Review of Mendlesham Parish Community Action Plan Emerging Issues
| Thematic Group |
Issues |
| Housing |
Starter homes and bungalows |
| Traffic and roads |
- Car parking
- Speeding
- Traffic calming
- Damage to verges
- School run
- HGVs
- Road names in Mendlesham Green and sign to Tan Office
- More pavements in Mendlesham Green
- Pavement from Mendlesham Green to Mendlesham
|
| Parish Council |
- Information about Parish Council
- Public attendance
|
| Environment |
- Overhead power lines
- More dog bins
- Litter picking
- Hedge cutting
- Composting
- St Joseph’s Centre
- Fly tipping
- Flooding in Wash Lane
|
| Crime and policing |
- Police presence
- Changing responsibility between Elmswell and Debenham
|
| Recycling |
More opportunities |
| Young people |
- Lack of facilities
- Youth club
- Swings for older children at park and some facilities for teenagers
|
| Public transport |
- Bus to Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds
- Bus shelter in Mendlesham
- Taxi service
|
| Village services |
- Space in graveyard
- Mains gas
- Street lighting
- Who to contact to get hedges cut back
- Are printed walks still available
- Guided walks
- Wind farm on airfield
- Charity Trustees communication
|
| Village organisations |
- Coordination and cooperation
- Book club/reading group
- Yoga/pilates
- Teddy bear picnic
|
| Economic |
- Use of village pubs
- Local employment
- Lack of business units
- Duck farm
- More events to bring people into Mendlesham, e.g. farmers’ market
|
| Mendlesham Green |
- Picnic facilities in allotment area
- Play equipment
- Get the park redone better than Mendlesham
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| Woodland |
- Footpath from Community Centre
- Benches
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| School/community centre site |
- Facilities for toddlers
- Daytime booking of small hall
- School review
- Pre-school
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