1. Making a Plan Creating a Vision Ensuring a Positive Future
Arlington Parish Plan 2008
Making a Plan
Creating a Vision
Ensuring a Positive Future

2. How did we get here? The Process
Last year’s Parish AGM
A Steering Group – Monthly Meetings
CONSULTATION
Questionnaire
Feedback
Mini Plans

3. The Plan: What’s in it? We introduce why, what, how and when
We profile Arlington Parish
We go through our Consultation Process
We give a Summary of Results (App.A)
We set out Terms of Reference for the future
We set out an Action Plan – 6 to 18 mths

4. Introducing the Plan Rural & Social Community Programme
Engaging the Parish in a planning process
Consultation, participation & feedback
Short-term plans for Action
Constituting the APP Action Group
Building a community partnership

5. Snapshot: Parish Profile
Arlington Parish – size & geography
Villages – What’s in them?
Roads
Key businesses
Small enterprises
Henry and Jenny – Arlington & Upper Dicker – see main text of Plan doc. 2 minutes max.

6. Consultation Process Initial contact with stakeholders on ToR of SG
Letters to all on electoral roll + identified businesses
Questionnaire – residents and businesses
2 web sites – both public-facing
Monthly open, publicised meetings
Feedback meeting giving…
…Further input opportunity

7. Summary of Results 100 returns out of over 300 distributed
63 Returns included a contact name
28 out of the 100 Returns offered to help
16 businesses, 2 Residents’ Associations
Wealth of quantitative and qualitative information on 11 key areas now held in a database
Pre-defined reports, plus
Public access to anonymised information

8. Terms of Reference Constituting the APP
An Action Group for implementation
Building Parish partnerships
FRANK – add what you need. Key points: Going forward to constituted organisation following one year participation and planning process to develop the Plan thus far; As other Parish Plans in the Sussex area – elect an Action Group to manage & implement short term plan delivery, to respond to new challenges and work with parish partners to develop new identified projects; quick run down on how, who, what is involved in the Action Group, and what responsibilities the Action Group must incorporate.

9. What’s Next? A Positive Future
Step 1: Discuss & Adopt this AP Plan
Step 2: Finalise Plan document
Step 3: Create the AP Plan Action Group
Step 4: Take forward & implement short-term action plans
Step 5: Put on the AP Plan agenda – issues & challenges that the community can act on

10. Short-Term Action Plans
Cuckmere Community Bus
Speeding & Traffic Issues
Recycling
‘Length Man’
All projects originate from Consultation Feedback & subsequent discussion

11. Data & Information Resources
Data from APP Questionnaire responses –
- enabling the Parish to argue its agreed position on future developments dictated by local, regional & national authorities
An Information Resource Booklet bringing together Parish information researched by the Plan & other Parish Organisations

12. Cuckmere Community Bus – Berwick Station
A one day week bus service from Upper Dicker via Arlington to Berwick station to access London, Brighton & Eastbourne train services at the cheap daytime rates
A 3 month trial period to begin in September 2008
Price: £45 per day if just our villages, but £60 if we join with Hellingly, but could be much cheaper because of more fares

13. Speeding & Traffic Plan
The Questionnaire
Issues
Locations
Responsibilities
The Way Forward
Partnerships
The Future
FRANK – to remember inclusion of Arlington cos ESCC is for UD.

14. Recycling
Kerbside recycling – collections to be introduced by WDC by 2010
Weekly refuse collection needed
Recycling containers at St Bede’s entrance on North side of Michelham Priory Rd –
Bins: 3 colour glass; tins; & paper

15. ‘Length Man’
Opportunity for local employment, improved ‘look and feel’ of the Parish, increased security, social benefit to the community, but ….
…initial efforts will be to maximise the existing services from statutory service providers such as WDC and ESCC – i.e. with litter and footpaths…
but one to watch for in the future, if more responsibilities are devolved to the Parish, or services are cut, or problems get worse, etc….

16. Arlington Parish Plan Values
The consultation expressed the desire for a peaceful, productive and sustainable environment
What this Plan sets out to do is to minimise negative impacts and maximise positive benefits to our community by using this Plan to articulate our needs and priorities in public frameworks

17. Vote yes and have a Voice
Have your say and be part of something that counts. That’s been our catch phrase and we hope you will all want to be part of the future of this Plan, your Plan.
Thanks to everyone who has given so much of their time to create this Plan, and thank you all for being part of this process

18. Questions and Answers Further information: