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Ocle Pychard Group NDP

Residents’ questionnaire survey

February 2017

David Nicholson

DJN Planning Ltd.

Residents’ survey November 2016

• 270 questionnaires delivered
• 168 residents replied – 33.8% of residents
• Headline results tonight – much more detail in

the Results and Comment Listings reports

• 23 open and closed questions on housing,

traffic, jobs and economy, the environment and community services

• 6 questions about respondents

Vision

• Many expressions of agreement/no comment
• Social aspects – housing to meet needs of

younger generation and families

• Burley Gate favoured as location for development
• Economy – support for farming and business

8 3 8 22 42 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Environment Economy Location of development Social and services Agreed, supported or no comment

• No. of respondents N=76 (45%)

Distributing new housing

• Support to focus new housing at Burley Gate,

linked to existing services

• Less popular – distribute housing more equally

between Burley Gate, Ocle Pychard and Ullingswick

Focus on Burley Gate, 114, 68% Distribute more equally, 51, 30% Not answered, 3, 2%

Providing new homes

• Favoured approaches - single new dwellings

between existing (57%), or smaller schemes each for several new homes (56%)

• Less support for a larger housing

development: 28% in favour, 40% against.

Housing – size and type

• Preference for 2 or 3 bed homes (65% and 78%)

above larger houses (23%)

• Private ownership favoured tenure (76%)
• Adaptable/easy access popular (57%)
• Self-build and live/work housing (42% and 44%)
• Sheltered accommodation: 35% for, 27% against
• Limited support for social housing (24% for, 42%

against); shared ownership preferred (37% for)

Where should houses be built?

• Many comments favouring Burley Gate, especially opposite

school: “to help sustain a thriving school, shop and village life”

• Various other locations identified at Ocle Pychard, Monkton and

Ullingswick

• Support for development to be adjacent to main roads and

linked to bus services, and for infill in the villages.

21 15 18 18 12 16 5 10 15 20 25

No or no opinion Criteria identified Ullingswick Ocle Pychard/Monkton Burley Gate - opposite school Burley Gate

• No. of comments N=87 (52%)

Where should houses not be built?

• Locations in descending order: Ullingswick (16); Ocle

Pychard (10); Felton (4); Burley Gate (3); Lyvers Ocle (2); Kymin (1).

• Avoid increasing traffic on country lanes
• Protect farmland and woodland
• Avoid heritage areas and increasing flood risk

7 31 22 14 5 33 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

No comment/no … Highways and access Farmland and … Flooding and drainage Heritage Specific locations

• No. of comments N=83 (49%)

Other comments on housing

• Support for starter and smaller affordable homes for young

people and families

• Better balance of provision – variety of housing
• Housing at Burley Gate would be linked to services and bolster

their viability

• Design – new housing to be in keeping: “no neo-Georgian

adventures”

23 9 6 9 5 39 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

No Design and eco Links to employment Services and infrastructure Balance of provision Need more housing - local needs

• No. of comments N=86 (51%)

Traffic, transport and access

Areas for improvement

• Top priority: road, hedge, ditch and drain

maintenance and roads

• Other priorities: road safety, pedestrian and

cyclist safety

• Interventions such as reducing traffic speed or

traffic calming: qualified support

• Least important: improvements for

pedestrians and cyclists

Other comments on transport

• Many comments on capacity of rural lanes
• Speed reductions in the villages – A465 @Monkton
• Need for better pedestrian facilities and public

transport improvements

• Tractors, horse boxes and HGVs

12 5 13 12 10 13 11 14 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

No comment Other Walkers, cyclists and horse riders Public transport Maintenance Reductions in traffic speed/calming Farm and HGV traffic Capacity of rural lanes

• No. of comments N=82 (49%)

Jobs and the economy

Types of employment to be encouraged

• Top priorities: agriculture (83%) and forestry

(67%)

• Other priorities: tourism, leisure and crafts,
• ffices and small businesses
• Also supported: food and drink,

livery/stabling, cafe

• Least popular: intensive livestock units and

polytunnels – 64% and 62% opposed

Providing for jobs

• Top priority: broadband (91%)
• Home-working, live-work, conversion of rural

buildings and extending existing premises all well supported

• Less favoured: protecting existing sites or finding

new land for businesses

Locations for employment development

• Range of locations suggested: Monkton, Lowdy Hall Farm,

Burley Gate, ex HC smallholdings

• Support for development to be adjacent to main roads and

for conversion of redundant rural buildings

34 2 4 12 6 14 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

No Others Buildings conversions With main road access Burley Gate Specific locations

• No. of comments N=63 (37%)

The environment

How should new development respect the environment?

• Most important: traffic from new

development to be compatible with local roads

• Close behind: be in keeping with surroundings

and avoid creating noise and light pollution

• Least important: use of local materials

The environment

How to protect and enhance the environment?

• All options well-supported
• Most important: protect landscape character
• Close behind: identifying features and habitats

for protection

• Least important: protecting important views

(but still very/fairly important to 86%)

Features to be protected

• Ocle Pychard Church & Court, Ullingswick, Lower Hope,

Three Rivers Ride, woodlands

• Views identified eg Holme Oaks to Black Mountains
• General comments referring to wildlife habitats,

woodlands and copses, hedgerows and meadows

12 14 17 12 8 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

No Features and areas for protection Countryside and landscape Views Wildlife habitats

• No. of comments N=60 (36%)

Local renewable energy

• Most support for solar panels (65%) and

ground source heat pumps (60%)

• Mixed opinions on biomass and anaerobic

digesters

• Little support for wind farms or larger-scale

solar farms (opposed by 71% and 51%)

Comments on the environment

• Environment and development: NDP should retain

habitats, protect natural beauty, avoid areas of flood risk, and support infill development

• Transport: main road access, reduce traffic on

lanes, facilities for vulnerable road users and maintenance

17 9 16 19 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

No Other Transport and access Environment and development

• No. of comments N=56 (33%)

Community services

Importance in meeting current and future needs

• All options well-supported
• Top priority: broadband
• Close behind: Mobile phone reception,

Primary School, Post Office, and pre-school

• Also supported: newsletter and the churches

Comments on need for service improvements

17 11 9 6 17 18 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

No Other Recreational Village Hall Shop, pub, cultural and leisure Bus service

• No. of comments N=70 (42%)

Information about you

Under-represented groups against 2011 Census:

• Females (46% of responses, 51% Census)
• All age groups save for the 65-84 group
• Full-time employed (19%/32% Census)

Over-represented:

• 65-84’s (42%/25% Census)
• Retired (43%/22% Census)

Length of residence

6 14 26 46 72 4 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 < 2 years 2-5 years 6-10 years 11-25 years > 25 years No answer No of respondents Length of residence

Q24: length of residence

Key messages for the NDP

• Expressed need is for affordable, starter and smaller

housing

• Favour smaller sites for housing over larger, and Burley

Gate over Ocle Pychard and Ullingswick as locations

• Support individual windfall dwellings (planning

applications)

• Use “Community Actions” to capture aspirations for

transport improvements and community facilities

• Support specific types of employment and forms of

provision such as home working and barn conversions

• Environment policies to reflect diversity of landscape

and habitats