Second Community Questionnaire

Second Community Questionnaire

Total responses 487

1. Did you receive the original questionnaire?

Yes / 311 / 73%
No / 112 / 27%
Total responses / 423

1. Assuming Bassingham has to grow, use the chart below please indicate (with a tick) when and how much growth you would be willing to see between the start of the current cycle in 2012 and 2036.

Number of Houses / Preferred Build Period
Zero to 10 years / Preferred Build Period
11 to 20 years / Preferred Build Period
21 to 30 years
30+ / 51 / 11% / 29 / 6% / 41 / 9%
20 to 29 / 60 / 12% / 75 / 16% / 58 / 12%
15 to 19 / 33 / 7% / 86 / 18% / 96 / 20%
10 to 14 / 88 / 18% / 112 / 24% / 113 / 24%
5 to 9 / 116 / 24% / 92 / 20% / 76 / 16%
Zero to 4 / 137 / 28% / 76 / 16% / 94 / 20%
Total responses / 485 / 470 / 478

1. Would you prefer infill to be the primary method of meeting the need for extra housing capacity in the village?

Yes / 384 / 79%
No / 102 / 21%
Total responses / 486

1. If additional housing capacity cannot be met using infill, how would you prefer it was built?

A single development / 33 / 7%
Several small developments / 444 / 93%
Total responses / 477

1. Please indicate on the map (overleaf) where your 5 preferred developments sites would be located. Please class each site with a ranking of either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 - 1 being your first choice and 5 being your last choice. (top 10 shown as aggregated averages of rankings)

B Lower Torgate / 140
A Croft Lane / 129
H Top Torgate / 90
R Middlegate / 88
X Middlegate / 74
N Lincoln Road/Egate / 67
G Linga lane /top / 63
E East Lincoln Road / 56
F Thurlby Road / 45
V Whites Lane / 32

1. Do you see the building of affordable housing as being an important priority in the future of the village?

Yes / 256 / 52%
No / 231 / 48%
Total responses / 487

1. Would you support the construction of specialised monitored retirement/disabled accessible living community in the village?

Yes / 375 / 77%
No / 112 / 23%
Total responses / 487

1. Would you encourage the building (where practicable) of single storey dwellings?

Yes / 373 / 80%
No / 98 / 20%
Total responses / 471

1. Should all new developments have off road parking?

Yes / 472 / 97%
No / 15 / 3%
Total responses / 487

1. Should any development minimise the negative visual or landscape impact it has on the village?

Yes / 462 / 95%
No / 23 / 5%
Total responses / 485

1. Should applications for development in the village include an assessment of the potential impact on hedgerows, biodiversity (habitat and protected species) and geological features?

Yes / 435 / 94%
No / 30 / 6%
Total responses / 465

1. Should all development applications identify the additional level of traffic that will be generated and provide an assessment of the potential impact this additional traffic will have on pedestrians, cyclists, road safety, parking and congestion and include proposals how these will be mitigated?

Yes / 467 / 96%
No / 18 / 4%
No response / 485

1. In your opinion what is the right age for designated properties specifically targeted at older people?

50 years / 20 / 4%
55 years / 21 / 4%
60 years / 123 / 26%
65 years / 92 / 19%
70 years / 108 / 23%
75 years / 88 / 19%
80 years / 11 / 2%
Other / 11 / 2%
Total responses / 474