Toothill Community Consultation Appraisal Stage 2
By Toothill Big Local
Contents
Introduction and ProcessPage 1
Proposal 1: New Community Facility at the Toothill Farmhouse sitePage 2
Proposal 2: New Community Facility at the Toothill Village CentrePage 3
Proposal 3: Refurbishment of Current Facility at the Toothill Village CentrePage 4
Which Proposal Do You Prefer?Page 5
Tell Us About Yourself Page 6
Thank you for taking the time to attend today’s event. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact your Toothill Big Local team.
Introduction PAGE 1
Community Consultation Appraisal
The Toothill Big Local undertook some research locally about what residents hoped the project would achieve for the community. Overwhelmingly the research told us that residents want three things:
- Things to do
- Places to do them
- People to do them with
We know that you want us to provide the area with community facilities that are fit for the 21st Century improving the life of residents and providing a legacy for Toothill, taking the project beyond its 10 year enabling it to continue to fund small projects, events and bursaries.
We are now at Stage 2 of a 3 stage consultation process and following the feedback from stage 1, the number of proposals has been reduced from 5 to 3 incorporating changes identified by the community. Over the following pages you will find information on them and you will be able to give your feedback on each individual proposal.
Process
Stage 1
September 17th – October 10th Stage 1 Consultation Events
November 1st Stage 1 Consultation Response close date
November 15th Results of Stage 1 of the Consultation
December 7th Newsletter sent out to residents with the results of Stage 1
Stage 2
- January 17th – 19th Stage 2 Consultation Events
- February 1stStage 2 Consultation Response close date
- February 8th Results of Stage 2 of the Consultation
- February 20th Newsletter to be sent out to residents with the results of Stage 2
Stage 3
- March 1st Final Community Choice out for voting
- March 15th onwards – Results of Stage 3 of the consultation, newsletter, planning application submissions etc…
The above stages are subject to continued discussions and support from Local Trust and Swindon Borough Council, independentfinancial assessment, community support and planning permissions. All3proposals as presented are within the current budget held by Toothill Big Local. For further information on any of the proposals please join us at one of our consultation events where more information will be available on display, or please contact the Toothill Big Local team.
Proposal 1 PAGE 2
New Community Facility at the Toothill Farmhouse Site
There is space for a new community centre to be built alongside the existing Farmhouse (which will remain in use by Early Years and Youth Club, along with the existing Scout Hut used by the Scouts).
This optionincludes a 40 space car park and a covered area for bicycles and mobility scooters, around a modern, flexible building offering 3 community halls with folding partitions that allow 6 different configurations of user space with dedicated storage space, with air conditioning throughout. A purpose built café will be situated at the side of the centre with an outdoor seating area next to an enclosed children’s play area. New soft landscaping will enhance the setting and provide screening for the benefit of local residents.
Solar panels on the roof will provide a renewable energy contribution to the final design.
On the scale below, where do you rank this proposal?
Really LikeLikeNeutralDislikeReally Dislike
Please tell us your thoughts on this proposal. What do you like/dislike? What would you like to see added to the proposal? What would you like removed from this proposal?
Proposal 2 PAGE 3
New Community Facility at the Toothill Village Centre
A streamlined rectangular building is proposed to offer a replacement of the existing centre, with a high degree of flexibility and with a modern, welcoming appearance.
It will offer 3 community halls with folding partitions that allows 6 different configurations of user space with dedicated storage, with air conditioning throughout. A purpose built café with an outdoor seating area will be at the rear next to an enclosed children’s play area.
Solar panels on the roof will provide a renewable energy contribution to the final design.
On the scale below, where do you rank this proposal?
Really LikeLikeNeutralDislikeReally Dislike
Please tell us your thoughts on this proposal. What do you like/dislike? What would you like to see added to the proposal? What would you like removed from this proposal?
Proposal 3PAGE 4
Refurbishment of the Current Community Centre at the Toothill Village Centre
The existing community centre has an aged appearance, poor energy efficiency and limited flexibility in the current layout. Whilst generally sound, there is evidence of problems with the roof, drainage, ventilation and general wear and tear. Internal and external improvements are therefore proposed.
Consideration has been given to rearrange the internal layout to improve usability of the community rooms, offering 4 configurations and relocation of the front lounge to the rear to form a café which overlooks the existing green space to the side.
Covered bicycle and mobility scooter parking area is also proposed.
Externally the finish will enhance the building’s appearance and improve its thermal efficiency, thus reducing the running costs. The roof will be replaced with enhanced insulation and a new run of roof lights will improve ventilation.
The heating system will be replaced, air conditioning will be added as will LED lighting throughout; all of which will provide further in-use savings.
Roof mounted solar panels are also proposed to reduce energy costs.
On the scale below, where do you rank this proposal?
Really LikeLikeNeutralDislikeReally Dislike
Please tell us your thoughts on this proposal. What do you like/dislike? What would you like to see added to the proposal? What would you like removed from this proposal?
Which Proposal Do You Prefer? PAGE 5
We hope that the outlined proposals available today have given you a better idea of what can be achieved for community facilities in Toothill.
We have asked for your individual feedback on each proposal and we would also ask you to rank the proposals by preference and finally let us know some personal information about you which will help us analyse the results.
Please rank your preferences for the proposals, 1 being your most preferred and 3 being your least.
Proposal 1 – New Community Facility at the Farmhouse Site
Proposal 2 – New Community Facility at the Toothill Village Centre
Proposal 3 –Refurbishment of Current Facility at Toothill Village Centre
All personal information collected during this consultation process will be stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Information collected in this consultation booklet will be shared with interested parties involved in this process and in analysing the data. None of the data collected will be sold to any third parties.
Tell Us About Yourself PAGE 6
Toothill Community Consultation Appraisal – January 2017
Toothill Big Local
Unit 16, Basepoint Business Centre, Rivermead Drive, Westlea, Swindon, SN5 7EX
Email: Tel: 01793 602529