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A Community Appraisal for Chardstock Parish
PARISH AFFAIRS
Most people have no opinion on whether the Parish should have a higher profile, but of those who did express an opinion, a sizeable majority thought it should not.
Parish
Council affairs are clearly not popular, with over half the respondents not
knowing how the Parish precept is spent, although 1/5th are quite satisfied
with the way it is spent. If extra funding is required, most people would
support fund raising, then sponsorship, or moderate Council Tax increases.
84% have not attended either a Parish Council meeting or an Annual Parish meeting, and not surprisingly, several comments were made about a lack of knowledge of Parish Affairs! However, nearly 35% of respondents would like to see more information about the Parish Council in the monthly Newsletter – [perhaps about how the precept is spent and what representations are made to District Council and other bodies.Eds.]
“Listen to what your villagers really want for once”
EMERGENCY SERVICES
It is worth pointing out that the majority of us have no recent experience of using the emergency services – happily. Most feel that the standard of these services is reasonable to good, with the ambulance service coming out best. There were, however, a number of adverse comments about policing and the police force.
“We’ve never seen a policeman in Chardstock”
Most people think that the emergency services would find their property easily enough, although nearly 20% think that there may be problems, and there were many suggestions for improving this situation.
“999, 01460 & EX13 are incompatible!!”
“Better sign posting and keep your map reference by the phone”
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