009
12th December 2009 -
Engaging with the
Community
It is now
proposed to organise the second phase involving the use of discussion
groups.
It is planned that three groups of up to 8 persons each will meet on
consecutive days in the Reading Room some time in January to discuss
topics raised as a result of the first survey. Groups will be
constructed by age as follows
Age under 30
Age 30-55
Age over 55
Guidelines will apply to the running of the groups and a facilitator
will be employed to control proceedings. Topic guides will be devised
and all contributions will be noted and used to compile a report for
later use in the Parish Plan.
This is another opportunity for people to have a say in the future
running of the Parish and volunteers are sought to take part in this
important process.
Anyone who would like to be involved with these groups should contact
the Parish Plan Steering Group on 01763 848108 or
parishplan@barkway-village.co.uk
Light refreshments will be provided at each session.
30th November 2009 At a meeting of the Parish Plan Steering Group held in the Reading Room on 27th November, it was agreed to produce and deliver a first questionnaire to residents of Barkway and Newsells during the week commencing Sunday 6th December. Residents are requested to complete and return the forms by Saturday 19th December. This will be an opportunity for people to have their say and contribute to the future of the community. Click here for minutes of the meeting, 27th November.
1st November 2009
Have your say!
Following the latest
Government thinking it is now important that Barkway Parish has a Parish
Plan if we are to obtain funds for the projects that concern us most.
Those Parishes with Parish Plans take precedence over those that
do not. The Parish Council
has therefore asked for volunteers to form a Steering Group who will
undertake the work of communicating with Barkway and Newsells residents
to find out the issues that concern us most about living in Barkway.
The Steering Group is:
The Steering Group is currently
producing a questionnaire which will be delivered to every household
in Barkway and Newsells by the end of November (our current
deadline). Each return will be anonymous unless you wish otherwise.
It is most important that everyone has a say and the
questionnaire is designed so that each member of the household can
have their say (including children).
We hope we will include questions that will prompt other
thoughts and there will be space to add these on the form.
We would like to
ensure that the resulting Plan reflects the wishes and concerns of us
all. If anyone has any
questions they are free to contact any member of the Steering Group as
we will be happy to talk with you.
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