Appendix
ARNSIDE PARISH PLAN REVIEW 2008
APPENDIX
Open Ended Questions Summary. The numbers after each statement represent the number of times that this response was mentioned.
Q. 6 Which types of application ………. should be approved?
Library 3
Restaurant/café 2
Semi-detached housing 2
Apartments 2
Terraced housing 1
Stepped apartments on hillside 1
More variety of shops 1
Homes for rent 1
Shared ownership for people over 50 1
Use existing developments 1
Hollins Lane for allotments and current allotments for
low cost housing 1
Youth centre 1
No large developments 1
Any within sensible guidelines 1
Each application should be judged on its own merits 1
Is there a demand for business units? 1
Q. 7 Which group of Arnsiders ……have housing needs?
Don’t know/Not aware of any 3
Sheltered housing but with extra care 1
Disabled people particularly young and families 1
Shared ownership for people over 50 1
No social housing for single people working full time 1
People living/working away who cannot afford to come home 1
Provide housing for anyone except 2nd home owners 1
Q. 8 ………which open spaces should be preserved?
Briery Bank field 9
The Common/behind Redhills 9
Saltcotes’s field 3
Station field 3
Field next to low cost housing on Briery Bank 3
Mustn’t lose the (present) open spaces/all open spaces 3
Allotments 2
Arnside Moss 1
Roads off Silverdale Rd 1
Hollins Lane 1
Station Yard 1
Don’t know 1
Q. 9 Which …………children’s facilities should be provided/extended?
Youth club/centre 4
Survey families with children 2
Sports scheme 1
Improve recreation facilities on playing field 1
Youth activities 1
Already sufficient pre-school places 1
Plenty of facilities already 1
Has this question been discussed with the school 1
Don’t know 1
Q.10 Suggested site for library
Spar shop 40
Memorial field 22
Tennis courts 23
Old telephone exchange 19
Top of Briery Bank 20
E.I. 9
E.I. car park 10
W.I. Grounds 7
Westworth’s 5
Promenade 3
Lower Promenade 4
Ashmeadow grounds 4
Station Field 3
Station Yard 2
AONB Office 2
Cemetery Chapel 2
Convert house in centre of village 1
The Common 1
In a church room 1
Disabled access 4
Q.11 Chamber of Trade ……..How should it function?
Group to maintain local shops/trades people 3
Traders/Shopkeepers 3
Traders and residents/tourists 3
‘Chamber of trade’ 1
Group with fair-trade 1
List of economic skills of residents 1
For greener initiatives 1
Local promotions buy local 1
Arnside Village Association (society?) should be the
basis to include all traders 1
Need is for a few affordable, purpose built tenancies 1
Discuss development of future business premises 1
A mini chamber of trade or community association
including businesses, residents and second home owners 1
Trade and commerce – anything that encourages talking 1
Ensure views of village met – combine skills, expertise
and ideas 1
Informal quarterly meetings & reps on APC & APPT 1
Long term residents and traders – village overwhelmed by
newcomers on the council 1
Independent of APC 1
Affiliate to existing Cumbrian groups 1
A decision for traders themselves 1
On a community basis – needs to act as a mouthpiece for
local investment – contact with local govt. etc 1
How many traders has Arnside got? 1
There was one before – not productive/didn’t work 2
Q.13 Which areas of the village do you believe need to be improved?
Mend potholes 6
Road surfaces 12
Dog waste bins 7
Street lighting 6
Cut back hedges 3
Overhanging branches on Silverdale Rd 5
Extra cardboard recycling container 2
Plastic recycling at door or recycling centre 3
Paint/refurbish prom clock 3
Station parking 3
Disabled access to station 2
Path round to shipyard 3
BT building 2
Clean roads/road verge sweeping 2
Improve foreshore car park 2
Restore/extend yellow lines 2
Disabled access to library 1
Bus shelter provision 1
Coastguard building 1
Footpath needed from fire station to Scholes Drive
Footpath on top Silverdale Road 1
Footpath Black dyke to Swinnate
Maintenance of walls alongside roads and footways 1
Signs at Milnthorpe from M6 direction showing Arnside 1
Signs for walkers (tour of Arnside) 1
Signage on approach to village combined with gardens
(sponsored by companies) 1
Beach Walk café in danger of collapsing 1
20 mph where no footpaths 1
Cemetery looks run down 1
Ban notices on tree trunks 1
Part time linesman (lengthsman?) 1
Steps on lower promenade 1
Pier railings need mending 1
Fill in sides of pier 1
Salt Orchard Road when icy 1
Promenade gardens 1
Gardens outside Beach Walk café 1
Village benches need maintaining 1
Public toilets on playing fields 1
Fee car parking 1
Prevent jet skis & windsurfers on estuary 1
Stop litter near Fish & Chip shop 1
Between Swinnate & Briery Bank 1
Clear up deer faeces 1
Prohibit cyclists on embankment 1
Public toilets near alarm dangerous 1
Extra double lines on Station Road 1
20 mph on Chippy Bend 1
No more bright street lights 1
Cut verges later, for wild flowers 1
Q.14 Approve of youth shelter?
What is wrong with the shelter on the promenade? 1
Q.15 Approve of youth shelter on playing field?
Too off the beaten track 1
Q.16 Other improvements to bus services
Late night from Lancaster 3
More frequent services/more buses 2
Able to use “Now’ card on 8.05 am service 1
Q.17 Which ………result in using train more frequently
Improved parking facilities 5
Improved bus to train connection 3
None hardly at weekends 1
Guaranteed cycle space on all trains 1
Last train in the evening too early 1
Q.18 ……..Alternative to current station parking arrangements
Station Field 44
Part Station Field 67
Station Yard 51
Access to Station Yard 55
Parking at rear/station building 10
Improve foreshore car park 3
Encourage foreshore parking 3
Connect foreshore to Barrow platform 9
Better access/for disabled 3
Access to both platforms without bridge 2
Access to rear of station 6
Car park/car park nearby 2
Parking attendants 2
One way traffic flow 2
Compulsory purchase for car park 2
Permanent traffic lights on Station Road 2
Better Access/for disabled 3
Drop-off point 1
Shuttle bus 2
Less parking on Station Road 1
Ashmeadow grounds 1
Carr Bank Lane 1
Free Park and Ride 1
Should walk to station 1
Network Rail supply staff to carry luggage 1
Q.19 ……..problem with parking ……..location for a car park
Station field 45
Part Station field 48
Upgrade/extend foreshore car park 35
Visitors to use foreshore 1
Better signage for the ‘beach’ car park 37
Station Yard 23
Pay and display 8
Charge visitors for parking 9
Car park behind station 3
No coach parking on prom 2
Enforce regulations 2
Small car park in field 1
Field on Milnthorpe Road 2
Widen prom 1
Below the prom 2
No camper vans or caravans on prom 1
Ashmeadow grounds 1
Silverdale Road (part of Ashmeadow grounds) 1
Redhills Road 1
The Common 1
Gravel end of W.I. 1
The school in summer 1
Designated parking area for locals 1
Encourage residents to use garages/driveways 1
Lancaster!! 1
Parking problems apply to residents as well 1
More car parking will only add to congestion 1
Insoluble 1
Parking problem with cross bay walkers & high tides 1
Q.21 …………More parking restrictions
Avery’s/top of Orchard Rd and Silverdale Rd 9
Silverdale Road 6
Double yellow lines on Silverdale Road 2
Between Avery’s and prom 1
No parking opposite allotments 1
By Park 16
Enforce existing restrictions 13
No parking on Station Road 12
20 mph speed limit/if monitored 6
Speed bumps on Church Hill 1
Speed bumps on Redhills 1
Speed bumps on prom 1
Speed bumps not 20 mph 1
Speed bumps Cemetery 1
Traffic calming Silverdale Road 6
Flashing reminder signs 5
On prom – brow of hill/ by The Gallery 2
Restricted parking on prom 1
Single parking on prom 1
Parking meters on prom 4
Pedestrian crossings on front 3
Briery Bank residents use their car park 1
Outside affordable housing Briery Bank 1
Top of Briery Bank 3
Black Dyke Road 1
Double yellow on Black Dyke Road 3
Remove on street parking/where off road available 3
No parking on pavements 2
More/restore yellow lines 2
Paint white line top of Pier Lane at road junction 1
Church Hill at Pier Lane a death trap 2
Pull in spaces on Station Rd wrong at garage end 1
Orchard Road 1
Another disabled space on prom outside chemist 1
Pay and display 1
No 20 mph/not necessary 7
20 mph not enforceable 1
20 mph would cause accidents 1
Enforce the 30 mph and the 40 mph to Sandside 1
Prosecute drivers who park on pavements 1
No campervans overnight 1
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Keep village as it is 1
Impossible to achieve 20 mph with current parking! 1
No real problems 3
Q.21 ………… One-way or access only
One way system 5
One way anticlockwise 3
One way clockwise 5
One way Silverdale Rd to station 2
One way railway bridge to fountain 16
Hollins Lane 3
Hollins Lane one way 3
Hollins Lane access only 7
Access only a good idea 1
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No/Not required/flow okay 6
Not required if car park on Station field 1
One way scheme ludicrous 1
One way scheme would cause accidents 1
One way would encourage speeding 1
Who will enforce 1
No speed bumps 1
No 20 mph 1
Speed max 30 1
On street parking Church Hill impossible for emergency vehicles 1
Further Ideas and Comments
Parking and Traffic
Charge for parking/pay and display 7
Stop overnight/parking of motor homes on prom 3
No Parking meters 1
Traffic wardens visit more often 2
Stop abuse by disabled drivers who park on double yellow lines 1
Dedicated station car park a priority/car park for station/behind station 3
Sort out parking on Station Road/lay-by/off –road parking Station Rd 4
Black Dyke for parking 2
Organise/refurbish foreshore car park 2
Pay for foreshore car park 1
Day long parking should not limit access to village 1
Designated parking for coaches 1
Crack down on people who park on pavements 1
Double yellow lines blind corners Church Hill and Orchard Road 1
1 hour parking discs for residents 1
Present parking for visitors adequate 1
Pedestrian crossing prom/Station road 5
More pedestrian crossings 1
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Speeding a concern 1
Flashing speed signs 1
Flashing speed signs Black Dyke Road 1
Speeding on Black Dyke Road 1
Speed bumps Albion to P.O. 1
Speed limit/bumps Church Hill 1
Speed limit/bumps Silverdale Road 5
Speed bumps uncomfortable 1
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Traffic Control 1
One way system 1
One way system inconvenient 1
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Analyse traffic accidents last 10 years because of excessive speed 1
Concealed entrance signs 1
Mirror on Briery Bank – Stoneycroft Drive 1
Possible road widening on prom 1
Mini roundabout/stop sign Black Dyke/Briery Bank 2
Proper road markings on housing estates 1
More visitors should come by public transport 1
Phone if you need help with parking/traffic (previous experience) 1
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No need for 20 mph/enforce 30 mph 8
No 20 mph – unworkable 1
Speed restrictions only as good as enforcement 1
Amenities
More facilities for young people/children 2
Youth club needed/Activity centre for youth 4
E.I. ideal for after school club 1
Make spar shop into a gym 1
Pursue new playground 3
More inspection of play equipment and remove if necessary 1
Multi-wheel park or MUGA on field 1
Multi-purpose sports area for young people 1
Parish Council support for skatepark 1
Skateboard park detrimental to area and nearby properties area 2
Council should not support/insure skateboard park 1
Is there still a need for skateboard park? 1
Skateboard park benefits a minority 1
Subsidize activities and courses for youth 1
Parents should encourage children to engage in local activities 1
Meeting point for youth with CCTV &cyber café 1
Youth shelter instead of multi wheel park 1
Youth shelter would encourage drugs 1
Youth shelter should be supervised 1
Worried youth shelter would lead to anti-social behaviour 2
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Library on memorial playing field 1
Disabled access to library farcical 1
Access to library for pushchairs 1
Extend library opening times 1
Library at Westworth’s 1
Use old Spar shop for library and cybercafé 1
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More buses, more regularly 1
Extra bus stop Black Dyke Road 1
Old system of tokens for buses, trains, car parking better than current 1
Ring and ride scheme as operated in Lancashire 1
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Right of way through Station Yard 1
Access to southbound platform of station 1
Access to trains for pushchairs 1
Luggage lockers at station 1
Complain to Transpennine re useless shelter and information boards 1
Information boards on station still not working 1
Make station fit for those not so active e.g. bag carriers 1
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Remove old boatyard and create amenity (e.g. picnic area/local history) 4
More allotments/split allotments/pass unattended allotments quickly 4
Annual village fete/carnival 2
Footbridge over viaduct 2
Swimming Pool 1
Cycle route along estuary footpath 1
Annual event where village organizations can promote themselves 1
Play area for old people 1
Public toilets on playing field 1
Keep Arnside surgery – no poly clinics 1
Environment
More litter bins 4
More skips at recycling 2
Better re-cycling facilities needed 1
Bring back re-cycling for glass and paper 1
Empty re-cycling bins more regularly 2
Household collection for plastic and cardboard 1
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Dog fouling – heavier fines, CCTV, campaigns, stronger notices.
enforcement, more bins 8
Dog mess in Ashmeadow grounds 1
Dog fouling on foreshore not good for children playing 1
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Vandalism – photograph and publish in Messenger 1
More policing to stop vandalism 1
More police/community officers on patrol 1
Lock public toilets at night 1
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Street lighting on Redhills Road 1
More modern street lights 1
Repair and move solar light on Black Dyke 1
Supplier of ‘eco-light’ on Black Dyke should be sued remove and put
in conventional light 1
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Cut back hedge on lower Church Hill /Silverdale Road 2
Enforce cutting back of vegetation- branches sticking out at edge of
road – dangerous 1
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Footpath by railings on prom 2
Pedestrian walkway (cantilevered) from Pier to fountain) 1
Improve quality of pavements 1
Footpath Silverdale Road 2
Improve pavements–create safe walking/cycling Fire Station to cemetery 1
More pavements – Church Hill, Black Dyke Rd, Silverdale Road 1
Improve pavement on Station Road 2
Footpaths made of stone not tarmac 1
Make footpath 502026 safer 1
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Road drains blocked 2
Cemetery deserves some TLC 1
Paint BT building 1
Paint railings (pier?) decorative colours 1
Notice on end of pier – seats for sitting down not fishing tackle 1
Railings on path (from coastguard to Redhills) need maintenance 1
Preserve village and leave things as they are 1
Paint dropped kerbs white to inform owners of parked cars so that
disabled can use them 1
What causes the scum on the foreshore at high tides – should it be
monitored? 1
Housing and Open spaces
Land opposite station best location for development 2
Preserve open spaces 1
Too many second homes 1
No further building on Hollins Lane – safety issue 2
Do not want any development to change Arnside overall character 1
No more housing until parking problem solved 1
New houses built should not be able to be sold as second homes 1
Increase in no. of homes needs to be looked at in relation infrastructure 1
Affordable housing 1
Affordable housing for couples working in area not single parents or
unemployed 1
Affordable housing for single people who work in Arnside 1
Shared equity housing for local people e.g. 2 castles properties 1
Need independent housing for elderly – something between sheltered
and nursing home 1
Business
Action to get/make more use of empty shops occupied 4
Grocery shop on prom 2
More variety of shops 2
Develop local businesses 1
Encourage more small businesses 1
Craft workshops on boatyard or BT building 1
Maintain shops in village – not everyone has a car 1
Charity shop on prom 1
Restaurant/bistro in village 1
Village website to offer services or opportunities to lend equipment 1
Other
Emphasis on usual problems – parking, affordable housing (questions) 1
Some questions biased 1
When the plan is reviewed ensure that short term gains do not undermine
the long term sustainability and preservation of Arnside 1
Village must develop and grow to retain youngsters 1
Need to look to the future whilst retaining Arnside as a good place 1
Plan doesn’t focus on activities e.g. ramblers 1
More joined up thinking with surrounding parishes 1
Questionnaire lacks ambition and doesn’t deal with the big issues –
lower carbon emissions, no plastic bags, no more parking for visitors 1
A.E.I. money could solve most financial problems in village 1
Not much changed since last survey 1
Well designed questionnaire 2
No need to encourage visitors 1
Council Tax too high as it is 1
Thank you to the Parish councillors and volunteers in the village 1