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| What do you like about living in Slapton? | |
| 48 | Environment/location/beauty/local scenery |
| 42 | Friendly/help of neighbours and people in general |
| 39 | Rural community/community spirit |
| 35 | Peaceful/peace & quiet/tranquillity |
| 14 | Near to the sea |
| 9 | Little or no crime/safe environment |
| 6 | Shop - essential |
| 5 | Pubs - essential |
| 4 | Everything |
| 4 | Mixed age community |
| 3 | Wildlife |
| 3 | Pretty, well-kept village (clean) |
| 3 | Mix of local, incomers & holiday makers |
| 3 | Small size of community |
| 3 | Proximity to work/central for towns & schools |
| 2 | Family home |
| 2 | Natural local amenities |
| 2 | No street lights |
| 2 | Cheap housing |
| 2 | Climate |
| 2 | Good dog walking (without using the car) |
| 2 | Lack of traffic (passing through) |
| 2 | Village Hall |
| 2 | Field Centre (keeps things lively) |
| 1 | Pace of life |
| 1 | Not welcoming |
| 1 | Starry Skies - no light pollution from street lights |
| 1 | Church |
| 1 | No main road through it |
| 1 | Active community |
| 1 | Still a working village with local businesses |
| 1 | Good local suppliers eg butcher, baker, village shop, fishmonger |
| 1 | Plenty of children to date |
| 1 | Fresh air |
| 1 | Happy village |
| 1 | Combined rural & coastal location |
| 1 | Very little with exception of my flat |
| 1 | Vibrant |
| 1 | Delightful |
| 1 | Reasonable density of people & cars |
| 1 | Beautiful walks |
| 1 | On bus route |
| 1 | Good vibrations |
| 1 | Sense of history |
| 1 | Playing badminton |
| What do you dislike about living in Slapton? | |
| 26 | Nothing |
| 13 | Congestion from cars/traffic/parking |
| 10 | Uncontrolledsummer traffic/tourist traffic |
| 6 | Outsiders moving in and trying to change things |
| 6 | Poor public transport/bus service |
| 5 | Second homes/far too many holiday cottages |
| 5 | Dog poo |
| 4 | Gossip mongers |
| 4 | Secluded/isolated/too out of the way/remote |
| 4 | Speeded traffic/road racers (in village and Five Mile Lane) |
| 3 | Unsightly damage to hedgerows |
| 3 | Long way from hospitals and services |
| 3 | No sporting/social events |
| 3 | The weather |
| 2 | Damp & flood |
| 2 | New architecture out of place with local styles |
| 2 | People with garages who park on road |
| 2 | Litter |
| 2 | No facilities for the young |
| 2 | Nowhere to build |
| 2 | Heavy transport |
| 2 | Too many rooks |
| 2 | Cars hooting at sharp bends and through the village |
| 2 | Arrogant incomers who treat locals as fools |
| 1 | Noise from scramble bikes |
| 1 | Too many dogs |
| 1 | Occasional lack of privacy |
| 1 | Hills |
| 1 | Distance from theatre |
| 1 | No possibility of going anywhere in the evening |
| 1 | Lack of public skips |
| 1 | Fear that Slapton might change |
| 1 | Rather insular |
| 1 | Isolation (if not a "joiner-in") ex. social events in village hall |
| 1 | Having only one shop |
| 1 | Narrow minded locals |
| 1 | Brown water in taps |
| 1 | Plastic windows in old houses |
| 1 | Becoming less local i.e. less Devonian |
| 1 | Creeping sub-urbanisation |
| 1 | Inflated house prices |
| 1 | Being disturbed by late revellers |
| 1 | The disharmony of the bells |
| 1 | The ways locals treat newcomers |
| 1 | Lack of street lighting at tip of the village |
| 1 | Water on Shop Hill - could freeze in winter |
| 1 | Vindictive residents/backbiting residents/snobbish residents - dinosaurs! |
| 1 | Drivers who park at the end of my drive and block in my car and my neighbours car |
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| What changes would you like to see? | |
| 18 | Nothing/No changes |
| 15 | Less holiday/second homes |
| 13 | Car park/better individual car spaces/stricter parking control/make people use their garage |
| 4 | More outside sports facilities |
| 3 | More facilities for the young people/youth club |
| 2 | Free car parking on beach car parks for local residents |
| 2 | Roads repaired |
| 2 | As few as possible |
| 2 | Mains gas if possible |
| 2 | More affordable/low cost housing encouraging more famlies |
| 2 | Public loos |
| 2 | Street lighting (at top of village) |
| 2 | Repairs/renewal of sewage station at top of village (Greenbanks) - it's a stinker |
| 1 | More infill of houses |
| 1 | Wider range of people |
| 1 | More services for residents |
| 1 | Notices - Go Slow & Don't Hoot |
| 1 | Appropriate drainage for Shop Hill |
| 1 | Village doctor/surgery/local help on health |
| 1 | Small garden centre |
| 1 | Group activities |
| 1 | More night classes e.g. another creative writing class |
| 1 | Villagers getting around on own two legs instead of four wheels |
| 1 | More evening community opportunities |
| 1 | Speed restrictions entering the village/traffic calming |
| 1 | Tighter planning controls |
| 1 | Stop manicuring the verges |
| 1 | Provision of flat fields for events |
| 1 | No through traffic |
| 1 | More buses coming into Slapton |
| 1 | Imaginative architecture schemes using cob/local materials |
| 1 | Training young people with traditional skills |
| 1 | Litter bin in Greenbanks area |
| 1 | Make holiday traffic park on gravel pit |
| 1 | Long-standing residents (dinosaurs) changed with less self-centred spiritual newcomers |
| 1 | Put wires underground |
| 1 | Get a better street cleaner |
| 1 | Street Signs |
| 1 | Information map in centre of village |
| 1 | Football club |
| 1 | Tea shoppe |
| 1 | Crafts |
| 1 | Healing venue - retreat |
| 1 | No dog poo |
| 1 | More local events - advertised locally |
| 1 | Less gossip mongers |
| 1 | Ban street parking |
| 1 | Occasional clearance of farm mud from roads |
| 1 | No more development |
| 1 | Preservation of old barns, walls, hedges |
| 1 | Roads gritted when necessary |
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