Minutes and Notes of Meetings

Group Discussions

 

1.  Involving Others

 

Landowners:           Farmers/Estate land – tree planting

                                Elton Estates

 

Education and Community Groups:

 

                                Village School – Yr3/4 Project in Village  )       Younger families

                                Parent Teacher Association – child safety  )

                                Tuesday Club

                                Toddler Group/Playgroup

                                Bowls Club                         )

                                Village Hall Committee      ) Older residents

                                British Legion Association  )

                                Old Folks’ Supper

                                Nassington Cubs/Oundle Guides

                                Elton Boat Club

                                Angling club – Robert Bosworth

 

Local Bodies:

 

                                Parish Council

                                Parochial Church Council

                                Planning Department, ENC – Thrapston

                                District Councillor – P Banbridge

                                Rockingham Forest Trust

 

Environmental Groups:

 

                                Wildlife Trust

                                Ramblers – Footpath Warden

 

Local Countryside:

 

                                Pocket Parks Group

                                Parish Tree Warden

                                Horticultural Society

 

Traders:

 

                              Builders

      Shopkeepers

                              Newspapers – R Bosworth

 

2. Timetable

 

24^th January 2002  7.30pm                                 Meeting of Core Design Team
21st February 2002  7.30pm                               2^nd Meeting of Core Design Team
25^th April 2002  7.30pm                                      Pre-workshop Meeting
27^th April 2002  All Day                                      Village Character Workshop
End May 2002  7.30pm                                      Core Design Group Meetings
Early June  7.30pm                                            Core Design Group Meetings
End June 2002                                                   Refine and Complete Survey
July and August 2s002                                       Draft VDS
Mid Sept 2002                                                    Agree 1^st Draft
October 2002                                                      Consult on Draft
November 2002                                                   Revise Draft and further consultation
January 2003                                                      Agree Draft with Local Planning Authority

 

3.  Consulting Warmington Residents

 

WHEN                   Beginning, Middle and End

 

HOW                     Mechanisms

                             Questionnaires

                             Exhibitions and Questions

                             Publicity   >   Radio

                                                  Villager (deliver with)

                             Competition for Children – through School

                             (favourite place in Warmington – picture with Prize)

 

WHO                     Age Groups

                             Different Areas

 

4.  Publicity

 

Groups                            How to Interest Them

Kids and parents              Themed activities/projects

Church                            Preaching

Pub and Club                   Meetings/Fundraising

Leisure Club                     Historical Research  (R. Bosworth)

Boat Club etc                   Events?

 

General                Posters                   Intro letters           Press (various)

                                Survey and follow-ups

                                Write up of every meeting

 

5.  Fundraising

 

Awards for All (via Lottery)

            Countryside Agency Grant

            Rural Community Council – advice

            East Northants Council – printing

            Shell Better Britain Campaign

Directory of Grant giving Trusts

Elton Estates

Bradstone (for something)

Fired Earth

 

6.  Development Now?

 

Infill:-      Density/Scale/Materials

              In sympathy with existing property

Changes/Adaptations/Extensions (sympathetic)

Style/Materials/aesthetics

Architectural detail

Streetscape

Continuity of Scale

Need to preserve a spatial form / Vistas

Sympathetic and Inclusion Landscaping

 

7.  Organising Ourselves

 

Constitution                         Websites for Model Copies

                                            Control

                                            Decision making

                                            Committees/Minutes/Auditability

                                            Project Board – Constraints – Local Rules – DC

                                            Milestone Authorisation

                                            Other Party Involvement

 

Village Profile                     Documents

                                            WEB

 

Fundraising                          £3 – 5000

                                            Events/Cash/Donations/Grants

                                            Treasurer – Audit

                                            Tax Status – Donations

 

Community Publicity            Evidence of Village involvement

                                             Document Delivery and visits

 

Documents                           WEB sites

                                            Evidence – Preparation – Photo – view

                                            Authorisation > Local Clubs

        > Parish Council – Authorisation

FAVOURITES IN WARMINGTON

Key Topics	%		High Ranking
Views	12.5		View from Morborne Hill
Buildings	17.7		Church Historic Buildings
Pub & Shop	15.1		Noel's shop
Community Spirit	3.6
Walks	5.7
Environment	7.3
Areas of Warmington	38.1		Eaglethorpe
			Taylors Green
			Church Street

(PS. – Penny’s cockerel received 1 vote!)