Cropthorne Parish Plan Actions

Local Environment
Parish Opinion	Action	By	Responsibility
Maintain the rural character of the village	Monitor and maintain regular contact with relevant agencies	Parish Council	Wychavon D.C
Maintain and improve the local environment.	1.Identify and support interested parties who would be involved in Best Kept Village competition. 2.Maintain footpaths 3.Support community conservation work.	Parish Council	Wychavon D.C W County C Parish Council
Ensure public footpaths and their signposts are well maintained.	Maintain support for the footpath Warden	Parish Council	W County C Wychavon D.C Parish Footpath Warden
Encourage the use of paths.	1.Improve awareness of footpath route. 2.Put map on notice board 3.And on web site.	Parish Council	Rural Path Warden Parish Council

Services and Facilities
Parish Opinion	Action	By	Responsibility
Encourage and support any suitable plans for a retail outlet that would benefit the village	1.Seek adequate facilities for a shop/cafe in any Village Hall redevelopment. 2.Encourage support for a shop/cafe working group 3.Letter of support for Village Hall shop	Parish Council Village Hall Committee	Wychavon D.C Village Hall Committee
Encourage use of Village Hall and Sheppy.	Pass questionnaire results and comments on to Village Hall Committee	Parish Plan Committee	Village Hall Committee
Retain Church	Encourage village participation in Walkabout	Parish Council	Diocese of Worcester
Provide better youth facilities	Explore youth aspirations, including a youth shelter	Parish Council Village Hall Committee	W County C Wychavon D.C Parish Council Village Hall Cttee
Seek to give disabled people better access	Seek to identify issues that affect mobility for the disabled	Parish Council	W County C Wychavon D.C
Retain and maintain the school	Liaise with the Governors and W County C Education Authority	Parish Council School Governors	W County C Education Authority
Put Smokey Lane on recycling route	Seek from Wychavon District Council	Parish Council	Wychavon D.C
Reintroduce household waste skip in village on annual basis	Seek from Wychavon District Council	Parish Council	Wychavon D.C
Encourage more recycling	Liaise with Village Hall Committee about recycling facilities	Parish Council Village Hall Committee	Wychavon D.C

New Housing
Parish Opinion	Action	By	Responsibility
Minimise housing and business development to that which is commensurate with the needs of local residents	Monitor and remind Local Authority of the Parish Plan	Parish Council	Wychavon D.C
The style of new houses should be in keeping with or complimenting the existing and consistent with existing architecture	1.Liaise with relevant authority 2.Report any development that appears not to have planning permission	Parish Council	Wychavon D.C
Properties in Cropthorne should include social/affordable housing for local needs that can be retained for local use	1.Continue to monitor needs 2.Ensure that all affordable housing has restrictions for local use	Parish Council	Wychavon D.C
Any development should be able to be supported by the existing infrastructure.	Remind relevant agencies of the limitation of the existing infrastructure	Parish Council	Wychavon D.C W County C Highways Severn Trent EON

Communication
Parish Opinion	Action	By	Responsibility
Have better communication between various groups in the community	1.Investigate ways of improving knowledge of and involvement in village matters 2.web site and email communications. 3.Develop village web site for multiple access from representative village groups	Parish Council	Village Hall cttee Walkabout cttee Sheppey Junior Sports Others
Encourage residents to use village web site	1.Promote the web site as a source of information for community use 2.Set up links to sites with relevant information e.g. energy conservation; local services; recycling	Parish Council Web-coordinator	Parish Council
Ensure notice boards can be used effectively	Look at the site of present board and investigate any other possibilities.	Parish Council	Village Hall cttee School
Encourage residents to read and use local papers.	Encourage village specific newsletter and entries in local papers.	Parish Council	Parish Council

Highways and Transport
Parish Opinion	Action	By	Responsibility
Ensure roads in the parish are well maintained	Continue the regular checking and dialogue with WCC, Highways Department to report and monitor urgent repairs	Parish Council	W County C Highways
Ensure the providers of public transport are kept up to date with village requirements	Discuss with transport providers the comments from the villagers about having a bus stop on South side of the village.	Parish Council	Bus companies W County C

Community Safety
Parish Opinion	Action	By	Responsibility
Reduce the number of heavy goods vehicles passing through village.	1.Liaise with relevant authority for better signage 2.Talk to local individual businesses about giving drivers better directions 3.Lobby for a road sign for main road at junction with Brook Lane to stop heavy goods vehicles heading towards Main Street 4.Monitor in future	Parish Council	Wychavon D.C Highways
Reduce speeding through village	Lobby the Police to be more vigilant about speed checks.	Parish Council	Police W County C
Maintain low level of crime.	1.Support Neighbourhood Watch 2.Maintain close regular liaison with local police	Parish Council Neighbourhd Watch	Police
Better awareness of presence of community police officer.	Encourage better awareness of community police officer	Parish Council	Police
Reduce dog fouling.	Remind residents of the importance. Improve signage and availability of bins	Parish Council Village Hall Cttee	Notices Cropthorne residents
Reduce litter and fly tipping	Encourage residents to be vigilant and to report incidents	Parish Council	Police Highways Wychavon D.C
Reduce inappropriate parking related to school	Ask the school to encourage parents to park at village Hall Explore a walking bus or footpath	Parish Council	School PTA W County C