Village Environment
The Results
When asked if you would like a sustainability policy in Gosfield [Q53] 376 agreed and 156 had no opinion with 29 disagreeing.A number of written answers suggests this question was too open-ended.
525 people thought the village is generally kept quite free of litter and 94 disagreed with 5 people having no opinion.
Preserving the quality of the countryside of Gosfield got one of the highest positive responses with 98.88% 622 agreeing of which 599 strongly agreeing, only 2 disagreed with 5 no opinion [Q55]
517 people thought shopping facilities in the village could be improved 72 disagreed with 32 no opinion [Q56]
90% thought footpaths and country walks round Gosfield adequate, but 58% agreed more information is needed for walkers to Gosfield [Q57 & 58]
424 people [68%] were satisfied with the recycling facilities in the village, 142 disagree / strongly disagree with 57 no opinion [Q59]
The majority were content with the provision of litter and dog waste bins in the village but 24% disagreed [Q60 & 61]
The public toilets at the Playing Field were thought by the vast majority to be an asset to the village by 491 [79%] with only 2.5% disagreeing, 114 had no opinion [18.5%] [Q62]
74% agreed with the statement “I would like to see the Spinney/Centre of the village improved visually” 453 agreeing and 57 disagreeing with 103 having no opinion [Q63]
Q64 “Street lights should be switched off during the early hours to conserve energy”, 360 for, 244 against with 37 no opinion
Q65 “ I have reception problems with my”
Radio 184 Agreed
TV 234 Agreed
Broadband 249 Agreed
Mobile Phone 371 Agreed
The issues raised
With almost 99% expressing the opinion that preserving the quality of the countryside of Gosfield is important, shows the very nature of village life is important.
Quite a number thought shopping facilities in the village could be improved.
74% would like to see the Spinney/ centre of the village improved visually.
Whether to switch off street lights during the early hours certainly got people talking, with the majority 56% in favour 38% disagreed.
50% of respondents expressing a problem with TV reception is a surprisingly high figure.
Broadband will remain poor until fibre optic is in the village to increase speeds.
With a high number of mobile phone users having poor reception the answer would be more phone masts which could be controversial.
What next?
Parish Council Aims;
- All future policy should have regard to preserving the quality of the countryside of Gosfield
- Support visual improvements to the centre of the village
- Investigate options for reducing energy used to light pavements.
- Support the desire for broadband fibre optic in the village
- Investigate poor TV & mobile phone reception problems
- Develop & promote a sustainability policy
- Publish an easy to read footpath map
What could you do?
- Support the Broadband project
- Pick up litter
- Support local shop[s] & businesses
- Form a walkers group