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Residents' Survey results for Tregony and Cuby February 2013

Survey forms delivered to all households in Tregony and Cuby parishes: 480

Forms returned by post 62. Responses to online Survey Monkey 31. Total responses 93 = 19%

On the topic of the waste collection contract, only a very small number of you thought that the service was poor. The black bag collection service attracted more responses of good (89%) than the recycling (76%).

On balance, a majority of residents think that the Council is doing a reasonable job in maintaining the roads in difficult circumstances.

With regard to the 20 mph limit in the village, a large majority (75%) support the principle of it, although a majority (63%) think that it has not been effective at reducing speeds yet. The evidence from speed monitoring carried out by the Council in December shows a small reduction in speed in one direction only. A summary of the data collected from the automatic monitoring carried out in October 2010 and December 2012 can be downloaded from Tregony Speed Monitoring Data.

Clearly, there is more work that needs to be done to persuade motorists to obey the new limit. I will be working with local volunteers and with the police to try to bring about some improvement. Meanwhile, I would urge local residents to be patient and stick to the limit themselves. In time, I am confident that we can make this limit work better.

On the topic of renewable energy, the responses are split virtually down the middle on whether or not you would support more wind turbines in this area.

On the topic of the planned new development at the Eastern District Centre scheme this side of Truro, there is a majority (64%) in support. However, for the possible, larger Coyte Farm development this side of St Austell, the majority (64%) are opposed to it.

The responses to individual questions are in the table below. Not everyone gave an answer to every question. Where there were simple yes/no options, the table shows the number of yes and no answers and the percentages are expressed as a percentage of the number of answers to the particular question. Note that, where the questions have a choice of answers and one respondent can tick more than one box, the percentages will add up to more than 100%.

Question

Yes

%

No

%

Waste

What do you think of the collection service for black bag waste? Good (G), Indifferent (I) or Poor (P)

G: 77

89%

I: 9

10%

P: 1

1%

What do you think of the collection service for recycling? Good (G), Indifferent (I) or Poor (P)

G: 66

76%

19

22%

P: 2

2%

Which of the following recycling facilities do you use?

Paper

82

92%

7

8%

Cans/plastic bottles

81

94%

5

6%

Glass

79

93%

6

7%

Cardboard

79

92%

7

8%

Specials e.g. sharps

8

14%

48

86%

Do you use the garden waste collection system?

28

31%

61

69%

If yes, what do you think of this service? Good (G), Indifferent (I) or Poor (P)

G: 24

83%

I: 4

14%

P: 1

3%

Do you support the Cornwall Council plan to build an incinerator in the centre of the county to dispose of residual waste?

68

82%

15

18%

Highways

Do you think that, on balance, the Council is doing a reasonable job in maintaining the condition of the roads?

56

62%

34

38%

If no, where do you think the worst problems are?

In 2012, as you will know, a 20 mph limit was introduced across the whole built-up area of Tregony village? Do you support the idea of this speed limit?

69

75%

23

25%

Do you think that the 20 mph speed limit has reduced speeds overall in the village?

33

37%

55

63%

Would you be willing to get involved in any volunteer scheme to enforce the 20 mph limit?

19

21%

71

79%

Would you recommend to other villages that they implement similar 20 mph schemes?

57

66%

29

34%

Housing and Planning

Do you think that there is a need for more genuinely affordable housing to be provided in Cornwall?

81

89%

10

11%

If yes, how would you like to see that housing being provided? Tick more than one if you think appropriate

Council/housing associations to build social rented housing

47

58%

Council/housing associations to build part-owned/part-rented properties

61

75%

Private developers to be obliged to provide significant percentages of affordable housing in their estates

45

56%

Cornwall Council is proposing to build a park-and-ride site on the east of Truro along with a household waste centre. Housing, a supermarket and Cornish Food Centre will also be built on the site - known as the Eastern District Centre. Do you think that this project will be of benefit to the residents of this area?

58

64%

32

36%

A private developer has submitted a planning application for a large, out-of-town retail park, supermarket and housing on the west side of St Austell - the Coyte Farm development (several times larger than the Eastern District Centre). Do you support this project?

26

36%

47

64%

Renewable energy

So far in Tregony Parish, one wind turbine has been installed at Grogarth Farm. Would you be happy for more turbines of a similar size to be erected on farms in this area?

44

49%

45

51%

Large solar farms have been installed in many parts of Cornwall but not so far in Tregony. Would you be happy for solar farms to be installed in this area?

26

29%

63

71%

Cornwall Council has draft plans to install wind turbines of its own on some council owned farms including one farm in Probus. Do you think that this is a good idea?

41

45%

50

55%

Flooding

Was your property affected by flooding in the recent period (November-December 2012)?

5

If so, do you think that you received suitable help from Cornwall Council and/or the Environment Agency?

1

3

What measures do you think should be taken to avoid problems in future?

Would you be prepared to be involved in any local initiatives to help in future flood incidents?

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