Neighbourhood Plan Survey Let us know how to shape Pulborough as it grows Pulborough Parish Council If you need help to fill in this survey due to your disability or language, we may be able to assist you in filling in the form for you, or if you need this survey in another format such as electronically or in large print, please contact the Parish Office on 01798 873532 or email [email protected]We ALL have the chance to influence future development and YOUR opinion counts – so please complete this Neighbourhood Plan Survey and return by 5th September
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Neighbourhood Plan Survey
Let us know how to shape Pulborough as it grows Pulborough Parish Council
If you need help to fill in this survey due to your disability or language, we may be able to assist you in filling in the form for you, or if you need this survey in another format such as electronically or in large print, please contact the Parish Office on 01798 873532 or email [email protected]
We ALL have the chance to influence future development and YOUR opinion counts – so please complete this Neighbourhood Plan Survey and return by 5th September
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Pulboroughstation
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StophamDistrict
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Parham Parish
Storrington &Sullington Parish
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CODMOREHILL
PULBOROUGHVILLAGE
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Pulborough village
South Downs National Park
Pulborough parish
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Dear Pulborough resident,
Your Parish Council is putting together a Neighbourhood Plan for Pulborough parish (including Codmore Hill, Marehill, North Heath and Nutbourne). The results of this survey will determine the underpinning principles and overall direction of our plan and so it is very important that you, your family and your neighbours take this opportunity to make your views known.
What is a Neighbourhood Plan? A Neighbourhood Plan is a new way for local people to influence the planning and development of the area in which they live and work. It lasts for 15 years and should:
• Develop a shared vision for a village or town. • Choose where new homes, shops, offices and other development should be built. • Influence how much housing should be built, and of what type. • Identify and protect important local green spaces or other treasured assets.
Once approved, our plan will have legal force in setting out what development is acceptable in our parish and for what reasons. Developers and local authority planners will have to take notice of it. Without a Neighbourhood Plan, we will have little control over any development that takes place and will receive less community funds from those developments.
We can influence development, not stop it altogether Our Neighbourhood Plan must comply with Horsham District Council’s Local Plan and the government’s wider policy of sustainable development. This means that it is inevitable that some new housing will have to be built in Pulborough in the future. Having a Neighbourhood Plan in place will help us ensure that this housing is suitable for the parish and meets the needs of our area. It will also help us to identify the facilities and services that need to be in place to meet the demands that any new housing will make upon our community.
What to do next Please complete the survey as fully and thoughtfully as you can and return it to us BY 5TH SEPTEMBER. Details of the different ways you can return the survey are given at the end of this booklet.
If there are additional members of your household who could complete the survey separately, please help them to do so. They can either collect a hard copy from the parish office or go to the Parish Council website (www.pulboroughparishcouncil.gov.uk) to download a printable PDF. We would particularly encourage younger people to take part as often their views are not heard as loudly as perhaps they should be.
How to get help or further information If you need help to complete or return the survey for any reason, please call the parish office on 01798 873532.
If you have questions about the survey or wider Neighbourhood Plan process, one of the Neighbourhood Plan team would be pleased to talk to you. Contact the parish office on 01798 873532 to arrange this or drop in to see us at the Village Hall, Tesco or Sainsbury’s at the times shown at the end of the booklet.
Thank you for taking the time to help us create Pulborough’s Neighbourhood Plan.
Ray Quested Richard Keatley Chairman Chairman Pulborough Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group
PART 1. ABOUT YOU
We’d like to hear from as many residents as possible. Additional members of your household can download a printable copy from the Parish Council website (www.pulboroughparishcouncil.gov.uk). Alternatively, they can request a copy from the Parish Office on 01798 873532.
Please provide us with the following information about you*. This will help us to understand the pattern of response.
Required information
Postcode:
Age (please circle): under 16 / 17-24 / 25-40 / 41-64 / 65+
How long have you lived in Pulborough? years months
If you work, do you work in Pulborough? (please circle) Yes / No / Not applicable
If you work outside of Pulborough, where do you work? .......................................................................
Optional informationIf you would like to provide any additional information to help us keep you informed about the Neighbourhood Plan as it progresses, please do so below:
House name or number:
Name:
Telephone number:
Email address:
*All information you provide will be held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
Survey questionsIt is ESSENTIAL that you complete parts 1-3 If you have time then please also complete parts 4-8. Thank you
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Horsham District Council (HDC) has a Local Plan that means further development will be coming to Pulborough. The Neighbourhood Plan gives us the opportunity to manage that development in line with the needs, priorities and aspirations of the people who live here.
The following questions are intended to help us to understand what your priorities and aspirations are for Pulborough over the next 15 years.
2.1 What do you most value about living in Pulborough parish? List up to three in order of importance, 1 being the most important. Please keep your answers short and to the point.
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2.2 What do you most dislike about living in Pulborough parish? List up to three in order of importance, 1 being the most important. Please keep your answers short and to the point.
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2.3 Thinking about the village, how would you like Pulborough described in 15 years’ time? Please tick up to five. If you feel any are particularly important, then put a double tick.
Accessible Prosperous Tranquil
Affordable Rural Vibrant
Attractive Safe
Friendly Traditional
2.4 Thinking about the wider parish, how would you like Pulborough described in 15 years’ time? Please tick up to five. If you feel any are particularly important, then put a double tick.
Accessible Prosperous Tranquil
Affordable Rural Vibrant
Attractive Safe
Friendly Traditional
PART 2. A SHARED VISION FOR PULBOROUGH*
Sustainable development is a core principle of Neighbourhood Planning. It says that development that brings benefits to a community (see box below) should generally be approved. In short, sustainable development is development that is good for people and their sense of community; supports the local economy; gives people the opportunity to live and work here; does not waste resources; and protects green places and wildlife. Our Neighbourhood Plan needs to set out what type of development we want to see in Pulborough, as well as what we don’t want to see and why.
2.5 Bearing sustainable development in mind, what do you think are the biggest benefits development could bring to Pulborough parish? Please tick up to five. If you feel any are particularly important, then put a double tick.
A community with a balance of ages
and incomes
Air quality
Broadband speeds
Energy production
Facilities and services for young people
Investment in infrastructure
Land for recreation (allotments, playing
fields)
Leisure facilities
Local jobs and businesses
Medical and care facilities
Mobile phone coverage
Parking
Protection of the countryside and
local assets
Rental properties
Safe cycle routes
Safe pedestrian routes
Schools and childcare
Shops and services
Transport links
Variety of housing
Village identity and sense of community
The government’s National Planning Policy Framework defines sustainable development as:
SOCIAL: supporting strong, vibrant and healthy communities by meeting present and future housing needs; and by providing a built environment and local services that support the community’s health, social and cultural wellbeing.
ECONOMIC: building a strong economy by making sufficient land available in a way that supports growth and innovation; and by identifying and coordinating the provision of infrastructure.
ENVIRONMENTAL: protecting and enhancing
our natural, built and historic environment by improving biodiversity, using natural resources prudently and responding to climate change.
UK planning policy requires a “presumption in favour of sustainable development”. This means that HDC will approve without delay any planning applications that they consider sustainable, unless an approved Neighbourhood Plan specifies otherwise.
In order to get the best outcome for our parish, our Neighbourhood Plan must take the principles of sustainable development and apply them to the wants and needs of people who live, work and learn in Pulborough.
What is sustainable development?
(write in your own answer)....................................................................................................
2.6 What worries you about further development in Pulborough parish? In other words, what outcomes of further development would you say are unsustainable? Please tick up to five. If you feel any are particularly important, then put a double tick.
A weaker sense of community
Air quality
Expansion targeted only at people on high incomes
Increase in crime and anti-social behaviour
Increased traffic
Insufficient sports and leisure facilities
Lack of adequate parking in Pulborough village
Lack of school/childcare places or school/childcare overcrowding
Loss of countryside and/or green space between existing settlements
No obvious centre to Pulborough village
Overloaded sewage and drainage system
Overstretched local amenities
Oversubscribed medical and care facilities
Reduction in amount of green space
Undermine local businesses
Unsafe cycle routes
Unsafe pedestrian routes
(write in your own answer)..........................................................................................................................
2.7 Thinking about sustainable development, what single change would most improve your quality of life as a resident of Pulborough parish? Please keep your answer short and to the point.
2.8 Pulborough is a community at the heart of rural West Sussex. A rural feel and access to the countryside is fundamental not only to our quality of life and community identity, but also to many aspects of our economy. Do you:
Strongly agree Agree Disagree
Strongly disagree No opinion / don’t know
Pulborough parish contains five distinct settlements. These are Codmore Hill, Marehill, North Heath, Nutbourne and Pulborough village (see map at the beginning of this survey). Although HDC’s Local Plan seeks to prevent different settlements merging, in reality this has already begun to happen in some places in our parish. We would like to know how much of an issue people think this is in the case of each settlement.
2.9 How important do you think it is that these individual settlements should remain physically separate from the others to maintain their identity? Please tick one option per settlement.
Essential Important Unimportant No opinion / don’t know
Codmore Hill
Marehill
North Heath
Nutbourne
Pulborough village
A fragmented community?
2.10 The Pulborough Community Action Plan 2012-2015 stated that the pattern of recent housing developments and lack of connections between them “is having a negative effect on the village’s identity and the community’s sense of itself”. Do you:
Strongly agree Agree Disagree
Strongly disagree No opinion / don’t know
No village centre Pulborough village is often said to have no centre. Instead there are four separate and poorly connected areas: 1. Lower Street/Library/Village Hall area; 2. Swan Corner/Station Road area; 3. Tesco/Primary Care Centre/Colonnades/Recreation Ground area; and 4. Codmore Hill/Sainsbury’s/Coughtrey’s area.
2.11 The Neighbourhood Plan should have a settled approach to this issue. Please tell us which of the following approaches you think is in the best interests of the village and the wider parish.
Do nothing – let the market decide and allow each area to develop as it will.
Actively support all four areas equally to develop their potential.
Choose one area to be the main commercial centre of the village, and work with HDC
and landowners to realise its potential as a commercial/retail heart.
If you think we should make one area the main village centre, which should it be?
Lower Street/Library/Village Hall area
Swan Corner/Station Road area
Tesco/Primary Care Centre/Colonnades/Recreation Ground area
Codmore Hill/Sainsbury’s/Coughtrey’s area
No opinion / don’t know
Pulborough as a service centre Pulborough village is a service centre or hub i.e. we have services located in the village that are used by people from across the parish and beyond (railway station, primary care centre, supermarkets, school, post office, banks, garages, etc).
2.12 Thinking of Pulborough village as a service centre, what services or amenities do you think are lacking? What does Pulborough not have that you would like it to have? List up to three, and please keep your answers short and to the point.
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Because it is a service centre, Pulborough village is officially designated by Horsham District Council as a small market town.
Did you know?
3.1 Thinking about the sustainable development of Pulborough over the next 15 years, where do you think the priority in house building should be in Pulborough parish? Please tick all that you would support:
A controlled extension of the existing built up area of: (please tick one or more)
Codmore Hill North Heath
Marehill Pulborough village
Nutbourne
In-filling or re-use of brownfield* sites in the existing built up area
In-filling or re-use of brownfield* sites outside the current built
up areas and settlements
Use of greenfield* sites outside of the current built up areas
and settlements
No opinion / don’t know
Other (please specify) .............................................................................................................................
PART 3. HOUSING/DEVELOPMENT*
By brownfield, we mean land which has been previously developed with some form of permanent structure. By greenfield, we mean land which has never been developed in that way.
*What do we mean by brownfield/greenfield?
Pulborough had 5,200 residents in 2011, an increase of over 10% since 2001 which is almost twice the growth rate for West Sussex in the same period. By 2031, the government forecasts a population increase of around 20% – just over 1,000 more people.
Between 2000-2014 there have been 500 new homes built or granted permission in Pulborough.
As a small town/larger village, Pulborough is in Horsham District Council’s (HDC) second level of development priority – along with Billingshurst,
Broadbridge Heath, Henfield, Southwater, Steyning, Bramber & Upper Beeding, and Storrington & Sullington. HDC currently expects these villages to take a total of 1,500 additional homes between them over the next 15 years.
Pulborough, like the rest of the district and county, has an ageing population and a shortage of young working people. That trend is currently only getting stronger and may become unsustainable if it is not addressed.
Did you know?
Currently, 1 in 5 Pulborough residents are over 65. Some
projections indicate that by 2031 this will have become 1 in 3.“ ”
3.2 Thinking about your next move, what type of house would you want to move to if you were to stay in Pulborough? Please tick one.
1-2 bed house
2-3 bed house
3-4 bed house
5+ bed house
Bungalow
Community housing (parish-
owned for local people)
Eco-friendly
Flat
Low cost housing (relative
to local incomes)
Residential care
Self-build
Shared ownership
Smaller retirement
housing
Social housing
Warden-assisted
retirement housing
Other (please specify).................................................................................................................................
3.3 Thinking about the needs of others in Pulborough, what types of housing do you think are most needed? Please tick up to five. If you feel any are particularly important, then put a double tick.
1-2 bed houses
2-3 bed houses
3-4 bed houses
5+ bed houses
Bungalows
Community housing (parish-
owned for local people)
Eco-friendly
Flats
Low cost housing (relative
to local incomes)
Residential care
Self-build
Shared ownership
Smaller retirement
housing
Social housing
Warden-assisted
retirement housing
No opinion /
Don’t know
Other (please specify).................................................................................................................................
3.4 In the 14 years since 2000, about 500 houses have been built or granted planning permission in Pulborough parish. How many houses do you think could be sustainably built in Pulborough parish in the next 15 years (2015-2030)? Please tick one of the following options.
More than 500 Up to 400 Up to 200
Up to 500 Up to 300 Up to 100
3.5 What size of housing developments do you think would be most appropriate to meeting the need for housing in Pulborough parish? Please tick all that apply. If you think an option is particularly important, then put a double tick.
Large developments (more than 25 houses)
Medium developments (10 to 25 houses)
Smaller development (fewer than 10 houses)
Individual homes
Other (please specify) .................................................................................................................................
3.6 Additional housing may require additional childcare services. Do you agree that the Neighbourhood Plan should seek to locate these within Pulborough parish?
Strongly agree Agree Disagree
Strongly disagree No opinion / don’t know
3.7 Additional housing may require an additional primary school. Do you agree that the Neighbourhood Plan should seek to locate this within Pulborough parish?
Strongly agree Agree Disagree
Strongly disagree No opinion / don’t know
Call for sites
3.8 Are there any sites in Pulborough parish that you think should be developed? Please tell us which sites and what type of development you think would be most suitable (e.g. housing, commercial, leisure etc.). Use extra paper if you wish.
SitesType of development (e.g. housing, commercial, leisure etc.)
3.9 Are there any sites in Pulborough parish that you think should NOT be developed? Please tell us which sites and why you think they should be protected. Use extra paper if you wish.
Sites Comments
4.1 The Pulborough Community Action Plan 2012-2015 states that “infrastructure has not kept pace with development, and residents are becoming increasingly aware of and frustrated by the fact that infrastructure planning has been (and remains) insufficient”. Do you:
Strongly agree Agree Disagree
Strongly disagree No opinion / don’t know
4.2 In the table below, tell us what you think about the infrastructure where you live. For each item of infrastructure, please put a tick to say whether it is Good, Acceptable or Poor. If you think of something that we have left out then please write in the last two rows.
Good Acceptable Poor
Sewerage/drainage
Water supply
Electricity
Gas
Mobile phone
Broadband
Pavements
Roads
4.3 If money was available to invest in infrastructure, where should this be spent? Please tick up to three. If you think an option is particularly important, then put a double tick.
Sewerage/drainage Mobile phone
Water supply Broadband
Electricity Pavements
Gas Roads
Other (please give details) ..........................................................................................................................
PART 4. INFRASTRUCTURE
Infrastructure is the basic physical structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society.
For example, things like buildings, roads, power supplies, communications etc.
What do we mean by infrastructure?
Energy
4.4 Should the Neighbourhood Plan support land being made available for energy production? Please tick all that apply. If you think an option is particularly important, then put a double tick.
Biomass Shale Gas (Fracking)
Geothermal Solar
Hydroelectric Wind
Nuclear None of the above
Oil Don’t know / no opinion
Other (please specify) ......................................................................................................................................
4.5 West Sussex County Council held a public exhibition in Pulborough Village Hall on 21st June 2014 to discuss the reasons for and against fracking. No-one has yet suggested fracking within Pulborough parish, but if an application was made would you be:
Strongly in favour Moderately in favour Moderately against
Strongly against No opinion / don’t know
I do not have enough information to make a decision
Pulborough needs a thriving local economyBusinesses form a vital part of the fabric of our community. By providing goods and services and employing people, our businesses ensure that the parish can thrive and prosper.
Businesses need premises whether as retail units to sell their goods and services, offices to base their staff or light industrial units to manufacture or service plant and equipment. The Neighbourhood Plan could identify space for new and growing businesses in our community – whether it is shops, offices or light industrial units.
5.1 Should the Neighbourhood Plan allocate land for business use? Please tick all that apply.
Factory/manufacturing units Shops and retail
Food and restaurants Starter units
Light industrial units Tourism businesses (hotels, camping etc.)
Offices No opinion / don’t know
Other (please specify) ........................................................................................................................................
None of the above
5.2 Pulborough, like West Sussex as a whole, has a large number of home-based businesses. Research has shown that some businesses that could grow larger and employ people do not do so because of the significant costs associated with moving to a first commercial premises. Would you be in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan allocating land for the creation of a business centre providing low-cost, flexible workspaces, meeting rooms and managed services for local start-ups, small enterprises, freelancers and home workers?
Strongly in favour Moderately in favour Moderately against
Strongly against No opinion / don’t know
Pulborough is at the heart of rural West Sussex
5.3 The Parish Council has been working with local traders and Pulborough Community Partnership to maximise Pulborough’s visitor economy. Our central location at the heart of rural West Sussex and excellent transport links offer the opportunity to develop Pulborough as a gateway to the visitor attractions of the wider area e.g. RSPB Brooks, Petworth Park, Parham House, Arundel Castle, Chichester and, of course, the South Downs National Park. Would you be in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan developing policies that support this idea?
Strongly in favour Moderately in favour Moderately against
Strongly against No opinion / don’t know
PART 5. BUSINESS & LOCAL ECONOMY
6.1 As a Pulborough resident, what form of transport do you use most? Please tick one.
Car Bicycle Walking
Bus Motorbike
Train Mobility vehicle / wheelchair
6.2 As a Pulborough resident, what other forms of transport would you like to use more? Please tick all that apply. For each option you tick, briefly state what it is about Pulborough that prevents you doing so.
Car ...................................................................................................................................................................
Bus ...................................................................................................................................................................
6.6 Do you think that Pulborough’s railway station is an important asset and the Neighbourhood Plan should include policies that protect it?
Strongly agree Agree Disagree
Strongly disagree No opinion / don’t know
PART 6. TRANSPORT
6.7 Would you be in favour of development at the railway station if it improved parking and access to the railway and related services?
Strongly in favour Moderately in favour Moderately against
Strongly against No opinion / don’t know
Footpaths and bridleways
6.8 Are you in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan supporting the creation of better footpaths to make it safer and easier to get around the village and the wider parish on foot?
Strongly in favour Moderately in favour Moderately against
Strongly against No opinion / don’t know
6.9 Are you in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan supporting the creation of better bridleways to make it safer and easier to get around the village and the wider parish by horse or bicycle?
Strongly in favour Moderately in favour Moderately against
Strongly against No opinion / don’t know
6.10 Do you think there is a car parking problem in Pulborough parish?
Strongly agree Agree Disagree
Strongly disagree No opinion / don’t know
6.11 If so, tell us where and describe the parking problem. Please keep your answer short.
.................................................................................................................................................................... 6.12 If it can be shown that it would decrease traffic flow through Pulborough, would
you support the current campaign for a bypass on the A27 for Arundel?
Yes No No opinion / don’t know
Air quality
6.13 Are you concerned about air quality in Pulborough?
Yes No No opinion / don’t know
6.14 If you are concerned about air quality in Pulborough, tell us where:
The following have been identified as features of Pulborough parish which residents would like to protect. Please look through the list and tick any that you agree with (put a double tick for those that you think are particularly important). Put a cross through any that you think should NOT be on the list.
Historical buildings and features St Mary’s Church. The C of E parish church of the village
Church Place, cottages and lychgate opposite the church
Old Place area and the Mill Pond. The old houses off Coombelands Lane by the railway
Toat Monument, off Blackgate Lane
Old Swan Bridge
Old Stopham Bridge
Pallingham Bridge. End of the tidal reach of the Arun
Old Rectory Lane area. Old houses and access to East Glebe Field
Oddfellows public house, Lower Street
Chequers Hotel, Old Rectory Lane
White Hart, Stopham. The only riverside pub left
Railway Station buildings and signal box
WWII gun position by Park Mound
The Moat. Ditch and bank off Moat Lane. Unknown provenance
Potts Lane area. Lane between Rectory Lane and Lower Street
Monkey Hill area. Lane between Rectory Lane and Lower Street
Barn House Lane area. Lane from Lower Street to the Wildbrooks
Nutbourne, Nutbourne Road area including the Rising Sun
Gay Street Lane
The 143 officially listed properties in Pulborough (these include some named above)
Natural features and green space The whole river Arun. Reason the village exists. Parish boundary. Leisure facility
The Wildbrooks. Vital area to control winter flooding. Leisure walking. Access to river
West Glebe Field. Between the railway and the church
PART 7. PULBOROUGH’S TREASURES & ASSETS
East Glebe Field. Between Lower Street and Old Rectory Lane. Site of Harvest Fair
Recreation Ground. Main playing field for most sports
Pocket Park. Between Harwoods and the recreation ground
Bowling Green and its pavilion. Leisure facility and open space
Wey & Arun Canal. Potential leisure facility in future
Park Mound. Norman castle site
Coombelands and Gallops. Open area
Mare Hill Quarry. A geological SSSI (site of special scientific interest)
Park Farm Cuttings. A geological SSSI (site of special scientific interest)
View of Church from South of River
View from East Glebe Field
View over Wildbrooks from Mare Hill Road
View over Wildbrooks from Village Hall
Nutbourne Common (Nutbourne Recreation Ground)
Community assets Library
Village Hall
The Pavilion on the recreation ground. Social facility for sports clubs
Please provide any additional comments, ideas, or observations you have. Please keep your comments short and to the point.
WHAT NEXT? HOW TO RETURN THIS SURVEYThank you for completing this survey. Please encourage other residents to do the same. The more responses we get the better we will be able to make our Neighbourhood Plan deliver the sort of future that Pulborough residents want and need.
Please return it to us by 5TH SEPTEMBER in any one of the following ways:
Send it or deliver by hand to the Parish Office, Village Hall, Swan View, Lower Street, Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 2BF. Monday-Friday 9-12:30pm
Drop it in one of the collection boxes around the parish from 23 August-5 September (see map below)
Hand it to one of our volunteers who’ll be available to answer people’s questions (see map below)
BrinsburyCampus
Pulboroughstation
SAINSBURY’S28th & 29th August10am-1pm
TESCO23rd August-5th September10am-1pm
VILLAGE MARKETVILLAGE HALL
23rd August 10am-1pm
TESCO Volunteers available to answer people’s questionsand collect surveys
