Knapton Village Plan - Results of questionnaire (not all results are listed yet, keep coming back!)
HOUSING
1. Has anyone from your household ever had to leave the village to find affordable or sheltered housing?
Yes - 10
No - 101
If Yes, how many? - 3
2. Is there anyone in your household who, in the next few years, might need:
a) Affordable housing?
Yes - 13
No - 89
b) Sheltered housing?
Yes - 9
No - 32
3. If you are unable to move to accommodation of the type you need, is this because (please tick):
Price - 18
Lack of suitable housing to to buy - 10
Lack of local authority housing - 9
Lack of other rented accommodation - 8
LOCAL COUNTRYSIDE & ENVIRONMENTS
4. Can you usually follow the local footpaths and bridleways in the village without much difficulty?
Yes - 78
No - 13
If No is this because of poor signage?
Yes - 13
No - 10
Or because of accessibility?
Yes - 10
No - 6
5. What do you think could be done to the local lanes and paths to make the local countryside better?
Keep verges cut and clear - 18
Improve signposts and provide a map - 10
Enforce speed limits in quiet lanes - 9
Create footpath to Mundesley - 9
Create footpath to The Green - 5
Creat new quiet lanes - 3
Clear rubbish and empty dog bins - 2
Plant more trees and hedges - 1
Leave alone - 4
6. Which of the following would improve your enjoyment of the countryside?
| Very important | Worth doing | Unnecessary | |
| Reduce vehicle speed | 76 | 25 | 13 |
| Stop vehicle damage to lane verges | 49 | 30 | 17 |
| Encourage doggy bin use | 21 | 42 | 28 |
| More doggy bins | 16 | 46 | 31 |
| Signpost all paths and bridleways | 29 | 51 | 15 |
| Signposts for local amenities | 12 | 45 | 21 |
| Keep verges tidy | 46 | 34 | 16 |
7. Would you like to see a map of the village and public footpaths publicised in a leaflet?
Yes - 93
No - 23
What do you think could be done to make the countryside better?
Cut verges, keep verges clear - 18
Improve signposts and provide a map - 10
Enforce speed limits in Quiet Lanes - 9
Create footpath to Mundesley - 9
Create footpath to The Green - 5
Create new Quiet Lanes - 3
Restrict access for motorcycles and horses - 2
Clear rubbish and empty dog bins - 2
Plant more trees and hedges - 1
Leave alone - 4
Other comments:
New footpath to Mundesley - 5
New footpath to The Green - 4
Speed/weight restrictions in Hall Lane - 4
Improve Quiet Lanes - 1
Quiet Lanes are a waste of money - 1
Parking - 1
Wheelchair friendly
Too many road signs - 1
WORSHIP
8. Do you feel that there are enough places of worship in the village?
Yes - 98
No - 1
9. Are there any changes or improvements you would like to see in the facilities provided by the churches? If so, please give details.
Provide toilets in the church - 2
Clean up church yard - 1
Make churches more welcoming - 1
Have more ecumenical services - 1
Prefer a different style of service/worship elsewhere - 1
Church clock to chime on time - 1
About right - 2
Do you have any other comments about this section of the questionnaire? If so please write them in here. If there is not enough room, please add them to the back of the sheet.
HEALTH
10. Do you feel that residents of Knapton have sufficient access to the following services?
Please state either Yes or No.
Doctors -
NHS Dentist
Chemist
Chiropodist
Optician
Other medical services.
| YES | NO | ||
| Doctors | 93 | 6 | |
| Chemist | 93 | 7 | |
| Optician | 89 | 13 | |
| NHS Dentist | 48 | 38 | |
| Chiropodist | 61 | 15 | |
| Other | 33 | 17 |
If you have answered No to any of the above, please give brief details below.
(no information received)
11. Do you find travelling to the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital difficult?
Yes - 69
No - 36
12. Do you think local cottage hospitals should be retained?
Yes - 108
No - 1
Do you have any other comments about this section of the questionnaire? If so please write them in here. If there is not enough room, please add them to the back of the sheet.
a)
North Walsham - "The more services the better" - 9
Cromer - "Where is the money?" (which was bequeathed to the hospital) - 4
Transport - "It has been difficult getting to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for weekly appointments" - 5
Transport - "No problem, but only while I can drive" - 3
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital - "Remote for accident and emergency" - 1
"NHS dentists are few and far between" -18. "I have been told to go to Northampton".
"All too far away" - 10
"Where is the nearest NHSdentist?" - 4
Lack of travel information, e.g.Dial a Ride/hospital car service - 2
A&E too remote - 2
Poor wheelchair access to dentist and chiropodist (North Walsham?) - 1
"Why not have a surgery in the village? - 1
SERVICES
13. What is your opinion of the following services in the village?
| Good | OK | Poor | |
| Road maintenance | 20 | 65 | 24 |
| Road | 19 | 58 | 20 |
| Black bin collection | 59 | 38 | 18 |
| Green bin collection | 57 | 40 | 8 |
| Brown bin collection | 32 | 28 | 5 |
Other Suggestions:
Provision of street lighting - 1
More opportunities to recycle - 1
"Wheelie bins a disaster - too expensive"
"Quiet Lanes not effective" - 1
14. If you are not on mains drainage:
Are you satisfied with the current system?
Yes - 65
No -36
Would you be interested in connection to a main drainage system?
Yes - 50
No - 34
Would you be prepared to pay for house connection?
Yes -47
No - 40
Improved bus service - 10
Shop- 10 Public House - 5 Mains sewage - 4 Street lights - 4 Pathways - 3 Post Office - 3 Newspaper delivery - 2 Social club 2 Weekly black bin collection - 1 Mains gas -1 Improved telephone line connections for Broadband - 2 Child friendly provisions - 2 Local government, "A parish council with teeth" - 2 School - 1 Sheltered housing - 1 Electricity company to inspect trees overhanging cables - 1 Underground cables - 1 Wind turbine - 1
16. What child care provision, if any, would you like to see in the village? Please put your suggestions below.
Youth club - 2
Toddlers club/playschool - 2
Young people club - 1
Mother and baby group - 1
Toy library - 1
Footpath to Mundesley to access 'Pebbles' - 1
Holiday club - 1
Nursery - 1Childminder service - 1
Do you have any other comments about this section of the questionnaire?
Repair potholes in roads - 1
Weekly black bin collection - 1
EMERGENCY SERVICES
17. What is your opinion of the following service provision in the village?
|
Good |
OK | Poor | |
| Police | 27 | 35 | 30 |
| Fire | 42 | 40 | 6 |
| Ambulance | 41 | 45 | 6 |
Do you have any other comments about this section of the questionnaire?
Police:
More police presence - "need to be seen around the village"
"Do not see to be concerned with matters of a 'trivial' nature"
Weekly visits from the mobile police station
SPORTS FACILITIES
18. Do you think the existing sports and playground facilities in the village (MADRA) are sufficient? If No, please outline your suggestions for changes.
Yes:
19. Would you be prepared to help organise and support any social or sporting activities? If so, which? Please give details below.
Name Group
Do you have any other comments about this section of the questionnaire?
"The bulk of the community are older, therefore any sports facilities should be catering for them".
TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS
20. What do you think should be done to improve the roads in the village area?
1 for Very important 2 for Worth doing 3 for Not necessary
Traffic calming
Street Lighting
Road safety signs
Extend the "Quiet Lanes" area
Road signage
Other measures
Please give details
Pedestrian safety improvements
21. If you think traffic calming methods are necessary, what are your suggestions?
1 for Very important 2 for Worth doing 3 for Not necessary
Additional speed limit signs
Speed humps
Educational campaigns
Other: please give details
Flashing SLOW DOWN warnings
22. Do you use local Public transport?
Yes
No
If No, would you use public transport if there was greater provision?
Yes
No
Do you have any other comments about this section of the questionnaire? If so please write them in here. If there is not enough room, please add them to the back of the sheet.
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION
23. How do you rate the amount of information available about what is going on in the village?
1 for Good 2 for OK 3 for Poor
24. What would be the best way for you to find out what is happening in the village? Please put 1, 2, or 3 in order of importance, 1 being the best for you. You may use any number more than once.
Newsletter
Eastern Daily Press
Notice board(s)
North Norfolk News
Village web site
Crabline
Other: please give details
Do you have any other comments about this section of the questionnaire? If so please write them in here. If there is not enough room, please add them to the back of the sheet.
25. There are aspects of the village which could be developed.
I feel that the following should be given priority in the Village Plan.
| Project | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree |
| Men's Club | |||
| Homewatch | |||
| Millenium Garden | |||
| Bus Shelter | |||
| MADRA | |||
| Children's Play Area | |||
| Develop New Footpaths | |||
| Allotments | |||
| Post Office | |||
| Village Shop | |||
| Internet Cafe | |||
| Housing | |||
| Playgroup | |||
| Village Hall | |||
| Other: Please give details |
26. Which areas of the village could be improved visually and how?
27. Do you think a regular, e.g. quarterly, newsletter would be of interest?
Yes
No
28. Would you like additional sports/play facilities introduced to the village? Please list your suggestions below.
29. What other social activities would you like to see held in the village, e.g. whist drives, youth club etc? Would the Village Hall be a suitable venue for these? Please list these below.
30. Would you like more information about the activities of our Parish, District and County councils? Are there any areas in particular? If so please mention these below.
31. Is there any thing you can think of which would bring more employment opportunities to the village? Please give your suggestions below.
YOUR PRIORITIES
32. Of all the issues raised in this questionnaire, which are your highest priorities?
FINALLY!
33. What do you like about living in Knapton? Please give details.
34. What, if anything, can improve the quality of life in Knapton? Please give details.
Thank you very much for completing this questionnaire. The results of the survey will be made available to everyone in Knapton.
Please come to the Public Meeting at the Village Hall at 7:30 p.m. on 28th November to share the results and to give your views.