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Stretton Grandison Group Neighbourhood Development Plan Residents’ questionnaire survey October 2017 David Nicholson DJN Planning Ltd.

Residents’ survey Feb 2017 • Questionnaires hand delivered • 119 forms collected – 31.6% of 16 and over • Older people and females over-represented, and 24% of respondents from one postcode (HR8 2TD) • 26 open and multiple choice questions about 14 policy options: for the vision/objectives, housing, environment, economy, flooding and other issues • Focus tonight on answers to the multiple choice questions

Vision and objectives Agree with the objectives? • Housing 92% • Environment 95% • Economy 90%

Policy option 1: settlement boundaries Q5: agree with settlement boundaries? 15, 13% No, 32, 27% Yes, 72, 60% • Majority support for the draft boundaries • Notable number of comments and suggestions – for further review

Policy option 2: site allocations in all or only some of the villages? All the settlements 56 Lower Eggleton 14 Fromes Hill 12 Stretton Grandison 5 Canon Frome 5 Upper Eggleton 3 None of them 4 Not answered/no opinion 4 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 No. responding (Q6) • 47% supported seeking sites in all villages • Lower Eggleton and Fromes Hill – main focus villages • Less interest in the lower-tier LPCS settlements

Policy option 2: first choice of settlement for development Lower Eggleton 19 Fromes Hill 22 Stretton Grandison 1 Canon Frome 9 Upper Eggleton 1 0 5 10 15 20 25 No. responding (Q7) • Significant non-response (51%) • Lower Eggleton and Fromes Hill favoured for their main road location • Other villages felt to already have enough/too many houses

Policy option 3: Housing numbers Q8: how many new homes in your village? Not answered , 2% No more than 20, 6% None, 12% No more than No more than 2, 30% 10, 50% • Support for up to 10 houses in total in villages • Less for up to 20 homes – highest ‘no’ score at 50%

Policy option 4: size of each housing development One large estate 2 Smaller developments <10 homes 67 Individual plots 90 Garden infill development 64 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 No. responding (Q9) • Little support for one large estate – 72% opposed • Individual dwellings most favoured - only 7% against • Smaller schemes: for 56%, against 24%

Policy option 4: style of housing Single storey 78 Two storey 92 Three storey 13 Flats/apartments 20 Period/traditional materials 90 Modern style 45 Respect existing buildings 99 Smaller style houses 72 Smaller gardens 46 Larger gardens 63 Off-street parking 87 High energy conservation 90 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 No. responding (Q10)

Policy option 4: size/type of new homes Starter homes (2 bedrooms) 90 Family homes (3 bed or more) 94 Executive (4 bed or more) 27 Adapted/easy access eg bungalows 73 Flats/apartments 29 Supported/retirement housing 46 Live/work properties 61 Homes for local people 75 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 No. responding (Q11)

Policy option 5: Housing in wider countryside Q13: include a policy on development in the countryside, or leave it to the Core Strategy? Other, 3% Not answered, 10% Have a policy, 43% Leave it to Core Strategy, 44%

Policy option 6: landscape features Q14: protecting the environment • Most important, to 76%: protect the natural environment • Followed by protecting views and vistas (62%) • Least important: conserving historic buildings and features (59% saw this as most important) Q15: dark skies • Important to 71% Q16: important landscape features • General and specific

Policy option 7: Local Green Spaces Q17: areas for protection as LGS • Homend Park (by 54% of respondents): historic value, recreational value, biodiversity, visual amenity • Other areas: e.g. Canon Frome Court, Stretton Grandison church and environs, Hfds and Glos. canal

Policy option 8: built heritage Q18: distinctive local built features • Specific buildings: Canon Frome Court and Church, Church Farm, Stretton Grandison church and neighbouring houses • Building types: hop kilns, converted barns, rural look and feel • Materials: brick, stone, timber, slate, thatch.

Policy option 9: re-use of redundant farm buildings Q19: policy criteria to guide re-use? • Preferred uses: small-scale offices/business units, workshops, live/work units and others, including housing. • Planning criteria: – safe access and visibility, traffic and parking – avoid adverse impacts on amenity – refurbishment in scale and keeping.

Policy option 10: new farm buildings Q20: policy criteria to guide new agricultural developments? – safe access and visibility, traffic and parking – careful siting, height limits, materials and colour – avoid adverse impacts on amenity through noise, lighting and odour – environmentally aware and energy efficient

Policy option 11: community energy schemes Q21: include policy on community based energy scheme? 20, 17% No, 20, 17% Yes, 79, 66%

Policy option 11: type of energy scheme Solar 78 Water 56 Biomass 59 Wind power 44 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 No. responding (Q22) • Solar power most favoured, by 66% • Least favoured, by 37%: wind power – with 38% opposed

Policy option 12: flooding River/stream overflow 4 Field run-off 16 Sewers overflowing 6 Road run-off 11 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 No. responding (Q24)

Policy option 13: Sustainable community Enhanced energy efficiency 79 Allocating land to grow own food 64 Walking, cycling and using the bus - driving less 82 Attracting younger people 91 More community facilities 79 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 No. responding (Q25) • Priority issue, for 76% - attracting younger people • Many further comments to this question – for further review.

Policy option 14: Traffic, transport and access Speed and volume of vehicles Stretton Grandison 53 Canon Frome 25 Castle Frome 10 Upper Eggleton 25 Lower Eggleton 18 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 No. responding (Q26)

Policy option 14: Traffic, transport and access Other transport issues Parking in your village 6 Road maintenance 60 Road developments 15 Footpaths 37 Bus service 55 Not answered 12 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 No. responding (Q26)

Messages for the NDP • Support for the Vision and objectives • Review settlement boundaries in light of comments made • Mixed messages on scope of a Call for Sites – all settlements, or just Fromes Hill and Lower Eggleton • Useful feedback on the size and type of housing schemes • Develop environment policies to reflect responses and comments made • Review comments on LGS at Homend Park against NPPF criteria • Good feedback on criteria for re-use of rural buildings, and for new agricultural buildings at Homend Park • Reflect responses to Q25 – sustainable community - in policies for housing and employment, as far as possible