Tiddington 4 Village Plan Survey Results – Roads

Tiddington 4 Village Plan

Survey Results – Roads

Two thirds of respondents wanted a controlled crossing of the A418 in Tiddington, with the very large majority preferring a pelican crossing

A majority of respondents were willing to help raise funds for a crossing, especially a pelican crossing, but respondents were also clearly unsupportive of an increase in local taxes to pay for the crossing


Survey Results – EnvironmentDog Fouling - 40% of respondents think it a problem

Littering- 44% of respondents think it a problem

Preferred solutions – more bins & exacting penalties

Preferred solutions – more bins & exacting penalties

In particular on the playing field and footpaths/ pavements/ verges

In particular along the A418/ lay-bys, playing field/ hall and bus stops & shelters

Street Lighting - Almost equal split between too little and about right level

Noise - Only 14% of responses said affected “Lots” –main culprits are air & road traffic


Survey Results – Environment

Most beneficial measures, of those suggested, were seen as tidying roadside verges, provision of a local skip and removing litter

Results shown are for first choices – results for all choices broadly similar


Survey Results – Flooding

86% of respondents have not suffered flooding here

88% of respondents have not taken their own steps to prevent flooding

85% of respondents think it important or very important the council takes action to prevent flooding

50% of floods were of gardens and roads

Sandbags are the most common form of self-protection


Survey Results – Supporting Services

All 4 suggested activities to support children and adolescents received more than 40 expressions of interest in at least occasional use, with weekend activities for children attracting most interest

Most elderly people or those with a disability or mobility problem wanted no support, but there were more than 15 expressions of interest for each of gardening, collecting prescriptions and transport to hospital or GP.

How do you rate the current play equipment in Tiddington?


Survey Results – Leisure

• Play equipment for children and the quality of the General Play Spacewas perceived to be “Good”.

• Facilities for Secondary School Age and Adults was perceived to be “Poor”

How often would you use the following facilities if provided in Tiddington?

• Tennis would be the most popular activity overall• Activity Trail was, however, more popular when

counting only responses of “Very often” & “Often”.

The most popular activities, counting only those who would use them monthly, wereDance Classes, Walking/ Nordic Walking and Film Club with over 50 potential users each



Provision of cycleways was given highest priority by respondents, when counting both first priorities only and all priorities



Would you potentially support / accept housing development in the parish if plans were put to the council?

189 out of 353 respondents would support limited development

97 respondents favour no more development

Tiddington 4 Village PlanSurvey Results – Housing

Yes - large development

No – no more development

No strong opinion

Yes – but only limited, such as infill or discrete

sites


If the parish does have new development, which types of housing do you believe are most important for the parish?

Most Important Housing Type – Housing for people with local connections only

Least Important Housing Type – Affordable Housing to buy / Shared Ownership

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721611

7

54

24 15

Affordable housing for rent Housing for people with local connections only

Houses with 3 or more bedrooms Houses with fewer than 3 bedrooms

Supported housing for people with special needs Affordable housing to buy/ shared ownership

None Don’t know

29

2220

27

18

36812

Affordable housing for rent Housing for people with local connections only

Houses with 3 or more bedrooms Houses with fewer than 3 bedrooms

Supported housing for people with special needs Affordable housing to buy/ shared ownership

None Don’t know

OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING:

- First time buyers - Housing only in villages with existing amenities i.e. Great Milton

- Private market housing - Housing suitable for the elderly should be for their use only

- Possibly small bungalows for old people - Affordable housing and larger properties. Good to have a mix of home owners/occupiers across village

- Single dwellings for senior villagers to relocate to when house/garden gets to big/much - This is a mixed community and this should guide any future development- Wardened or community housing for the elderly


*******************************Do you think preference for low-cost homes (shared equity, public social rented) should be given to people who have an existing family or other

close connection with the parish?84% Yes16% No

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If development were to take place what would you be concerned about……?

Most Concerned About – The Size of the Development & Increased Traffic

Least Concerned About – Sub Division of Gardens & Infilling Between Properties

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183

8374

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Increased traffic Changing the character of the villages

Infilling between properties Sub-division of gardens

Extending the boundaries of the villages The size of developments

Tiddington 4 Village PlanSurvey Results – Broadband

Whole Parish Tiddington Village Rest of Parish

Yes 88% 86% 96%

No 12% 14% 4%

Yes 84% 82% 91%

No 16% 18% 9%

Yes 51% 48% 62%

No 49% 52% 38%

Less than £10 63% 66% 50%

£11-15 15% 14% 23%

£16-20 13% 10% 25%

£21-30 6% 7% 0%

£31-40 2% 2% 2%

£41 plus 0% 1% 0%

Do you have access to broadband within your home?

Would you be interested in faster connectivity? (Improved broadband)

Would you use more services online if you had a faster connection?

How much would you be willing to pay extra per month for improved

broadband?

A large majority of respondents have broadband but want faster connectivity. However only roughly one third would pay more than £10 monthly for increased speed.


Reported Broadband Speeds from Parish

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Parish AverageTiddingtonRest of Parish

Parish Average 14% 23% 38% 22% 4%Tiddington 10% 19% 42% 25% 3%Rest of Parish 33% 38% 20% 8% 5%

Less than 1Mbp 1-2 Mbps 2-4Mbps 4-6Mbps More than 6 Mbps

The broadband speeds are significantly higher in Tiddington (Ickford exchange)compared to the rest of the parish although less than only one quarter of allBroadband users have speeds greater than 4Mbps – The national average is 9Mbps


On-Line services we would use more with better broadband

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Parish AverageTiddington VillageRest of Parish

5 types of service would be accessed more frequently by more than 30% of respondents if faster broadband speeds were available locally

Tiddington 4 Village PlanSurvey Results - Economic Development

Support additional premises?

YesNo

Concerns

Commercial trafficProperty infill-ingVillage boundary ex-tensionNoneOther

Other : Parking, noise, rural area

320 responses86% of respondents60% of total

Most respondents viewed the provision of additional business premises positively whilst expressing concerns about the impact of additional traffic and possible growth of the built-up area

Tiddington 4 Village Plan Survey Results - Economic Development

Homeworking

RegularlyOftenOccasionallyNever

338 responses91% of respondents64% of total

Own business (% )

yes / partno

Networking events ? (%)

YesNo

(31)

More than 140 respondents work at home at least occasionally, of whom more than 60 own or part own their business and thirty-one would be interested in a local networking event

Tiddington 4 Village Plan Survey Results - Crime & Policing

0 5 10

Parked cars &Dangerous parking

Speeding

Street lighting

Lack of police presence

NHW

Drug dealing

Various comments

37 written responses about community safety were received, with the biggest issues of concern being speeding (9 responses) and drug dealing (6). Seven other issues received 5 or less responses each.


Survey Results – General Comments

40% of general comments concerned roads with speeding, vibration and noise (especially on the A 418) being the predominant subject with 18 comments, followed by provision of the crossing in Tiddington with 5 comments. The need for a shop (6 comments) and for affordable housing (4 comments) were the next subjects of most concern generally.

Total comments = 81

Tiddington 4 Village Plan Survey Results – Roads

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