Sample Characteristics:

• 32% of respondents are aged ‘over 65’, 48% are aged ’19 to 65’ and 12% are ’18 years old or under’. 8% did not provide details of their age.

• 38% of respondents disclosed their gender as ‘female’ and 34% as ‘male’. 27% were not willing to provide this information.

• 26% of respondents live in Trewoon and a further 26% live in Sticker. 17% of respondents came from Polgooth and 4% from Trelowth. 26% of respondents did not provide details of the village within which they lived.

Figure 2 – Village Location By Age

2    The Main Issues identified in the Parish Plan Survey and the Plan to address the Issues

Thissection presents the main issues emerging from the analysis of responses followed by a grid ‘plan’ that identifies the main issues, what the aim is to address the issue, partners with whom the parish can work in addressing the issues and the timescales involved.

The Environment

·         Recycling is important to residents of St Mewan Parish. 95% actively recycle via the ‘kerbside recycling service’, 84% favour the return of ‘garden waste recycling’ and 84% would like to see ‘more items recycled’. Village location appears to be of greater importance than age or gender in relation to residents’ views towards recycling.

·         St Mewan Parish residents rate all aspects of the local natural environment as ‘important’. 99% of rated ‘rivers / streams and lakes’ as important and the same percentage rated ‘meadows and green fields’ as important. ‘Hedges / hedgerow trees’, ‘small woods’ and ‘trees’ were important for 98% of respondents; while 97% stated that ‘Cornish walls / banks’ were important to them. Levels of importance do not seem to be influenced by age, gender or village of residence.

·         The majority of residents of St Mewan Parish do not appear to experience many ‘environmental’ problems, with the noticeable exception of ‘excess / speeding traffic’ which was identified as a problem by 81% of all valid respondents. ‘Motorbikes’ (31%), ‘vandalism’ (27%), ‘noise pollution’ (22%) and ‘inadequate street lighting’ (21%) were all identified as ‘problems’ within the Parish. Respondents’ age and the village where they live appear to influence their views on perceived ‘problems.’  

·         89% of all respondents ‘use local footpaths’. Those aged 18 and under are most likely and those aged over 65 least likely to use local footpaths, with 96% and 82% respectively indicating that they do so. Females (91%) are slightly more likely to use local footpaths than males (87%.) 90% of those from Sticker and Trewoon use local footpaths compared to only 84% of those from Trelowth. 

·         60% of respondents stated that they experienced difficulties because of ‘the state of footpaths’. 28% experienced problems using local footpaths linked to a ‘lack of signposts’ and 26% because of ‘disabled access.’ ‘Barbed wire’ and ‘farm animals’ are the least mentioned difficulties, cited by 8% and 5% respectively. Age and village of residence but not gender appear to influence the types of difficulties experienced.

·         76% of respondents believe that there is sufficient bridleway provision within St Mewan Parish. Younger respondents (94%) and females (80%) are most likely to agree that there are sufficient bridleways, as are those living in Polgooth.

The Environment - The Plan

Issue	Location	Aim	Partners	Time Scale	Immediate task	Anything current in the Parish ?	Contact
garden waste recycling	Parish wide	Start garden waste recycling	Council	End 2012	Prioritise items and approach potential partners e.g. Council	Extent of Cory Environmental activities to be established
more items to be recycled	Parish wide	Increase the number of items that are collected for recycling	Council	Phased over 3 years	Prioritise items and approach potential partners	Extent of Cory Environmental activities to be established
the state of footpaths	Parish wide	Restore and maintain footpaths	PC footpath committee	3 year plan	Survey of the area Identify problems	Ramblers Association are already addressing this
lack of signposts	Parish wide	Restore and maintain signposts	PC footpath committee	3 year plan	Survey of the area Identify problems	The Parish Council is addressing this
disabled access	Parish wide	Identify problems	PC footpath committee	3 year plan	Survey of the area Identify problems	A survey will be done

Sport and Leisure

·        76% would like to see more ‘local walks with guide pamphlets’,  64% would like ‘enhanced local website data’ and 56% of respondents would like to see more ‘rambling’ provision within St Mewan Parish. Age, gender and location all appear to have some influence on respondents desire to see increased leisure activities.

·         Satisfaction with ‘children’s playgrounds’ is generally high, with 71% satisfied. Satisfaction increases with age, ranging from 48% for those aged 18 and under to 79% for those aged over 65. Satisfaction also varies by village of residence, ranging from 67% satisfied in Sticker to 76% for residents of Trelowth.

·         91% of respondents are satisfied with the ‘facilities and activities in the village halls within the parish’. Satisfaction with village hall facilities and activities is broadly consistent across all ages and for both males and females. Location appears to be important with satisfaction highest in Polgooth (97%) and lowest in Trewoon (86%.)

·         Views on the provision of local activities for children and adults are mixed. 31% believe that provision for adults is ‘good / excellent’, compared to 24% for local provision of activities for children. 52% believe that provision for children could ‘be improved’; 39% for adult provision.

Sport and Leisure - The Plan

Issue	Location	Aim	Partners	Time Scale	Immediate task	Anything current in the Parish ?	Contact
local walks with guide pamphlets	Parish wide	A printed (or web site) guide to local walks		By end 2011	Identify walks and draft a pamphlet. Funding is available	There is a booklet by the Ramblers Association
enhanced local website data	Parish wide	Enhanced web site	David E/Parish	On-going	More data to be given to David E to enhance the web site	Web site is current and continually developing	David Eastlake
rambling’ provision within St Mewan Parish	Parish wide	Enhanced rambling routes and a printed (or web site) guide	Local landowners	3 year plan Guide to include current and proposed rambling provision	Identify rambling routes Funding is available	There is a booklet by the Ramblers Association
Provision for children	Parish wide	Enhanced play areas	Parish Council	3 years	Identify current provision to identify genuine lack of provision	This has already commenced with play areas

Business

• 99% of valid respondents ‘use their local Post Office’.

• 82% of respondents believe that there are ‘sufficient businesses / shops’ in their village.

• 49% support the use of financial incentives to ‘encourage more businesses / shops’ into their village.

• 98% of respondents indicated that they supported their local village shop.

• 97% of respondents state that the provision of ‘Newspapers / Magazines’ is an important aspect of their village shop. Other products / services identified as important include: ‘groceries’ (95%), ‘stationery / greeting cards’ (92%), ‘confectionary’ (92%), ‘household items’ (83%), ‘ATM – cash machine’ (76%) and ‘off-licence’ (73%). The three products / services that respondents believe are of least importance are: ‘grocery delivery’ (28%), ‘dry cleaning’ (34%) and ‘solid fuel’ (36%.) There were observed differences linked to respondent age, gender and location of residence, suggesting that these are important factors.

Business - The Plan

Issue	Location	Aim	Partners	Time Scale	Immediate task	Anything current in the Parish ?	Contact
encourage more businesses / shops into each village	Parish wide	Encourage businesses into the Parish	Identify all the local businesses	12 months	Decide on how we can encourage businesses into the area. What are the benefits ?	What are the facilities/ Infrastructure currently that would encourage business into the St Mewan Parish
Sourcing locally produced products	Parish wide	Affordable local produce for sale in parish outlets	Local shop proprietors	12 months	Identify local sources willing to sell locally	This will need the participation of all local people who are interested, possibly in local shop sales, bartering, swap etc.
Grocery delivery services	Parish wide	Introduce local delivery services	Local shop proprietors	12 months	Liaise with local proprietors to identify feasibility	Already being done in a limited way

Housing and Development

• 92% of respondents live in houses that are ‘privately owned’. 46% live in a ‘bungalow’, 45% in a ‘house’ and 7% in a ‘mobile home’. Home ownership is highest in Sticker and lowest in Trelowth, at 96% and 84% respectively.

• 93% of households did not contain anyone looking for ‘alternative accommodation’. Most of those looking for alternative accommodation indicated they wanted to remain within the local area.

• 40 respondents indicated that their household contained someone who wished to ‘purchase their own home but were unable to do because of the price of property’.

• 25 households needed accommodation designed for ‘older people’, 23 needed housing for ‘someone with a physical disability’, 16 wanted housing for ‘young people’ and 4 needed accommodation suitable for ‘someone with a mental illness or learning difficulty’.

• St Mewan residents appear to be generally reluctant to see more housing being built within the parish and a majority also appear opposed to the construction of an ‘eco-town’ within the Parish. For example, 66% did not believe that St Mewan Parish ‘can accommodate more housing’, 63% were opposed to ‘more self-build homes, 76% would not ‘live and work in an eco-town’ and 62% did not believe that having an eco-town in the Parish ‘is positive.’ Older respondents are less likely to support more home building or to see an eco-town as positive. Village of residence also seems to be important in relation to respondents’ views on future housing and development projects.

• 24% of respondents would approve of the provision of new ‘open market’ housing in St Mewan Parish and a similar proportion (25%) indicated that this was ‘of no concern’. This means that 51% of are actively against new ‘open market’ housing being constructed. 34% of those opposed to new ‘open market’ housing stated that their opposition was because they felt ‘local people would lose out’; a further 18% felt that new ‘open market’ housing posed a threat to the ‘character of the village’. Age and location appear to influence respondents’ views on ‘open market’ housing.

• 65% of respondents indicated their approval of more ‘affordable housing’ being built within the parish; 16% were actively opposed. Age, gender and location all seem to have some influence on respondents’ views on the provision of affordable housing.

• Support for targeting new homes at local people is high, with 96% indicating they would support such a measure. Support for the targeting of new homes is high across all age ranges and for males and females. Support is also generally high irrespective of location, with the noticeable exception of Trelowth where 23% of respondents indicated that they ‘do not approve’ of targeting new homes for local people.

Housing and Development - The Plan

Issue	Location	Aim	Partners	Time Scale	Immediate task	Anything current in the Parish ?	Contact
accommodation designed for ‘older people’	Parish wide	To build dedicated accommodation for ‘older people’	Ocean Survey	5 years	Identify/convert/ build accommodation for ‘older people’ within the Parish	Much of the activity in this
housing for ‘someone with a physical disability’	Parish wide	To build/convert dedicated accommodation for ‘someone with a physical disability’	Survey	5 years	Identify/convert/build accommodation for ‘someone with a physical disability’ within the Parish	area is contained within new St Austell area development plans
‘affordable housing’ being built within the parish	Parish wide	To build ‘affordable housing’ schemes within the Parish	Survey	5 years	Identify current/proposed ‘affordable housing’ schemes within the Parish	and there is regular updates in the local press
targeting new homes at local people	Parish wide	To ensure local people are targeted by new/affordable homes	Survey	5 years	Identify current/proposed ‘affordable housing’ schemes within the Parish

Energy

• 47% of all homes use ‘gas’ as their main source of heating, 26% use ‘electricity’ and 21% use ‘oil.’ Main heating source varies depending on village of residence, with ‘gas’ usage highest in Trelowth (86%), ‘electric’ highest in Polgooth (40%) and Trewoon (46%) is the village with the highest usage of ‘oil’ as the main heat source.

• 72% of homes have the ‘appropriate thickness’ of roof insulation. 93% of homes have ‘double glazing’ and 50% have ‘draught exclusion’ measures fitted.

• Three-quarters (75%) of households would support ‘local waste to energy development initiatives’. 78% of females would support such initiatives, compared to 69% of males. Support for ‘local waste to energy development initiatives’ is highest in Polgooth and lowest in Trewoon, 80% and 71% respectively.

• 89% of households would support more ‘renewable energy schemes / funding’; with females (92%) more likely than males (85%) to indicate support. Despite high levels of support within each village area some variation in levels of support was observed, ranging from 82% for Trelowth to 93% in Sticker.

The Plan

Issue	Location	Aim	Partners	Time Scale	Immediate task	Anything current in the Parish ?	Contact
local waste to energy development initiatives	Parish wide	Energy from waste installation In St Mewan Parish	CCC	15 years	Assess the feasibility of local schemes	The St Dennis incinerator
renewable energy schemes / funding’	Parish wide	Micro generation advice locally	CCC EA Various advisors	12 months	Collate micro generation advice page on the web page

Transport

• 96% of households own at least 1 car. Just over half (55%) of households are single car households, 33% have 2 cars and 8% have 3 or more cars.

• 52% of households contain someone who uses a car to ‘commute to work’. 47% of households that commute by car travel distances of ‘more than 10 miles’ and 37% commute between ‘4 to 10 miles’.

• 51% of households had not used the bus service within the last 12 months. Just under a quarter (23%) had used the bus service more than 10 times in the previous 12 months. Age seems to be a factor, with 60% of those aged over 65 having used the bus service in the last 12 months compared to only 40% of those aged 19 to 65. Sticker households have the highest usage of bus services with only 41% indicating they had not used the bus service in the last 12 months compared to 53% for Trelowth and 58% for both Trewoon and Polgooth.

• 52% of those that had not used the bus service in the previous 12 months said they would consider doing so if it was more convenient to use. 60 of those that would use the bus service if it was more convenient indicated that they would like ‘more frequent or regular services’; 38 would do so if the cost of using the service was ‘cheaper’ and 22 would like ‘more routes’.

• ‘Lack of parking in the village’ is an issue for 55% of all households. Age, gender and location appear to influence perceptions concerning the issue of a ‘lack of car parking’. 53% of those aged over 65 and 34% of those aged 19 to 65 said there was an issue of ‘lack of parking in their village’; as did 36% of males and 49% of females. Trelowth (63%) has the highest percentage of households who perceive there to be a problem of a ‘lack of car parking’. The corresponding values for Polgooth, Trewoon and Sticker are 57%, 48% and 26% respectively.

• 41% of households would support increased restrictions for ‘on road parking’. Males are more likely than females to support increased parking restrictions, 45% and 38% respectively. Location also appears to be important, with support for restricting on road parking highest amongst Trewoon households (44%) and lowest amongst Trelowth households (19%.)

• 46% of households believe that the ‘amount of traffic in the village’ to be an issue. Concern over traffic volumes is greatest amongst Trewoon households (83%) and lowest in Sticker (20%.) 

• 69% would ‘support additional speed control measures’. Over half of households within each village would ‘support additional speed control measures’; although there is considerable variation between the villages. 87% of Trewoon households would ‘support additional speed control measures’, as would 66% from Sticker, 58% from Trelowth and 51% from Polgooth.

• 66% of households believe that the roads within the parish are ‘consistently in an adequate state of repair’; ranging from 78% of households in Trewoon to a low of 50% of Trelowth households.

Transport - The Plan

Issue	Location	Aim	Partners	Time Scale	Immediate task	Anything current in the Parish ?	Contact
more frequent or regular bus services	Parish wide	Increase the frequency of buses	Local bus service	Within 3 years	Speak to the local bus service controllers	This will require further consultation with local bus service providers
Lack of parking in the village	Polgooth primarily	Purchase land	Local landowners Parish council	3 years	Identify practicable land availability	There is work being done by the Parish Council
increased restrictions for ‘on road parking’	Trewoon primarily	Enhance on road parking restrictions	CCC Highways	Within 3 years	Assess primary reasons for on road parking and practicable alternatives	There is work being done by the Parish Council
amount of traffic in the village’	Trewoon primarily	Reduce the amount of traffic in the village	CCC Highways		Is it possible to reduce the amount of traffic in the villages ?	It is probably unlikely that anything can be done that is outside major infrastructure re-design
additional speed control measures’	Parish wide	Implement speed control measures	CCC Highways	Within 3 years	Identify speed ‘hot spots’ and evaluate true risks	There is work being done by the Parish Council

Education

• 71% of respondents that already have or are planning to have children would use a ‘primary school’. 66% would use a ‘playgroup’, 50% would use a ‘children after school club’, 45% would use ‘rising 5’s’ and 37% would use a ‘breakfast club’. 24% of valid respondents said they would use ‘none of the above’.

• 23% of the 82 valid respondents currently participate in ‘art classes’, either within their own village or elsewhere. 24% of the 135 valid respondents currently undertake ‘computer classes’. 24% of 89 respondents are currently ‘learning a language’. 22% of 118 valid respondents are currently doing ‘evening classes. 40% of 110 respondents currently do ‘keep fit classes’ and 53% of the 41 respondents are current members of a ‘Woman’s Institute’.

• There is a desire to be able to undertake educational activities within respondents’ own villages. 82% of valid respondents would like to be able to ‘learn a language’ within their own village, 81% would like to be able to access ‘evening classes’, 79% would like to do ‘art classes’, 78% mentioned ‘computer classes’, 63% for ‘keep fit classes’ and 51% for ‘Women’s Institute’. Age, gender and location all appear to be important in terms of respondents’ current participation in educational activities, whether this takes place within their village or elsewhere.

Education – The Plan

Issue	Location	Aim	Partners	Time Scale	Immediate task	Anything current in the Parish ?	Contact
playgroup	Parish wide	Make halls suitable and start playgroups	Local providers	Within 2 years		There are playgroups within the Parish
children after school club’	Parish wide	Commence after school club(s)	Local providers	Within 2 years	Assess feasibility Use the Polgooth model	Further availability on this and issues below
learn a language’ within their own village	Parish wide	Commence language classes	Local providers	Within 12 months	Identify (use advert/web site) possible local providers	will require The participation of volunteers and the willingness of
art classes’	Parish wide	Commence art classes	Local providers	Within 12 months	Identify (use advert/web site) possible local providers	those who would like to see such things being committed to
computer classes’	Parish wide	Commence computer classes	Local providers	Within 12 months	Identify (use advert/web site) possible local providers	attending classes arranged
keep fit classes’	Parish wide	Commence keep fit classes	Local providers	Within 12 months	Identify (use advert/web site) possible local providers	Many are already advertised

Continue to support after school club

Children and Youths

• 80% of children of primary school age (i.e. 5 to 10 year olds) use a car to get to school and 58% also use this mode of transport to return home at the end of the school day. 8% travel to school by bus, rising to 24% that use the bus at the end of the school day.

• 46% of youths (i.e. those aged 11 to 17 years of age) travel to school or college by bus and the same proportion use the bus to travel home from school as well. 44% use a car to get to school and the same percentage travel home by car.

• 54% of youths attend ‘after school activities’ but only 20% ‘attend youth clubs’.

• 89% of youths spend their free time ‘going out with friends’, 78% ‘watch TV / play video games’, 76% ‘have an interest in computers’ and 43% spent some free time participating in ‘sport and sporting activities’. 70% of youths indicated that they spent some of their free time ‘doing homework.

• ‘Sporting clubs / events’ emerges as the most desired types of activities that children aged 5 to 10 want to see in the St Mewan Parish; mentioned by 11 out of the 34 valid respondents. 9 children would like to see ‘youth organisations / clubs’, 8 wanted ‘art and craft projects’ and 7 would like to see ‘more play equipment’. A full breakdown of responses is presented in the ‘Raw Data Appendix’.

 Children and Youths – The Plan

Issue	Location	Aim	Partners	Time Scale	Immediate task	Anything current in the Parish ?	Contact
Sporting clubs / events’	Parish wide	Facilities available in each village	Local organisers	24 months	Identify funding possibilities and venues available
youth organisations / clubs’	Parish wide	Youth clubs in each village	Local organisers/ Parish Council	24 months	Identify funding possibilities and venues available	In Polgooth there is one
art and craft	Parish wide	Commence art/craft classes	Local providers	24 months	Identify (use advert/web site) possible local providers	This will depend more on volunteer activity
more play equipment’	Parish wide	Increased play equipment	County Council Parish Council	24 months	Identify funding possibilities and land available	This has already commenced with play areas

Children and Youths – The Plan (cont)

8 of the 18 elder children who provided an answer felt that it would be good to have a ‘youth club / youth centre’ in their parish. 7 felt it would be good to have ‘sport facilities’, 5 would like to see a ‘skate park’ and 1 indicated that they felt the parish would benefit from providing the ‘Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme’.

Issue	Location	Aim	Partners	Time Scale	Immediate task	Anything current in the Parish ?	Contact
youth club / youth centre	Sticker/Trewoon	Youth clubs in each village	Local organisers/ Parish Council	24 months	Identify funding possibilities and venues available	In Polgooth There is one
sport facilities’	Parish wide	Increased sports facilities	County Council Parish Council	24 months	Identify funding possibilities and land available
skate park’	Parish wide	Skate parks	County Council Parish Council	24 months	Identify funding possibilities and land available	Provision has already started
more play equipment’	Parish wide	Increased play equipment	County Council Parish Council	24 months	Identify funding possibilities and land available	This has already commenced with play areas
Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme’	Parish wide	Set up a local DofE Award Scheme base in the Parish	The DofE Awards	24 months	Liaise with the current DofE Scheme to assess feasibility of a local

3       What’s next ?

Since the return of the questionnaires and the collation of the information, there has been progress with some of the issues raised. We now need to identify other areas where there may already be something being done about issues raised in the Questionnaire responses and about which people in general don’t know anything about.

We would also like to move forward in trying to facilitate some of the activities that people would like to see in the Parish. Recent funding cuts mean that there is much less likelihood of grant aid for many things, so there will almost inevitably be a greater reliance on volunteers. If you would like to see it in the Parish, let us know what you can do.

4       Contacts

For further information about the Parish Plan, known initiatives that are already addressing some of the issue raised by the Parish Plan Questionnaire or offers of assistance, please contact:

                         Tel:                            Email:

Parish Plan Steering Group Joint Chair:        Mrs Madge Mitchell    01726 64938               bri2mitch@tiscali.co.uk

Parish Plan Steering Group Joint Chair:        Jonathan Childs          -----------------------       jchilds@tecso.net

Parish Council Chair:                                      Mrs J M Padley          01726 72532               ------------------------------

Parish Council Clerk:                                      Larry Budge                01726 74848               lbudge@btinternet.com

or                                                                     Robert Meldrum          01726 74499               robert@robertmeldrum.co.uk