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Our vision for The Stukeleys Parish
The Stukeleys will continue to be an attractive place in which to live, work and play through the Parish Council striving to protect and enhance its social, economic and physical environment for the benefit of all its residents and visitors.
Objectives
1. To encourage local people to become involved in their community
- To ensure that local people are involved in decisions affecting their community.
- To increase participation in Parish Council activities.
- To ensure that all decisions made by the Parish Council are open, transparent and accountable.
- To maximise the use of all community assets within the Parish, especially the village halls at Great and Little Stukeley.
- To improve community spirit.
2. To improve the physical environment of the Parish
- To ensure that the streets and buildings in the Parish are clean and attractive and that litter and fly-tipping is eliminated.
- To encourage the regeneration of the natural environment.
- To seek a high standard of design in new buildings which are in keeping with their surroundings through the planning process.
- To secure Affordable Housing for local people.
- To improve the network and condition of local rights of way.
3. To make the Parish a safer place
- To work with local agencies, especially the Police, to reduce crime and the fear of crime.
- To ensure local agencies work together and with the local community to address local issues of concern.
- To raise awareness of ways to reduce crime.
- To reduce the problems associated with traffic travelling in and through the Parish.
- To provide an appropriate level of street lighting.
4. To create opportunities and improve the quality of life for young people in the Parish.
- To encourage young people to engage in decision-making in the Parish.
- To develop play facilities for children and improve facilities for young people.
5. To work effectively with partners to ensure the protection and enhancement of the Parish and that its needs are met.
- To work in partnership with Huntingdonshire District Council, Cambridgeshire County Council and other agencies and providers for the benefit of The Stukeleys.
- To work in partnership with all organisations and sections of the community within the Parish in order to develop a sense of community identity.
- To encourage the preparation of a Parish Plan.
6. To become a more effective Parish Council
- To ensure that Parish Councillors have the skills and knowledge to be effective.
- To provide good government at the local level to represent all interests in the Parish.
- To ensure that the Parish Council are meeting the needs of local people.
- To achieve Quality Parish Council status.
