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Sports & Leisure Facilities
Village Hall
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51% |
(178) |
Thought the village hall inadequate for the needs of the parish. |
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35% |
(123) |
Thought it was adequate |
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14% |
(50) |
Had no opinion |
Of those who thought the hall was inadequate, just over half thought the solution was improvements, and 44% (77) wanted to rebuild the village hall.
‘External appearance of the village hall needs improving’
The main improvements would be:
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61% |
(107) |
The toilets |
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55% |
(97) |
A larger kitchen |
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47% |
(83) |
Additional storage space |
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46% |
(82) |
Improved appearance |
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40% |
(70) |
An additional meeting room |
Activities:
Half the village answered this question. Currently, the most popular activities are the Drama Group (56 people), the Twinning Association (50), Lunch and Social Club (45), Croquet & Pétanque Club (41), Aerobics/keep fit (32) and the Playgroup (which is one of the biggest users of the village hall but was omitted from the questionnaire).
The Youth Club enjoys 28 participants, the School Association 27, the Garden Society 29, the Cricket Club 25, the Parish Map Group 16, the Badminton Club 16, the Art Group 11, the WI 11, and there is also the Holbeton Brass Band which was not included in the questionnaire.
Are there any services, activities, support groups, or facilities for the young or old that you would like to see in the parish?
Here is a list of suggestions you made, in no particular order:
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Tennis courts |
Music (amateur orchestra) |
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Bowling, croquet, badminton, and pétanque |
Flora and fauna group |
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Swings and slides at Battisborough Cross playing fields |
Woodwork club |
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Skating, Blading, BMXing facilities |
Gym club |
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Indoor short mat bowls |
Bridge club |
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More play equipment in the play area |
Whist drive & bingo |
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More sports groups |
Help for the elderly to attend functions |
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Pool table in the hall |
Help for the elderly to attend functions |
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Cubs/Scouts |
Adult education classes |
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Young persons Art / Drama group |
Life long learning group |
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More discos/activities for young people |
Allotments |
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Summer play scheme & after school clubs |
History group |
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Rock and roll club |
Improve public transport |
Battisborough Cross playing fields
There was overwhelming support to retain the playing fields for community use for sport and recreational facilities with 118 people answering yes to retain all of the area and 88 to retain part of the area. A full list of suggestions for the use of the area has been passed on the Croquet & Pétanque Club.
‘Picnic tables for the play areas’
Offers of help
55 people offered time, 28 money, and 12 both time and money to maintain the area.
Traffic & Transport
Traffic
The main concerns in the parish were with parking and the speed of traffic, both in Holbeton and Battisborough Cross.
‘Traffic calming in the village’
There are 281 vehicles in these 175 households, 22 households have no car and 63 households have one car.
Two-thirds of the 281 vehicles identified in the survey are used for journeys to work or education outside the parish. Hence the traffic peaks early morning and mid to late afternoon.
Parking
288 (85%) respondents reported having adequate parking space on their property. Nevertheless, the remaining 53 have to street park their vehicles. It is therefore understandable that two-thirds of you think that the parking is inadequate and detrimental to road safety.
The favoured solution is a second car park (64%, 211) and the suggestions focused on three main places:
- The allotment adjacent to the school;
- Minchinhay field below Church Hill House;
- The Vicarage Hill site which has already been offered on a lease by the Flete Estate.
‘Builders yard on Fore Street’
Action: The full list of suggestions for sites has been passed on to the Parish Council.
Danger spots
This question attracted nearly 200 comments identifying a multitude of sites.
The largest concerns were as follows:
Speeding cars through the narrow lanes- The junction outside the village shop
- Church Hill
- Fore Street
- Vicarage Hill
- The Square and outside the School
- Speeding through Battisborough Cross
- Exit from Flete on the A379
‘Some traffic goes through Battisborough Cross much too fast’
‘The only thing that makes a road dangerous is the speed at which people drive’
‘Junctions by the village shop and the school’
Action: Lowering the speed limit in the parish must be seriously considered.
The full "danger-spots" list has also been passed on to the Parish Council.
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