21 November 2016

www.enventure.co.uk

Histon & Impington Parish Council

Neighbourhood Plan Consultation 2016

Key Findings

Background

• Neighbourhood Plan - vision for Histon &

Impington area over next 15 years

• Put policies in place to help deliver vision

and influence planning permission for

development

• Survey to consult with people who live, work

and study in H&I (and visit) about issues,

priorities and ideas, as well likes and

dislikes

• Findings will be used to draft initial Plan

Methodology

• 3 focus groups and 11 in depth interviews

• Questionnaire design

• Paper survey distributed to all addresses in

H&I with pre-paid envelope to return them

• Online survey, publicised via social media,

website and posters

• 2,167 responses received over 4 week period

Mixed methodology - quantitative and qualitative

Where responses came from

Survey respondent profile

71%

11%

28%

4%

19%

16%

5%

Live here

Work here

Study here

Own or managebusiness here

Visit for shopping

Visit forrestaurants, bars…

Other

14%

31%

55%

One

Two

Three or more

36%

2%

15%

23%

19%

5%

Under 16

16-24

25-44

45-64

65+

Prefer not tosay

43%

51%

6%

Male

Female

Prefer not tosay

Gender

Relationship to H&I Age

Number of people in household

Perceptions of Histon & Impington today

82% like the

community

“There is a community

spirit. You’ve only got

to sit on the bench for

five minutes and

someone will come

and talk to you.”

“If you live in Histon you

get the best of both worlds.

You do get the rural village

life, but also the amenities

immediately on your

doorstep.”

“People feel

engaged with

the community

that they are a

part of. ”

Histon & Impington in the future

“Friendly” and “Safe” community in 15 years’ time

“Although there will be

growth and there will be

changes, it would be nice if

it remained a distinctive

community rather than a

suburb of Cambridge.”

58%

44%

38%

34%

More traffic

Pressure on medical facilities

Affordability of housing

Pressure on school places

Biggest worries about the future

Facilities in Histon & Impington

Importance Require improvement

94%

90%

89%

87%

87%

85%

84%

81%

Availability of medical services

Availability of school places

Availability of footpaths &cycle routes

Facilities for older people

Availability of informal openspace

Availability of formal openspace

Facilities for children & youngpeople to meet

Supply of affordable homes

54%

53%

49%

47%

44%

39%

38%

35%

Availability of medical services

Supply of affordable homes

Availability of footpaths & cycleroutes

Availability of car parking

Availability of school places

Facilities for children & youngpeople to meet

Availability of informal openspace

Facilities for older people

Additional housing needed

What do we need more of in Histon & Impington?

“I think there needs to be

additional, properly affordable

housing so people don’t feel

they have to move away from

this community if they’ve

grown up here.”

66%

61%

54%

53%

52%

44%

43%

39%

39%

23%

16%

22%

19%

21%

29%

31%

31%

20%

24%

54%

17%

17%

26%

27%

19%

25%

26%

40%

37%

22%

Affordable or starter homes (1-2 beds)

"Growing family" homes (2-3 beds)

Downsize homes for older people

Low cost rental housing

Family homes (3-4 beds)

Bungalows

Flats / Apartments

Care home places

Sheltered housing

Larger homes (5+ beds)

Need more Don't need more Don't know

Building on the Green Belt

What do you think about building on the Green Belt?

44%

38%

8%

4%

6%

Don't agree any new houses should bebuilt on Green Belt

Willing to accept some new houses, aslong as there's significant delivery of

affordable houses

Relaxed about development on GreenBelt

None of above

Don't know

“On brownfield,

on some of the

disused sites,

not onto virgin

Green Belt.”

Size of future housing developments

Almost six in ten

agree with smaller

developments, but

most do not agree

with larger ones

What size developments should be allowed?

57%

56%

24%

11%

37%

34%

71%

83%

6%

11%

5%

6%

Small developments (less than 100houses)

Single housing plots

Medium developments (100-250houses)

Large developments (250+ houses)

Agree Do not agree Don't know

Location of housing developments

23% suggested

north east of

community

28% said “NO” to

new developments

Development for energy projects

Comfort with allowing development for energy projects on

Histon & Impington’s Green Belt land

10%

28%

17%

46%

Don't knowUncomfortableNeitherComfortable

Expansion of light industrial site

Comfort with expansion of light industrial site off Butt Lane

61%

16% 15%

8%

Comfortable Neither Uncomfortable Don't know

Traffic and speeding in the community

58% worry about more traffic in the future “The traffic is getting

a bit crazy.”

37% in favour of changing traffic

routes to avoid sensitive areas

“Anywhere where you’ve got

schoolchildren about I think

should be 20mph zones.”

“In this village all through

traffic comes through on the

main road…I think the only

option here is for us to look

at a bypass.”

33% in favour of introducing

20mph zones in the community

Parking in the community

47% think that the availability of car

parking needs improving

“We have a perennial

problem outside the

infant school in

particular with some

people parking

grossly irresponsibly.”

31% worry about car

parking in the future

“If I’m trying to cycle

my children home

safely then the

number of parked

cars makes it very

difficult.”

“People bring their cars and park

in Impington to get to the guided

bus or to the ordinary bus simply

to save on the fare from

Cottenham.” 17% want to see more parking

restrictions

Perceptions of local public transport

55% in favour of direct bus services into Cambridge

“They’re supposed to be every

20 minutes but I could be

waiting 40 minutes for a bus.”

51% would like to see a new guided

bus stop towards north west of

community

“If we could have another stop

for the guided bus at the other

end of the village I think that

would really help.”

“I choose to drive in, because if

I take the children in, it’s

pushing ten pounds to get

there and back.”

Cycling and walking in the community

59% think best way to reduce traffic and

pollution is to improve cycle paths

“If you really promoted it as a

cycling village and put in some

more cycle lanes and then I think

you would alleviate some of that. I

definitely know people who don’t

need to drive at all, but they never

really think of cycling.”

49% think availability of footpaths

and cycle routes need improving and

89% think this is important

“I never cycle into Cambridge

because I’m terrified of the

traffic.”

Things for young people to do

36% of respondents were aged under 16 & 26% of them agreed

that there was nothing for young people to do

27%

20%

18%

13%

10%

Youth / socialclub

Better sportsfacilities

Safe meetingplaces

More parks

Skate park

What is missing?

21% overall agreed that there is nothing

for young people to do

Business in Histon & Impington

15% said they worked for, owned or ran business in H&I.

Of these, 41% were based at home

20%

16%

13%

11%

Nothing / no support needed

Provide more parking areas

Better Broadband / wifi / mobilecoverage

Improve public transport / transportlinks

How can Parish Council support your business?

“Where is the parking going

to be for people to visit those

businesses?”

“Broadband is absolutely

appalling in certain pockets

of the village…”

“The only thing they could

really do is mention us

every now and again”

Key subgroup differences

Significant differences between under 16s and residents aged 16+

Indicator Under 16s Residents 16+

Agree that there is nothing for young people to

do

26% 17%

Want community to be described as ‘modern’ in

future

30% 5%

Worry about fewer jobs and businesses in

future

18% 10%

Think employment opportunities need

improving

34% 15%

Think more low cost rental housing is needed in

the community

66% 49%

Think more family homes are needed in the

community

62% 49%

Enventure Conclusions (not Parish Council)

Medical facilities & school places seen

as important

Many people think they need

improvement

Important for future if community continues

to expand

Expectation that community will

expand

Important that H&I retains it identity and continues to be “safe”

and “friendly”

Ensure that H&I does not become a suburb

of Cambridge

Opinion divided on whether to build

houses on Green Belt

Some willing to accept it if it provides

affordable homes, others against it

If building on Green Belt, small

developments and single plots only

Traffic and parking are increasing

problems

Traffic biggest worry and almost half think

parking needs improving

Could potentially get worse in the future

without action taken