Priors Hardwick Village Site

Have Your Say

It's not pretty but this page shows you the comments received so far about each 'theme' and allows you to add your thoughts, theme by theme. The intention is not that the comments here form a final conclusion but that they stimulate the next piece of the process. With some browsers (Chrome) you can resize the boxes by dragging the bottom right corner.
		Comments 05 Jan 20 - Rentals - renting and letting, sales and purchases 05 Jan 20 - Think about building new stock 16 Jan 20 - Do we want any starter homes in the village? 16 Jan 20 - Downsizing - ability to remain in the village - suitable housing for retirement 16 Jan 20 - There is a definite need for small affordable housing for people to be able to remain here, either downsizing on retirement or starting out in life. The issue at the moment seems to be that plans which claim to be for this need just aren’t. They are for large, single, high value properties. In one recent case the ‘downsizing’ application was larger than the house to be vacated! We should support small developments of a number of affordable homes, possibly in conjunction with a housing associatio 17 Jan 20 - Regarding renting and Airbnb - to have a link on the village website advertising them 17 Jan 20 - Frankly, if you don't want built you have to allow market forces to take the strain. The lack of infrastructure, buses, shops, surgeries et al will always make this a 'rich' persons home by virtue of transport needs. And, as for an unwelcoming 'pub' ! 18 Jan 20 - Affordable housing and limited build outside the Conservation area should remain a village policy. For Stratford Planning Authority to assist our ambitions as a Village, we must have a transparent agreed statement 19 Jan 20 - I'd like to see some affordable housing, both as starter homes & for downsizing. The 'affordableness' needs to be robustly defined & enforceable.
1. Housing
To consider aspects of buying, selling, renting and building

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		Comments 15 Jan 20 - Native hedging is preferable 16 Jan 20 - To ensure there is a maintenance plan in place to stop the green areas / verges being eroded by increasing traffic To look after the hedgerows and trees and replant and trim as required with local species to encourage wildlife 17 Jan 20 - the village should maintain its agricultural heritage with a long term design and planting plan to keep native trees and shrubs in the vicinity supporting the local wildlife 17 Jan 20 - It would be a good idea to remove the dead tree on Lino's land for starters. It's an eyesore (so too is the tote bag of gravel alongside!) 17 Jan 20 - The most pleasing aspect of the village used to be the flora of the B.A. If we could encourage Nuno to restore what was a beautiful aspect of the village that'd be a start 19 Jan 20 - Can the village do more to protect the open spaces existing within the village from creeping development & erosion & change of use.
2. Footpaths, hedgerows and open spaces
To consider rural feel and identity

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		Comments 16 Jan 20 - Note that a local farmer has offered (?) a composting service I think. Could be interesting in light of Stratford DC's green bin levy... 17 Jan 20 - The SDC plan to charge for green waste while at the same time increasing their attendance fees (retrospectively!) quite frankly is deplorable. We should encourage everyone to join a village wide scheme and send a message to SDC as the first village to totally resist this imposition of a charge Act now before the next Council Tax bill please 19 Jan 20 - Increase the usability of the church building with a 'greening project' eg solar tileing on the roof, air source heat pump, underfloor heating...
3. Infrastructure and utilities
To consider hardware and services, and sustainability

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		Comments 16 Jan 20 - Defibrillator 17 Jan 20 - Reconfiguration of the church to create a community meeting space to accommodate social groups eg toddlers, coffee mornings, home workers networking. 17 Jan 20 - To somehow work with the Butchers Arms to make it more integrated - either making a room available for meetings on an offer rather than an ask basis, and how about resident loyalty/discounts? 18 Jan 20 - Conversion of the back of the church to accommodate meetings and encourage community events would be a good starting point 19 Jan 20 - Make the church building more suitable for diverse local community use, eg pensioner groups, crech, toilets, public meetings, hire for functions, 22 Jan 20 - A more flexible space within the church to enable community events to take place within the village
4. Community health, education and wellbeing
To consider social issues, community and inclusion

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		Comments 16 Jan 20 - We could look to try to get high-speed fibre-to-the-premises internet which might support this. 16 Jan 20 - To have a work hub for locals to discuss and swaps contacts 17 Jan 20 - Do we have a village interest in the ongoing appeal of the Butchers Arms as a restaurant as opposed to a village pub? 17 Jan 20 - The. Butchers Arms IS a Restaurant. What a cheek to expect a business to change. It’s their business not the village’s. 17 Jan 20 - A monthly Saturday Breakfast meeting could be established for those businesses with a broad based interest. There's a good pub in Upper Boddington, that could be approached, we all know the Landlady! 29 Jan 20 - To increase the footfall at the Butcher's Arms, would Nuno consider a room suitable for customers wearing work clothes, wet clothes, muddy boots etc? To attract locals, walkers, canal boaters, cyclists using drinks, hot snacks, comfy chairs, a blanket if you're cold, tethered tools for bicycle adjustment... 30 Jan 20 - Heaven forbid to this suggestion above. Is someone trying to create a community here!
5. Local business
To consider startups, home-working, agriculture and commerce

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		Comments 17 Jan 20 - The two yearly Church Fete could be interspersed on alternate years with a village only party on the Green with fundraising as a secondary objective to increasing community spirit and engagement 18 Jan 20 - There is clearly a village appetite for Community Events- witness 2019 Village fete/Tug of War/ Harvest Supper, all of which were well supported
99. Other
Anything outside the other specific themes

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You can email the initiative at future@priorshardwick.org.uk.

Priors Hardwick

Have Your Say

1. Housing

To consider aspects of buying, selling, renting and building

2. Footpaths, hedgerows and open spaces

To consider rural feel and identity

3. Infrastructure and utilities

To consider hardware and services, and sustainability

4. Community health, education and wellbeing

To consider social issues, community and inclusion

5. Local business

To consider startups, home-working, agriculture and commerce

99. Other

Anything outside the other specific themes