NCAP Area Board Presentation

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NCAP Area Board Presentation 15 July 2009
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• Purpose of this presentation
• To describe NCAP and its role within the Unitary
  process
• To present the Community Plan consultation
  results

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The Community Area in 2009
1. Marston Meysey 2. Latton 3. Cricklade 6.
Purton 7. Braydon 8. Lydiard Millicent 9. Lydiard
Tregoze 10. Wootton Bassett 11. Broad Town 12.
Clyffe Pypard 13. Tockenham 14. Lyneham and
Bradenstoke
Moved to Malmesbury
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• The Northern Community Area
  Partnership is an informal group of
• Councillors (unitary, town and parish)
• Community leaders
• Service providers (fire, police etc)
• Voluntary sector organisations
• Businesses and
• Interested others

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• Northern Community Area Partnership
• Key Role
• Independent and autonomous
• Inclusive of wider community
• Champion local issues
• Effective communications/engagement
• network
• Local people actively engaged, participating

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• Northern Community Area Partnership
• Key Role
• Establish, maintain a steering group,
• thematic or issues groups, as necessary
• Consult widely on socio-economic issues,
• and plan
• Access inward investment for local priorities

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• Northern Community Area Partnership
• Key Role
• Effective community representation at Area
• Board
• Produce an influential Community Plan
• Collaborate with AB local action linked to
• Community Plan

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The Community Plan 2005 - 2015

• Background
• In 2005, the communities within the Northern
  Community Area were asked how they would like to
  see their communities improved.
• These responses were
• fed into the 2005-2015
• Community Plan which
• was delivered to every
• home in the community
• area.

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Community Plan 2005 - 2015
The issues where you asked for improvement
in 2005 were grouped into
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NCAP Action Plan Care for the Elderly drawn up
2006   Fact-finding meeting has been held
attended by PCT, Social Services, North Wilts
Carers and Age Concern WCC Childrens Services
reviewed and restructured
Progress to Date
Various Partnership Meetings involving talks by
Swindon Community Forest and WWT
Plus many more Improvements
HEALTH SOCIAL CARE
Area 2 funding for refurbishment work to
community and parish halls throughout area
Lyneham, Broad Town, Lydiard Millicent, Purton,
Cricklade, Tockenham, Wootton Bassett
ENVIRONMENT, LAND BASED ISSUES COUNTRYSIDE
RECREATION, CULTURE LEISURE
North Wilts record above that in other parts but
could be improved credit crunch has hit
construction industry
HOUSING BUILT ENVIRONMENT
EDUCATION LIFELONG LEARNING
COMMUNITY PLAN
Expansion occurred in Bradon Forest (Purton)
NCAP facilitated discussions Wootton
B. Cricklade many actions including outline
plans for an extension to the Town Hall Car Park
(now built)
CRIME COMMUNITY SAFETY
ECONOMY
TRANSPORT
Meetings between residents and Youths regarding
Purton Youth Club
Fines have been given in LM  speed limits have
been introduced and enforced by Police  Speed
limits have been reviewed and addressed on A3102,
LM, LT and BT
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Community Plan 2005 - 2015

• With the Unitary Authority taking shape during
  the past year and coming into being in April this
  year, time for a review of the Community Plan
• Necessary to maintain fit-for-purpose
• A refreshing rather than a
• complete re-write

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Community Plan 2005 - 2015

• Used a number of innovative approaches to gain
  current community feelings and tried to improve
  upon the 2005 surveys approach
• 11 of questionnaires were received from hard
  to reach communities

New approach
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Community Plan 2005 - 2015
The questionnaire simply asked what you liked
about your community and what you would like to
see improved. Approx 200 were returned
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The Community Plan 2005 - 2015
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Community Plan 2005 - 2015
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Community Plan 2005 2015 Your
comments (by frequency)
Transport speeding traffic, too many heavy
vehicles, roads in poor states, not enough bus
services (all communities) Recreation, Culture
and Leisure lack of facilities (rural
communities) Economy Help for businesses, free
parking, lack of village shops (Wootton
Bassett, rural villages) Housing and Built
Environment Lack of social housing (Wootton
Bassett) Environment, Land Based Issues and
Countryside protection of verges, footpaths
and maintenance (all) Health and Social Care -
Lack of care for the elderly (rural
villages) Crime and Community Safety lack of
policing (rural villages) Education and Lifelong
Learning Better scheduling of English lessons,
more appropriate education (minority groups)
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The Community Plan 2005 2015
2005 2015 2009 2015 Community Plans
compared

• Main differences
• More comments on heavy traffic
• Speed limits
• Road condition
• Lack of recreation
• Reason more rural communities involved ?
• Notably economy not mentioned more than in 2005

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The Community Plan 2005 2015
Conclusions Many positive actions have been put
in place Asking Hard-to-Reach communities has
highlighted their priorities Even though we are
experiencing an economic downturn, not
significantly reflected in the results The
Community Plan (2009 2015) update is currently
being refreshed
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The Community Plan 2005 2015

• Next Steps
• The Community Plan (2009 2015) is
• currently being refreshed a joint
  collaboration
• between NCAP and Area Board
• NCAP will provide an annual report to the Area
• Board (at its AGM) and this will include a
  review
• of Community Plan progress (including
  obstacles
• affecting progress)
• Plan (and all NCAP documents)
• www.ncap-northwilts.org

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Thank You ask_at_ncap-northwilts.org