Index

This subject generated a lot of interest from respondents to the question "Does Peter Tavy need a shop/Post Office?":

	People from Langsford	People from the Village	People from Rural Area	Totals
Yes	18	49	43	110
No	1	2	3	6
No opinion	4	4	6	14

It seems pretty clear that most people throughout the parish would like to see a Post Office/Shop in the village.

Opinion is more divided over using a Mobile Post Office perhaps due to access problems and the times it could be available. There is an overall majority who would use it, but much less support for the idea from the rural area.

	People from Langsford	People from the Village	People from Rural Area	Totals
Yes (would use a mobile)	8	68	19	95
No (would not use)	9	21	28	58
No opinion	1	2	6	9

This was one of the topics which produced most comments in the open section at the end of the questionnaire.

The Parish Council

90 people - the majority of the 167 who replied- did not know how the parish council spent its money. Of those that did, 46 people were "totally satisfied" or "quite satisfied" about how the money was spent, but 15 people were dissatisfied, and 16 people had no opinion.

Information

Peter Tavy people were asked what they thought of the quality of information about what's going on in the parish, and they replied:

	People from Langsford	People from the Village	People from Rural Area	Totals
Good	0	0	6	6
Reasonable	2	21	12	35
Poor	13	40	25	78
No Opinion	10	16	11	37

There are two main sources of information for the parish. The first is the Peter Tavy Piper magazine, which is very well read by people, as follows:

	People from Langsford	People from the Village	People from Rural Area	Totals
Every Issue	9	78	58	145
Every 2-3 Issues	3	3	15	21
Less Frequently	1	3	7	11
Never	0	3	5	8

36 people said they would be willing to help with the Piper so we ought to be able to ensure it continues as a first-class local magazine!

The second main source of information is the parish noticeboard, situated next to the village hall gateway. Its clear from the figures below, showing the number of times people look at the board each month, that this isn't an easy source of information for people living outside the village.

	People from Langsford	People from the Village	People from Rural Area	Totals
Look at Over 10 times a month	0	19	0	19
Look at 5 - 10 times a month	0	27	15	42
Look at Less than 5 times	6	28	16	50
Never look at it	7	12	22	41

Peter Tavy people were then asked where they thought the noticeboard should be located, which drew the following answers:

	People from Langsford	People from the Village	People from Rural Area	Totals
In its Present Position	9	67	32	108
Beside the Telephone Kiosk	1	9	4	14
In Church Road	2	3	3	8
Other Position (see comments)	2	8	4	14

There were a lot of comments in favour of additional boards in rural locations:

- Difficult, as we are 4 miles from the village and hardly ever drive through, as the easiest route is through Mary Tavy. We never know what is going on and perhaps may participate more if we did.

Waste

There's a lot of support for waste recycling facilities. Numbers of people who said they would always or occasionally use them, if available, were as follows:

	No. of People
Bottle/Glass Collection Point	136
Waste Paper Collection Point	128
Can Bank	111
Separating Refuse for Collection	96
Community Compost Scheme	45

So we're generally very "green" minded, but most of us also seem to be keen gardeners, who want to hang on to our own compost for our own gardens!

Health Services

130 people use the Doctor often or occasionally, and 100 rate the service as good, 28 as reasonable, and only 2 as poor. Other medical services are used much less frequently, (the next most popular was the Health Visitor, with 18 users), and again the majority rate the services as good or reasonable.

There is some difficulty in reaching medical services, with over 15% of people saying that they had frequent or occasional problems in getting to the doctor, chemist, optician and hospital.

Overhead wires etc.