Witchford Parish Plan
Parish Plans are being produced by communities across the country. They are recognised as being a ‘good thing’, in that they encourage communities to indicate how they would like their town or village to develop, to identify key facilities and services, to set out the problems that need to be tackled and demonstrate how its distinctive character and features can be preserved. One of the most important aspects of a Parish Plan is that it forms strategic links with influential organisations, such as the district and county councils, police and primary care trust.
The Witchford Parish Plan was produced with the objective of identifying the actions that will ensure the village develops in the way the community wishes. Now that it is in place the Parish Council is working to ensure that the actions identified in the plan are implemented.
Latest Witchford Parish Plan Update
The Witchford Parish Plan was published in 2008 and is reviewed annually by both the original steering committee and the Parish Council. The purpose of this is to ensure that the Parish Council has made progress with the actions recommended in the plan.The report from the latest review shows that positive progress has continued with all of the actions, with a high proportion of them complete or taken as far as practicable. Of the remaining actions, these are either in progress, e.g. longer term projects, or are in the hands of third party organisations. The most recent review can be downloaded from Witchford Online by clicking here.
The most proactive action that the Parish Council took as a result of the Parish Plan was to commission an audit of the facilities available to the community in Witchford, i.e. public meeting places. The purpose of this was to help the Council plan and justify how to spend the funds that it has available to improve provision of facilities in Witchford. This audit was performed by a specialist research company and funded entirely by grants. The results of the audit can be seen on the Facilities page of this website.
To learn more about the Witchford Parish Plan you can download the report and data from the survey, as well as the latest update on the list of actions, by clicking on the links below right. If you require more in-depth detail then please contact us via the feedback form on the About Us page.