What do we want to achieve? |
What do we need to do? |
Who can make it
happen? |
Resources
needed? |
When? |
Progress |
| |
| General |
The Action Items identified in this
Plan |
Develop the working relationship with ELDC to
identify how to implement the actions identified in this Plan
|
Parish Council |
N/A |
Immediate |
|
| Set up working groups under the Parish Council to
address the issues that can be implemented at a local level |
|
| Identify budgets and confirm priorities |
|
| |
| Heritage |
| |
To save the Spa Baths and have them
preserved as a heritage site |
Seek the co-operation of the owner to restore
the site for the benefit of the community.
Promote its potential as a health / beauty spa with
retail outlets (coffee shop etc) |
Owner, Parish Council and ELDC (Economic
Regeneration) |
Depends on
scope of project
(grants could
well be
available) |
TBC |
This has been made a priority by the Parish Council who will actively try to help potential developers. |
| Although we are trying to progress, the building is in a parlous state and many attempts to buy the site have failed |
Lets make both ourselves and visitors
appreciate our heritage |
Layout heritage trail routes and make leaflets
available in the Cottage Museum, pubs and shops. |
Parish Council to form a Heritage Group –
local volunteers who have a particular interest in this area. |
Budget for
printing leaflets |
Heritage trail leaflet published Aug 07
Heritage trail on website |
Parish Council sponsored Heritage
Group has published a heritage trail leaflet and 19 heritage trail pages can now be viewed on the Community Website |
A special Woodhall Heritage themed weekend. |
The enthusiasts who suggested this – a
committee is needed |
TBC |
TBC |
|
Put in place information board at
currently un-marked important sites: Spa Baths, Kirkstead Abbey
etc |
Heritage Group? |
Budget for info
boards |
Easter 06 |
Work to identify suitable signage and board content in progress.
The heritage group is looking at all aspects of signage, including checking for accuracy |
Produce a heritage newsletter (perhaps
to be combined with the museum newsletter ) |
Heritage Group working with the
Cottage Museum |
Budget for printing |
Summer 06 |
No action yet |
We want to preserve our local heritage |
Have a documented register of artefacts
(must be consulted when considering planning applications) |
Heritage
Group |
N/A |
Starts now.
Will be available on website |
In
progress
Heritage Group |
Prepare a register of St Andrew’s
Cemetery |
Rector and Heritage Group |
N/A |
TBC |
Heritage
Group
No action as yet |
Make more use of the heritage of
Kirkstead |
Rector and Heritage Group |
Budget needed |
|
Heritage
Group
The group are aware of the importance of this area |
| |
| Development & Planning |
| |
We want to stop the constant building
and infill going on; no more estates - it will ruin Woodhall
Spa as we all know it and the infrastructure can’t take
it. |
Press for limits on housing development
in line with district and county housing allocation numbers |
Get agreement from East Lindsey District
Council and their
Planning Dept |
N.A |
Immediate |
The new planning structure (Local Development Framework) gives all planning authorities the opportunity to review this area. The Regional Plan currently indicates East Lindsey will have strict limits on housing. The Parish Council will be reviewing this issue at the appropriate time and submitting proposals for the village. |
Engage with ELDC on a more sympathetic
application of existing policies and planning guidelines contained
in the district plans, county structure plan and PPG3, as identified
in Section 19. |
Get agreement from East Lindsey District
Council and their
Planning Dept |
N/A |
ASAP |
The Parish Council has improved relationship with planners, however, where views differ on important issues, the PC has agreed to seek professional help in preparing its case to improve the chances of prevailing. |
Engage with Roughton Parish Council
on common planning and development issues |
Parish Council |
|
|
No action yet. We note that planners,,developers and planning inspectors all regard the Horncastle Rd |
As a last resort, consider extending
the Parish boundary on the north side up the Horncastle Road
to Sandy Lane and on the south side up Kirkby Lane to Wellsyke
Lane and Moor Lane. |
Parish Council to submit proposal
to the Boundaries Commission |
N/A |
ASAP |
Possibly consider during the review for the Local development framework |
Extend conservation
area as much
as possible |
Get agreement from East Lindsey District
Council and their Planning Dept |
N/A |
ASAP |
ELDC appointed consultants to review
the area (Oct 07) |
| Engage with ELDC on the rigorous application
of Policy C1 and associated policies on conservation areas and
areas adjoining them |
The Conservation area was independently reviewed in 2008 and the amendments will hopefully be adopted by ELDC. The PC has a good relationship with b planners on enforcing action where problems occur |
Agree a clear cut set of rules with
East Lindsey District Council about house building in Woodhall
Spa |
Parish Council to get written agreement
with East Lindsey
Planning Dept |
N/A |
ASAP |
|
Ensure all aspects of design is sympathetic
with Woodhall Spa’s character to both preserve and indeed
enhance the ambience |
Street lighting furniture to be of
Edwardian design (but compliant with light pollution regulations)
|
Parish Council |
TBC |
As replacement
required but we should decide what we want to replace earlier |
The Parish Council agreed to request progressive replacement of street lights in the centre of the Spa with heritage type with white (less polluting) light. |
| New lights in Royal Square are a start |
| Parish Council has replaced all litter bins with a common, unobtrusive design |
| General road signage to be of Edwardian design. |
Heritage group is looking at signs, |
Refurbishment of glass shop canopy
is required. |
Parish Council |
TBC – grant funds may be available |
TBC |
Completed
see Architecture page |
Prepare a Village Design Statement |
Parish Council |
|
|
|
We do need to provide affordable
housing for local young people to live in Woodhall Spa |
We need to decide on public land
that can be used for this purpose |
Parish Council |
N/A |
Ongoing |
Some new developments have been built. |
We need to have tight rules about
who is eligible (e.g.: first time buyers, local connections etc.) |
There are still major issues on matching homes with actual need, both in type and in timing and price. Success of attempts to tackle this issue so far have on been partially successful |
Set up a local group to take this
issue forward |
|
| |
| Leisure & Tourism |
| |
| Improve Jubilee Park |
Establish a “Friends of Jubilee Park” group
to make the changes happen and to ensure it’s what we all
want. |
We need a group of volunteers |
TBC |
ASAP |
The Friends
of Jubilee Park (FOJP)
established 2005
Park transferred from ELDC to local management in 2011 |
Café building is awful - needs
redeveloping to maximise its potential.
We would like to see a new building café / restaurant
with gym facilities.
Becomes a year round facility. |
Jubilee Park Management Committee/ Friends of Jubilee Park |
TBC |
Woodhall Spa is slipping in its
attractiveness to
visitors the longer we delay. |
Cafe demolished in 2011. Temporary refreshment facilities in place. Awaiting Jubilee Park Management Committee/ Friends of Jubilee Park decisions on future cafe plans. |
Croquet Lawn needs upgrading to encourage
players / tournaments |
Jubilee Park Management Committee |
TBC |
Summer 06 |
No action as yet |
Gardens need a make over to make
the design more contemporary thereby encouraging visitors. |
East Lindsey District Council and
Friends of Jubilee Park. Proposal is for a design competition for
local horticultural college |
TBC |
Need to get 'The Friends'
going first to give the impetus |
Not enough money as yet. |
More picnic benches in and around
the play area. |
Jubilee Park Management Committee |
TBC |
Summer 06 |
Not enough money as yet. |
Recover the gate pillar tops from
East Lindsey District Council …… they belong to
Woodhall Spa and we want them back. |
Parish Council to lobby East Lindsey
District Council |
N/A |
ASAP |
Restore lost cherub gate tops at entrance - ELDC lost them, not enough money to replace as yet |
We’d like to see the band
stand used for concerts again along with outdoor entertainment – the
Park venue has great possibilities |
The Friends to drive their ideas
forward |
TBC |
ASAP |
This is increasing year on year |
Market Woodhall Spa as a tourist
destination,
capitalising on our unique facilities |
New leaflet to market Woodhall Spa better |
East Lindsey District Council, The Parish
Council and local
volunteers |
Budget needed |
Make a start on new events in 2006 |
Leaflets published for Woodhall Spa, Heritage Trail, Kirkstead, Railways of Woodhall Spa, Cycling and Walking Routes.
Heritage Group, LCC and ELDC |
New Woodhall Spa leaflet required. Marketing has always been comparatively poor. New Woodhall Spa Chamber of Trade and Tourism has plans (2011) |
Upgrade the website to do a better
job at attracting tourists |
Parish Council |
|
|
Very effective and used as an example across the district |
| Encourage the annual events to build community
spirit and to bring in visitors.
Specifically: Re-introduce the Agricultural Show Build on the Christmas market with
an Edwardian theme Sports Weekend: 10K Road
Race and Triathlon already established |
East Lindsey District
Council, The Parish Council and local
volunteers |
|
|
|
Country
Show
Reintroduced 2006 and very successful |
|
| Woodhall Spa Pageant - 2011 |
|
|
Need to be aware that car parking in the park and visitors to the events there stretch the resource of open space in the park area. |
Protect the show field from housing
development for current and future recreational use |
Parish Council and East Lindsey District
Council |
|
|
Large part of show field now Petwood Caravan Park. New field allocated by landowner on Green Lane |
Invest in Jubilee Park Swimming Pool |
The pool complex needs a general
refurbishment to bring it up to a standard that visitors expect |
East Lindsey District
Council – in conjunction with The
Friends and Parish Council |
Grant and external funding
needed |
Agreement in principle
Autumn 05 |
Refurbishment of pool commenced Autumn 2011 |
Revamp Swimming pricing structure
to encourage locals in for shorter “dip”
sessions |
Jubilee Park Management Committee has instigated new pricing structure (2011) |
Re-introduce the book of season tickets
system |
Season tickets reintroduced
2007 |
Heat the children’s paddling
pool |
Completed for 2007 season |
We’d like a bubble cover on
the swimming pool to give us a longer opening period each year |
A bubble for year round use looks increasingly unlikely. |
Re-development of Spa Baths |
See plans in Heritage section |
We need a gym/sports facility |
We need a local facility and could be based
in a revamped Coronation Hall or Jubilee Park Café site |
Two options identified, both require major re‑
development Jubilee Park Café and Coronation Hall. |
|
|
Was included in some of the park options, but not enough money yet. Also been proposed for the Spa Baths. |
|
See details under the appropriate
sections |
| A better utilisation of the River Witham
and all it has to offer |
See also plans in Environment and Countryside
section |
Add interpretation boards on the river bank |
Parish Council |
TBC |
Autumn 06 |
|
| Improve access to moorings |
|
| Allow boats to moor for 48 hours |
Parish Council to work |
with British Waterways |
|
N/A |
Autumn 06 |
Allow 48 hour mooring
Improve path to moorings-especially footpath under bridge |
| |
| Environment & Countryside |
| |
| To encourage management, with
the Woodland Trust, of the Pinewoods as high quality amenity woodland |
Widen paths and make more accessible by use of
bark chippings
|
Work in close co- operation with
Woodland Trust and ELDC
If necessary, establish a ‘Friends of The Pinewoods’ not‑for-profit
Charity |
Grants could be
available.
Sources of free
manpower and expertise already located |
Likely to be a 3 yr project
to do the
basic restoration. |
|
Start Winter 05 |
|
Paths have been widened. Main path has been surfaced
Work completed 2007
|
| Create seating and picnic areas near the periphery |
New seating in woods
2007 |
| Clear out the ditches to help drainage |
Ditches have still to be cleaned out |
| Clean-up brambles, undergrowth, saplings, etc |
Undergrowth has been cut back, all in a rolling programme after obtaining a £40,000 grant because of this Parish Plan. |
| A better utilisation of the River Witham
and all it has to offer |
There is potential for a marina on the north
side of Kirkstead Bridge.
|
Work in conjunction with the Lincolnshire
Waterways Partnership on their proposed scheme to link
the River Witham with the River Nene
ELDC Planning Section |
TBC (grants
could be available) |
|
Marina idea has not been progressed but is a possible project for a new Business Group |
Moorings extended 2008 |
| Link this in with Woodhall Spa through foot and
cycle paths |
|
More than just the historic Pine
woods, we see our trees as precious and characteristic of Woodhall
Spa - they need care and attention |
We want the Parish Council to be
much tougher on any development that removes trees – they
must be replanted with a traditional species appropriate to the
character of Woodhall Spa
|
ELDC – Planning
Office
LCC Highways |
N/A |
Immediate effect |
Tree removal and planting, the Tree Group are actively managing all aspects of this issue. |
| We want to see trees such as Lime planted in the
new estates to bring them closer to the ambience of Woodhall Spa |
Work with LCC to maximise local benefits
of the Lincolnshire Limewoods Project, especially in the vicinity
of Kirkstead Abbey |
Parish Council and LCC |
Grant aid already supplied |
2005-20010 |
Kirkstead area and Limewoods Project are included the overall remit of the Tree
Committee , and Heritage Group |
We need to maintain a register of
our special trees not just those with TPOs.
|
Local Tree Wardens ELDC
Tree Preservation Officer |
N/A |
Immediate effect |
Compilation of a register of special trees is in progress |
| We want to see the pines on Woodland
Drive preserved and replanted as required |
Tree
Committee formed 2007 |
We want to have tree planting schemes
on Monument Road and Abbey Lane |
Local Tree Wardens and LCC Highways |
TBC |
Winter 05 and 06 |
|
LCC Highways needs to maintain our
existing stock of roadside verge trees and replant as closely
as possible like for like as and when required. The implications
of climate change will influence choice of tree species |
Parish Council to get advice from
LCC Highways and ELDC.
LCC Highways to implement |
N/A |
Immediate effect |
Group is working with LCC on verge side trees and climate change issues |
|
Encourage owners to anticipate the loss of old
and large trees by planting replacements now |
All property owners |
N/A |
Immediate effect |
|
For the existing public footpath system, especially
the Viking Way, to be well-signposted and fully accessible |
Survey all our public footpaths for ease of access
and adequacy of signs.
|
Parish Council LCC and/or owners |
N/A |
Spring/Summer 06 |
Survey carried
out.
Please contact Parish Clerk if you are aware of a footpath
problem
|
| Ensure that LCC and/or owners maintain the footpaths
to a high standard. |
They require regular work and inspection to ensure they remain passable |
Create new footways to improve safe
access for people |
Coronation Road and King George Avenue – clear
back verge and create wide paved or tarmac footways
|
Parish Council to request LCC Highways
to implement |
TBC |
2006/2007 |
Despite many attempts, the PC has not yet been able to improve the verge side paths on Coronation Rd and King George Ave. |
| Extend the tarmac footway along Kirkby Lane all
the way to Ostler’s Plantation entrances |
No action yet on Kirkby Lane footpath, though Kirkby on Bain PC wish to be involved in a joint project, which crosses the parish boundary |
Make the most of Ostler’s Plantation
for the benefit
of the whole community |
Find out the Forestry Commission’s (FC)
timetable for clear-felling remaining blocks of mature Scots
Pines
|
Co-operation between the Parish and
District Councils and the Forestry Commission –
who are the owners |
N/A |
Immediate effect |
No action on any of these points. This is outsiode the Parish Boundary, but widely used by Woodhall Spa residents |
| Seek to clarify the FC’s policies for replanting
with deciduous trees. Currently, felled areas are being replanted
with Corsican Pine – not even Scots Pine |
| Request the FC that road signs be installed at
Kirkby Lane junction with Horncastle Road and at the entrance to
the Plantation to guide tourists and newcomers to the main car
park |
| Seek the cooperation of the FC to preserve part
or all of the soon-to-be magnificent plantation of Douglas Firs
opposite Bainland Park and of some of the Western Hemlock and Scots
Pines elsewhere |
| Ask the FC to address dog mess and litter problems,
especially in or near the main car park |
| As the FC to provide better picnic facilities |
| Ask the FC to reinstate their annual ride scrub
and weed clearance programme, especially near the main car park |
Ask the FC to publicise, locally and in advance,
sporting and recreational activities taking place in these woods,
e.g. regional archery, cross-country running, mountain-biking events,
so as to create local interest and support. |
We’d like to improve and protect
for wildlife the areas of: Kirkby Moor, Moor Farm and Roughton
Woods Nature Reserves |
Seek clarification of policies from the Lincolnshire
Wildlife Trust (LWT) of heathland creation and regeneration,
especially where they affect existing woodland
|
Parish and District Councils to consult
with Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust – who are the owners |
N/A |
Immediate effect |
No action on these points |
| Ask the LWT to address litter and fly-tipping problems
on Trust land along Kirkby Lane and their entrance leading to Ostler’s
Plantation main car park. |
|
| |
| Services & Infrastructure |
| |
We need a more comprehensive bus
service |
We need a late night bus from Lincoln
Bus services to and from Newark to interchange
with London trains
A more comprehensive bus service which is well publicised.
Young people have particularly asked for busses on Sundays. |
Parish Council to lobby for this
improved service direct to the LCC and through our Councillor |
N/A |
TBC |
Services generally have improved
|
No action on Sunday buses |
Our halls and meeting places |
Coronation Hall in need of a major revamp. Look
at using this for a young person drop in centre |
Ownership needs sorting first, then establish
a board of trustees and try for a grant. |
Try for a Community
Council grant (up to 50%) |
TBC |
Coronation Hall has been upgraded and its future secured with a Board of Trustees. |
Jubilee Park café site – again a
major revamp (even better a re-build) needed to exploit potential |
See Leisure and Tourism |
|
|
The cafe has now been demolished. Temporary facilities in place |
Help promote cycling |
Create a cycle track behind the Broadway
along the edge of the woods. |
Parish Council and Highways |
TBC |
Easter 06 |
No action |
| |
Mark-up split footpaths/ cycle tracks
on Tattershall Road, Horncastle Road, Witham Road and Stixwould
Road on the wood’s side |
Parish Council and Highways |
TBC |
Complete by end 06 |
The Stixwould Rd cycle track is part completed and will link to a route from the Water Railway. No action yet on routes along Witham, Horncastle and Tattershall roads, though a link from the railway to Green Lane looks likely |
| |
Have a “pay-and-go” bike
system with racks at: Royal Square, Jubilee Park, Bainland, Spa
Baths and Witham Marina. |
Feasibility / advice needed to see
if this will work or will the bikes simply get nicked. Parish
Council to lead. |
TBC |
Probably not realistic before 07
given the
feasibility study is positive. |
No action on a 'pay and go' cycle scheme, |
| though a cycle rack system is in the pipeline. |
Change library open times to fit
in with our needs |
Request the library service both extend their
hours and change them to meet the needs of young people on their
way home from school and longer opening on Saturday.
|
Parish Council to consult with Library
Service |
TBC |
For start 06 |
Cuts in hours are a potential threat to its future..... |
| ..... However the Friends of the Library group are working with the LCC to secure its long term future, the range of material is included in this exercise |
| We’d like also a wider range of material available |
|
More NHS dentists |
We need to find a way of attracting an NHS dentist
practice to Woodhall Spa this is a serious problem - but we aren’t
alone in this. |
We all need to lobby LCC to come up with a solution |
N/A |
We need feedback
from LCC about
what is happening |
The situation has improved, but there is still a shortage of NHS places |
Ensure Nursing home care
provision available in the village |
Make authorities aware of the continuing need
and ask for support in public funding policy issues |
Parish Council |
|
|
There are no nursing homes places in Woodhall Spa now, only residential homes. |
Improve accessibility for
those in wheel chairs and
pushing prams |
Increase the number of dropped curbs in the village |
|
|
|
Many more have been added |
To keep Post Offices |
Ensure the continued survival of both Post Offices |
We all need to use them! |
N/A |
N/A |
Both have survived recent cuts and are secure for the moment |
To have better house keeping in Woodhall
Spa
|
Provide more litter bins
|
Parish Council |
TBC |
Start Autumn 05 |
Litter bins - a current project is reviewing sites, numbers and styles |
| Weed and sweep up the planted areas on the Broadway
more regularly particularly in the Autumn |
Broadway planted areas - the Britain in Bloom group has been active and added planters to the street scene. |
Give the street signs an annual scrub
|
|
|
|
An annual clean has been agreed. Volunteer to
identify signs sought |
| Paint the fence by the Police Station. |
The police station fence has been replaced |
Have a new Parish Notice board |
|
|
|
A new parish notice board was erected Summer 07 |
| Restrict overnight parking on The Broadway at least
once a month to allow access for street cleaning |
No action on clearing the Broadway once a month |
Recycling and rubbish collection |
We need collection of our glass and cardboard We do need a by-law that stops people leaving
their rubbish (even though bagged – and if we get wheelie
bins it will be worse) on the street for days before collection. |
Parish Council to lobby ELDC |
N/A |
We need feedback
on progress Spring 06 |
Collection has improved ...
|
.... though door to door glass collection is not yet available. |
| Leaving refuse bags out no longer applies |
Improved street lighting |
A village street lighting policy which dictates
the style of the light furniture (Edwardian), the direction of
the illumination (downward and dimmed) and the siting in respect
of nearby trees |
Parish Council |
N/A |
Spring 06 |
No action yet on these issues |
| |
| Economic Regeneration |
| |
Investment in Jubilee Park – specifically
the Pool, and associated facilities to bring in visitors |
See plans in Leisure & Tourism
section |
We’d like to see the Broadway
brightened up with planters and hanging baskets to encourage
visitors to walk through Woodhall Spa, buy an ice cream, have
a cup of tea or perhaps a meal and stay |
Annual sponsored display competition for shops/
pubs/ restaurants.
|
We need a team of enthusiasts to
get this going. Get advice (and grant) from Britain in Bloom
rganisation |
Funding from the PC for baskets etc,
then donations / fund raising to buy plants |
Make a start for
Season 06 |
The Britain in Bloom group have this in hand. Planters installed along Broadway and Station Road in 2008. More planters and hanging baskets were added in 2009
|
| Enter “Britain in Bloom”
competition to drive forward the planting scheme idea. |
The village enters the Britain in Bloom competition |
We’d like to refurbish Royal Square |
Needs a re-design – better lighting, opening
up and a new planting scheme |
Would be a good project for a local design school
/ course |
TBC |
Agreement in 06 for work to be done 07 |
Lighting replaced 2008
|
| Refurbishment is in progress. New planting etc |
We do need to market Woodhall Spa
effectively as a visitor destination. |
We do need to decide what type of visitor we
are aiming at then tailor our offering accordingly |
Need to liaise with ELDC and LCC to make sure
they produce literature that is in tune with this target visitor
type |
N/A |
As from Season 06 |
No action yet
|
See Leisure & Tourism |
Increased involvement
from the business community in the future of the village |
Increased involvement from the business community
in the future of the village |
Parish Council to work with ELDC |
N/ A |
Spring 06 |
A business group is proposed to increase business involvement...... |
Work with the EGU on developing the land
recently bequeathed to the EGU |
Parish Council to work with English Golf Union |
Start preliminary
discussions Spring 06 |
....... EGU and other issues would come under their remit |
We need to identify a sites for
both light industry units and office space to bring in jobs to
Woodhall Spa |
Extension of Tattershall Road site needs to be
considered for light industry
Office accommodation with shared facilities thereby
appropriate for small businesses needs to be found.
Promote conversion of over-large houses in Conservation
Area to office
accommodation for professional
businesses such as architects, solicitors, accountants,
etc. The recent creation of a private dental practice
on The Broadway is a good example
|
Parish Council |
N/A |
TBC |
A business group could move this forward |
| |
| Young People |
| |
We need more facilities
For our young people
(especially 11-15s) to keep them from hanging around on the streets |
We’d like to have a “Youth Cafe” /
drop in centre – suggested sites are Coronation Hall or
old Mustang Sally’s site.
We need to find a way of providing more sports facilities |
Parish Council to sort out who
has responsibility for Coronation Hall and then appoint a group
of trustees |
Possibility of a
Community Council grant (up to 50%). |
Decision on Coronation Hall ownership
and
Trustees appointed by end 05. |
Coronation Hall (Youth Club) refurbished 2008
Trustees appointed |
No action on Youth Café and more sport. Jubilee Park 3 Options Appraisal included more youth facilities, but fuinding has not yet been made available |
The Jubilee Pool needs a pricing structure to
encourage local young people to use it. |
For the summer months we’d like cheap tickets
local young people to encourage them into the Jubilee Pool after
school and during the school holidays. |
East Lindsey District Council |
Change in ticket
pricing |
TBC |
Season tickets
reintroduced in 2007.
Reduced cost for ELDC Keycard holders |
Young people want to feel safe in
Woodhall Spa |
Increased presence of police |
CSO already appointed |
Done |
Now |
Much more visible presence and safer environent |
Regularly find out from young people what issues
they have about crime and safety in Woodhall Spa |
Establishment of a Police Neighbourhood
Panel |
Done |
Now |
|
Better public transport |
See Services & Infrastructure
|
| |
| Crime & Community
Safety |
| |
Anti Social behaviour must be dealt
with swiftly and strongly |
Investigate local bylaws to tackle persistent
nuisance
|
Police, Parish Council and CSO |
|
Autumn 06 |
Significant improvement, thanks to PCSOs and police team |
| Request more support from youth service, specifically “Detached
Youth Workers |
| Investigate the anti-social behaviour projects at
Spilsby |
We are a growing village and need
a policing presence to match |
Ensure the financial security of the CSO post
|
Police and Parish Council |
CSO already
funded. Need to ensure
continuation |
Now |
As above, new Police Panel is very successful |
| Develop the Community Panel so the police are aware
of local problems and give them a higher priority |
We want traffic to slow down and
stick to the speed limits |
We want permanent traffic calming measures on
the four roads through Woodhall Spa (Horncastle Road, Tattershall
Road, Stixwould Road and Witham Road).
|
Highways to propose traffic calming
scheme (a few cardboard signs won’t do). Parish Council
to chase. |
N/A |
We would like a timetable of
action from Highways ASAP |
Ongoing work with the Lincs Road Safety Partnership |
| Tor-o-Moor Road is getting lots of complaints so
we need something doing here as well. |
|
Traffic safety |
We’d like a one way system for roads by
the Kinema
|
Parish Council to submit request
to Highways |
N/A |
TBC |
Highways asked to comment, reply awaited. May be necessary if Spa Baths developed |
Traffic calming measures on Abbey Lane (used as
a rat run)
See also Services & Infrastructure |
|
| |
| Local Democracy |
| |
We want to know more about what the
Parish Council is doing and the decisions they are making
|
Continue to develop the Qtly Newsletter
from the Parish Council |
Parish Council
|
Budget for printing |
Now |
Newsletters are popular and work well. Hand delivered to all households and available on website |
Develop and enhance the website to provide information
on the PC activities |
Budget required to pay someone to
manage and update
|
Jan 06
|
The Community website www.woodhallspa.org has been
online since Dec 2005
Successful and is developing as suggested
webmaster |
Use the web site to provide an interactive
flow to canvass local opinion |
Contact webmaster if you think this service
can be improved
webmaster |
| |
Noticeboards |
|
|
Well managed and widely used |
Likewise, we want to know more about
the decisions East Lindsey DC and LCC are taking and how they
affect us. |
Ask the two organisations to keep us better informed
|
East Lindsey and LCC but will need
prodding by the Parish Council and our respective District and
County councillors |
To be determined by these two bodies |
We’d like this in place for
Spring 06 |
Improving, but sometimes two steps forward, one back |
| Ask the ELDC to Communicate more with the community
on planning, recycling and Jubilee Park issues |
| Ask the LCC to Communicate more with the community
about roads and bus services issues |
This has deteriorated but the PC is actively striving to improve |
| |
Arts
& Crafts
Top
of page