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Workshop with community groups - 16th October 2007
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A workshop for Residents Associations and Community Boards was
held on the 16 October 2007 to provide an update of the Core
Strategy and where the Planning Policy team are with the Local
Development Framework process. |
Community groups were asked to identify infrastructure
requirements associated with development that will take place over
the next 20 years and prioritise their top three local and
borough-wide infrastructure requirements. The priorities identified
for each area are indicated with an asterisk
(*).
WATERLOOVILLE AREA
ECONOMIC
Local
- More consultation on plans for town centre
(taking place in town centre)
- Linkages to the train station
- Marketing campaign using MDA to attract new
businesses/shops
Borough-wide
- Address communication issue so public are
more aware of work done by
HBC
to promote Borough*
- 'Hindhead' effect
ENVIRONMENT
Local
- Funding for local environmental groups
Borough-wide
- Promote local environmental groups
- Renewable energy solutions
- Knowledge, understanding,use, apply
targets
- Monitoring light pollution/prevention
- Unnecessary street clutter
TRANSPORT
Local
- New or significant improvements to
roads around MDA and west-east links*
- Review of how police approach traffic
calming
Borough-wide
- New or significant improvements to roads
around MDA and
west-east links
- Linkage between Waterlooville and Havant by
public transport
SOCIAL
Local
- Community centre (not just a hall -
Pubrook/Widley)
- Indoor youth facilities*
- Investment in existing facilities for Youth,
Elderly (indoor)*
Borough-wide
- Youth facilities
- Play facilities (open pitches/MUGA), larger
facilities
- Review/survey of existing community
buildings/facilities
- Education and training*
- Raising skill level
- Matching employment skills to available
labour - learning trades/enterprise
UTILITIES
Local
- Promote and make use of new fibre-optics
- Local flooding issues (flooding mitigation on
smaller infill development)*
Borough-wide
- Surface water run-off (flooding)
- Clearing drains/gullies (e.g. preventing
leaves clogging)
HAVANT AREA
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Local
- Youth and Third Age Facilities*
- Playspaces
Borough-wide
- Performance Venue
- Wider and better use of community
buildings*
- Policing
ENVIRONMENT
Local
- Coastal management and wildlife
corridors*
Borough-wide
- Sea-defence investment where appropriate
- Renewable energy and low carbon
development
- Waste recycling
ECONOMY
Local
Borough-wide
- Accommodation especially for small to medium
enterprises
- Better use of sites
- Skills development*
TRANSPORT
Local
Borough-wide
- Better public transport East to West
axis
- Strategic HGV routes*
- Cycleways
- 20mph limit in built-up areas
EMSWORTH & HAYLING ISLAND AREAS
TRANSPORT
Local
- Emsworth (North Street) and Hayling
bridge*
- Emsworth - improved cycleway limits
- Emsworth railway station needs
improvement
- Hayling Island - railway?
Borough-wide
- Hindhead tunnel - extra commuting to the
Borough
- Financing for infrastructure*
- Inadequate parking in new housing
developments
UTILITIES
Local
Borough-wide
- Water provision
- Drain clearing
ENVIRONMENTAL
Local
- Emsworth - problem of extraction of water
from River Ems
- Protection of nature conservation areas for
Emsworth and Hayling
- Retention of strategic gap*
Borough-wide
- Protection of nature conservation areas for
Emsworth and Hayling
- Density of housing (appropriate)
- Re-use existing buildings rather than
demolition
- Quality of design in buildings*
- No building on flood plains
SOCIAL
Local
- More appropriate youth provision in
Hayling Island and Emsworth
- Better medical services in both areas
- Flats being taken by weekend tourists
Borough-wide
- Affordable housing close to employment*
- More appropriate youth provision
- Local play spaces provision of open
spaces 'on site'. Instead of strategic focus on open
space
- Insufficient policing
- Conflict between strategic approach to health
provision and transport - better local services*
- Flats being taken by weekend tourists
ECONOMIC
Local
- Emsworth - improved information for tourists
(eco-tourism)
- Local business support for Emsworth and
Hayling
- Opportunities to use local knowledge for
consultancy expertise
Borough-wide
- Out-commuting?
- Need to sell ourselves
- Sustainable building
- Business services for people working from
home and local businesses
- Register of local skills