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TABLE 18: Employment status
| Employment status | Percentage (%) |
| Employed | 14 |
| Self-employed | 24 |
| Unemployed | 2 |
| Government Training Scheme | 1 |
| Full-time education | 8 |
| Wholly retired | 39 |
| Unwaged | 7 |
| Permanently sick/disabled | 4 |
| Other | 2 |
Of those people working, 48 work at home, 16 people work elsewhere in the parish and 31 people work within 10 miles of home. 5 people commute between 11 and 30 miles to work, and 18 people commute over thirty miles to work. At the time of questioning 10 people were actively seeking work (9.0%).
124 people (66%) are in favour of an Enterprise Action Plan, whilst 9 people (4.8%) are against it and 54 people (28.9%) had no opinion.
47 people run a business in the parish, employing an additional 21 people.
TABLE 19: Types of Business
| Type of business | Number |
| Agriculture | 7 |
| Retail/repairs | 2 |
| Hotel/catering/tourism | 15 |
| Construction | 3 |
| Manufacturing | 2 |
| Professional services | 8 |
| Other | 8 |
"Not opposed to small-scale enterprise in the village - it must be appropriate to the village."
"Any initiative to get people into the work force and off benefits is welcome".
"Slapton needs more work opportunities".
"We have an excellent village shop and two exceedingly good pubs, but we need a Tea Shop. A craft shop/healing centre is another idea for providing employment as the village has very good healing energy".
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177 (85%) of those who responded use the footpaths and bridleways. Of these 87% had no difficulty following paths.
TABLE 20: Difficulty with footpaths
| Reason for difficulty | No. of users |
| Farm animals | 7 |
| No stiles or gates | 1 |
| Crops in fields | 5 |
| Mud and or water | 31 |
| Overgrown bushes/nettles | 10 |
| No signposts | 5 |
| Other | 7 |
All of the options for improvements that could be made to the roads, lanes and paths in order to make the local countryside better, were seen as very important or worth doing except street lighting (66 % felt that it was not necessary). The main improvements felt to be either very important or worth doing were:- repair gates (89%); signpost paths (88%); stop verge damage (82%); provide dog poo bins (80%)
There was a split on whether to keep roadside verges mown and tidy (66%), whilst 69% were for letting the verges grow.
‘Other’ suggestions made included:- stop cattle making paths impassable - secure fences; more parking controls/facilities; anti-litter campaign; some roads to have road signs; reduce number of brown tourist signs - can’t they use maps!
124 people would like to see maps of the footpaths and bridleways in the parish.
"Marsh Lane is impassable due to farm animals and high water levels making deep mud."
"No serious difficulties - you must expect some as this is the countryside after all."
"Please provide dog poo bins and fine dog owners who persistently let their pets foul roads and paths."
"Cut verges only one foot from the edge of the road, and allow the rest to grow and enjoy the beauty of the countryside."
"Remove unnecessary obstructions on already narrow roads e.g. plant pots and rocks."
"Make farmers clear roads and tracks when they dump mud on them."
"Make tractors clean tyres before using metalled roads."
Table 21: Number of people who would like protection of Landscape Features
| 34 | Chantry/Tower (ruin not the pub!) | 2 | No buildings on top of hills |
| 23 | Slapton Ley (inc. water quality) | 2 | Farms, small holdings & fields within village |
| 22 | Protection all features of current landscape | 2 | Permanent pasture |
| 19 | Woods (inc. Chantry Wood) | 2 | Field structure inc. hedges |
| 16 | Walls | 2 | Roads |
| 13 | Beach | 2 | No street lights |
| 12 | Church | 2 | Views and vistas |
| 12 | Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve | 2 | Road through village |
| 10 | Trees | 1 | Houses to blend in with existing |
| 10 | Hedges and banks | 1 | Passing places |
| 7 | Open spaces | 1 | Water tap features |
| 6 | Church yard | 1 | Green belt |
| 6 | Old buildings | 1 | Long grass |
| 4 | Marshes/wetlands | 1 | Monument |
| 4 | Streams (clean water) and springs | 1 | No buildings on the line |
| 4 | Protect and clear village paths | 1 | Removal of rusted corrugated iron structures |
| 3 | Open fields | 1 | Cricket field |
| 3 | Shop | 1 | No more building |
| 3 | Flowers in verges | 1 | Pubs |
| 3 | Thatched and slate roofs | 1 | Playing field (football pitch) not park |
| 3 | Existing parking - no yellow lines |
ACTION NEEDED: A village map is at present being designed and drawn up - it could be suggested that this will also show footpaths and bridleways.
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36% of us were satisfied with the planning system, 23% are not, and 42% had no opinion. It could therefore be said that 61% of those with an opinion are satisfied with the planning system.
TABLE 22: Opinion of Environmental services:
| Service | Good (%) | Reasonable(%) | Poor (%) | No opinion (%) |
| Mains water | 49 | 32 | 16 | 4 |
| Mains electricity | 65 | 29 | 2 | 4 |
| Refuse collection | 82 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
| Public toilets | 4 | 6 | 49 | 42 |
| Street cleaning | 39 | 43 | 14 | 3 |
| Winter weather service | 13 | 37 | 27 | 23 |
| Telephone kiosk | 25 | 35 | 9 | 31 |
| Litter bins | 13 | 40 | 27 | 20 |
On the question of street lighting, 50 respondents would like to see more, 127 were content with the status quo and 13 said they felt we needed less lighting.
57% of those replies felt we need a public loo, with 26% disagreeing.
94% (201 people) of us said that we would separate refuse for recycling. 20 people in the parish would use a community recycling scheme daily, 140 people would use it weekly, and 27 would use it monthly.
"There are some recent properties built in the village that are out of character with existing architecture."
"On many occasions the District planners disregard the Parish Councillors views."
"The planning system is irrational, muddled and silly."
"Roadside care used to be very good with previous street cleaner - we miss him."
"Please, street lighting and litter bins at Greenbanks Close."
"Lets enjoy the starry skies at night - no more lighting at night."
ACTION NEEDED: All comments and complete details of results will be passed on to the relevant Authority.
With support for a community recycling scheme it is feasible to start one - an Action Group could be formed.
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Preferred sources for implementing suggestions arising from this survey are fund raising (65%); a moderate council tax increase (47%); sponsorship (37%); private contributions (24%). Some people suggested a combination of the above.
The Community Council for Devon has knowledge of various grants available for some of the suggestions raised.
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