WOODHOUSE PARISH PLAN

WRITE UP FROM COFFEE MORNING – 22 MAY 2004

1.	Introduction

The coffee morning was held in Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall on Saturday morning.  There was an exhibition of parish plans and village design statements including a video on village design statements. Excluding members of the parish plan group, approximately 40 people attended.  Members of the public had an opportunity to write on flip charts their comments on the “hot” and “grot” spots of both villages and what they thought were the priorities if they had £1000 to spend on improvements.

This paper lists comments noted from the coffee morning.  The parish plan group will consider these alongside the outcome of the questionnaire in drawing up an action plan.

2.	Flip Chart Comments

Woodhouse grot spots and hot spots

·	Grot - fountain – could be a village feature but needs to be maintained

·	Grot - Phone box

Woodhouse Eaves grot spots and hot spots

·	Hot - Slate workers cottages

·	Hot -View of St Pauls from Main Street

·	Grot -chinese restaurant and garage (3 comments – including “could be a hot spot”!)

·	Grot - Pub – Olde Bull’s Head

·	Grot - Birdhill Road Garage Block

·	Selby’s

What would you do to improve the village if you had a £1000?

·	Towards play equipment for youngsters…

·	Pre-school play area and/or equipment

·	Hanging baskets

·	Attractive bus shelter

·	Framed village plan and history (like Quorn)

·	Flagpoles for each house

·	Improve green between Birdhill, Tucket Road and Herrick Road – v. swampy.  Needs to be drained or sanded.

3.	Comments noted by members of the Parish Plan Group

·	Support for improving play equipment

·	Poor street lights between village hall and St Pauls

·	Opposition to traffic calming measures particularly speed bumps

·	Chinese restaurant and garage – a big opportunity to improve the village if redeveloped in the right way (number of comments).  Could it be a community facility rather than housing?

·	Woodhouse Eaves has a great range of shops and facilities – these need to be supported if they are to be maintained.  If the village is to continue to thrive there needs to be more development.

·	Would like Dr Clay to be more accessible – difficult to get a home visit.

·	Title page of parish plan draft questionnaire implies that there are meeting facilities in Woodhouse.

·	Lack of easily accessible information on bus routes and times from the villages to outlying places - apart from the details of route 123.  More publicity needed about the Dial-a-Ride system - feeling that most people are not aware of this.  Loss of bus service to Markfield.

JW
8 June 2004