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The Community Plan

INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME.

If you are a resident of the Parish of Landford then this is YOUR Plan. It has been produced by an independent group but is based entirely on your views as given to us by the responses to our community questionnaire. Do read the document – you can download the whole report but we have also divided it into sections to make it more digestible.

 

The Process

 - We started by interviewing a number of individual residents and discussing their views about the community and their thoughts on a variety of topics.

 - We held some community meetings and had a stall at events in the parish. At these we presented headline topics developed from the interviews and invited people to give us thoughts and questions on any topics they felt should be addressed.

 - The LPCP group then collated these responses and used them to formulate the questions. We did our best to make them as objective and as clear as possible.

 - The printed questionnaire was delivered to every household with the choice of completing this hard copy or an online version. Individuals within a household were welcome to complete the online version if they wished.

 - The LPCP group analysed all the responses and collated the themes to produce this document.

 

We had over 500 questionnaires returned (a 66% return rate) which shows an enormous level of interest within our community. There are a lot of thoughts and suggestions which came from your answers. We will share this report with various agencies but most of the actions require us (by which I mean you and me) to follow up the ideas by getting involved with the Aims and Actions we have laid out. The only way to improve our community is by getting involved.

 

Access the whole report or individual sections from the menu below, it will download as a pdf.

Acknowledgements.

 

“We very much welcome the work that has gone into producing the Landford Parish Community Plan and look forward to working more closely with the Parish Council and the local community to address the actions within the Plan, especially where the NFNPA is identified as the lead partner organisation”. New Forest National Park Authority


“As your elected Wiltshire Councillor and in my role as NFNPA member, thank you and congratulations on the enormous undertaking that has produced this document. I look forward to working with relevant organisations and volunteers including: Landford Parish Council, Wiltshire Council, SW Area Board and the NFNPA, aiming to address the priorities and concerns residents have identified, where action is possible and reporting back when it is not. By working together, I am confident much can be achieved.” Cllr Zoë Clewer - Redlynch and Landford Division, Wiltshire Council


“This document will be a valuable point of reference and I welcome the opportunity to work with the Landford Parish Community Partnership so that, collectively we can take forward key aspects of this Plan.” Karen Linaker - Community Engagement Manager Southern Wiltshire Area Board


“Landford Parish Council wish to congratulate Landford Parish Community Partnership for producing a comprehensive and high-quality Community Survey and Report. We are delighted to be working in partnership on an Action Plan, the purpose of which is for the further development of facilities serving our community.” Nik Bishop - Chair Landford Parish Council

With thanks to everyone in the community for giving their time to develop the questionnaire, distribute and collect the findings, analyse and record the results and prepare the final approved plan. A very high return of over 66% demonstrates the interest in and concern for our village communities within the Parish.


Landford Parish Community Plan Steering Group
(Former and present members)
Keith Cameron, Geoff Chase, Mary Davies, John Elkins, John Fairhurst,
Carol Hewson, Jon Hurst, David Lumby, Julie McGregor, Carol Mahoney,
Ian Mettam, Ken Parker, Merv Quick, John Spencer, Cate Taylor.