Arlingham Community Consultation and Planning Initiative

Arlingham Community Consultation https://www.grcc.org.uk/ 01452 528491

Arlingham Community Consultation GRCC is a charitable company that works with communities county wide to help them to identify the issues that are important to them, sharing with them the tools and the know how to address these. One strand in particular of work that we lead on is community led planning and consultation where to kick start this process we ask:- What are the issues important to your community? What methods are there to help you to identify what these are

GRCC was approached by Parish Council to help identify the issues that are important to the community of Arlingham. This involved a preliminary consultation to decide which of the 3 main community led planning options would be needed: Parish/ Green Parish Plans Community/ Village Design Statements Neighbourhood Development Plans GRCC gave a presentation on these

All community consultations need the following to be in place: Volunteers Budget - Costs associated Timescale need to consider this Outcome and issues to address

Arlingham consultation took place Jan 2024 47 attended - 37 people signed in Series of boards around room with topic headings where attendee s could post their views on the topics Comments were given on all the various headline subjects

An open day was held in the Village hall here is the main hall being set up before the event started

Postcode GL2 7AQ GL2 7JH GL2 7JJ GL2 7JL GL2 7JN GL2 7JP GL2 7JG GL2 7JR GL2 7JS GL2 7JT GL2 7JU GL2 7JW GL2 7LG Visitors from this code 9 5 11 11 1 Postcode areas for attendee s who signed in at the event

Participant ages Visitors in this age group Census 2021 ages Census 2021 numbers = 533 in age group 0-15 2 0-19 136 16-26 2 20-29 36 27-40 1 30-39 35 41-55 7 40-49 70 56-65 11 50-59 104 66-75 8 60-69 69 76-85 6 70-79 68 86+ 0 80 + 15 Age groups recorded that attended compared to age profile Source: UK Office for National Statistics (web).

Living in Arlingham Better 9% Better/Same 6% Same 46% Same/Worse Worse 36% 3% In the last five years has living in Arlingham got better, stayed the same or got worse? 85% say at least the same if not better.

Thematic analysis Traffic and roads 41 Transport and Travel 38 Tourism 33 Natural Environment 31 Infrastructure and services 30 Housing and planning 30 Climate Change resilience 28 `Everything else 26 Heritage 25 Community Sport and Leisure 22 Health & Wellbeing 18 Business and the Economy 13 322 Total number of comments

Traffic and Roads safety School Tsport All goodCyclists X roads Parking Management Speeding Capacity Maintenance Pedestrians Speeding Parking Pedestrians X roads Maintenance All good Capacity Cyclists Management School Tsport Speed bumps entering village and / or 20mph zone covering cross Pavements are uneven often easier to walk in the road Important not to increase traffic levels with any future developments

Transport and Travel 16 35% of households have 3+ cars, 40% have 2 cars, 20% have 1 car and 5% have no cars. 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 A car is essential, without it you are stuck Lights on Perry Way - excellent idea Cycle way to Frampton would be great, especially for children

TOURISM IS ARLINGHAM A DESTINATION? Assets Village life Infrastructure Maintenance Development Economy Traffic 6% 3% 3% 3% 9% 41% 35% Promotion of walks and what Arlingham has to offer Important to strike a balance to respect people who live here Tourism supports local economy most people work outside the village now

What are the issues important to your community? What methods are there to help us to identify what these are A planning policy document produced by the community relating to land use and planning, some say in future development of your community Neighbourhood Development Plan Legal document carries weight It will be referred to when any planning applications for that area are received. It shapes new development and can contain such policies as: Provision of walking/cycling routes Utilities Housing Infrastructure local level - community shops, play areas, allotments Local green spaces Average 3-4 years to complete - 11k cost

What are the issues important to your community? What methods are there to help us to identify what these are The focus is on how development might look and not whether or where development should happen. Community Design Statement Describes its distinctive character in its surroundings Identifies the landscape setting, shape of settlement and nature of the buildings Draws together design principles based on that distinctive local character/sense of place

What are the issues important to your community? What methods are there to help us to identify what these are Sets out a vision for your community s future Broader view Highlights all of the issues which are important to a community Parish/ Green Plan Helps to identify which issues can be addressed by a community and when a partner organisation needs to be drawn in Can be used for funding applications as a good source of evidence. Quicker to produce Little weight in planning development terms Through the lens of climate change Oil central heating

What next? More research planning applications Statistics for village growing older demographic Housing type more affordable housing Consider further survey work to gain more view Decide which of the 3 community led planning options is most appropriate according to results

Natural Environment Think about the green spaces, access to them and variety 3% 23% 27% BioD Asset Maintenance Coop 47% Our open space is our greatest feature. Any additional developments need to be sensitive to that Plant more trees Community effort? Public footpaths need to be maintained and not left to get overgrown

INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES InfrastructureEconomy Speeding Arlingham parishioners have to travel almost 3 times further than the national average to get to work. Safety Public Tsport Maintenance Active Travel School Tsport No public transport Home school transport is very limited. This will continue to impact people moving to Arlingham Should be better cycle route provision would help with other comments

Housing and Planning 190 properties, 145 are detached and 25 semi- detached. 23 are second addresses Disproportionate number of detached/ semi detached housing 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Unaffordable for those starting out who come from village Important to have some younger families Encourage good development of old/existing buildings

Climate change resilience 11% of households live in fuel poverty 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Flooding is a major long term issue that village should not ignore Grants for heating would cut oil use Scheme to encourage renewables would be good

Everything Else Any other issues you think are important for the parish / community? School Comms Church Shop Diversity Development Planning Events Heritage Contribution Evolution The communication is poor about any meetings etc, posters, signs? If secondary school provision and transport isn t sorted out families will not live here The village must continue to develop and not be frozen in era

Heritage Arlingham is running a campaign to restore the pound and has a Grade I listed 14th C Church Church Funding Pound Development Heritage trail Story Preservation Facilities Beautiful Church. Should be used as a village facility and not just Church All for preserving ancient heritage in village including landscape Pound project 10/10

COMMUNITY SPORT AND LEISURE Pub Shop Coop Activity Levels Hall Playground Children Variety 9% 33% of people in Arlingham have volunteered at least once in the last 12 months. 17% 4% 4% 9% What activities would you like to see in Arlingham? 31% 17% 9% Wonderful village hall, should be used more Pub is central to village life, we take it for granted .. Meetings like this more often so Arlingham parish can change for the better

Health and Wellbeing The majority of people in Arlingham are generally more physically active than the national average. Events Health Pollution* Wildlife Maintenance Community 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Make decisions as a community not as greedy individuals Maintain footpaths Keep low light and low noise

Business and Economy 7 33% of people aged 16-74 in Arlingham are in full-time employment compared to 34% nationally. 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Shop Diversification All good Fitness Active travel Localism We could do with a community shop Shop with basic items needed It is likely most major development will arise through farm diversification. This plan should look at the effects these may have on the village