As part of the NDP plan we are collating a list of community ideas that can’t be made into full policies, but are projects that would support the NDP and potentially be funded by the CIL (Community Infrastructure Levy, contributions to the local authority made by developers). We are open to additional ideas – please scroll down to the comments box to submit yours.
Our current non-policy actions, taken from Chapter 12 of the Formal Draft Plan, page 108:
| Issue | Possible Actions |
| Influencing local housing delivery | Continued engagement with EHDC and SDNPA over strategic allocations. |
| Improving pedestrian access to Bohunt School | Introduce a lollipop lady at key crossing points. Lobby for additional formal pedestrian crossings.Task group to engage with the school management team and the active travel group (see Policy AM2) to establish projects that will encourage modal shift for travel to school patterns. LEAD AGENCIES/PARTNERS: School/EHDC/HCC |
| A strategy for improving Liphook Village Square and the wider village centre | Add additional seating in The Square in appropriate locations to complement The Square’s heritage status |
| Tackling traffic volumes and speed in the village | Amend signage (e.g. on the A3) to divert traffic away from Liphook, to alleviate pressure on The Square.Explore traffic-calming measures e.g. pedestrianisation, speed restrictions, raised surfaces – B304 Passfield GreenUse design guidance and sites specific design/development briefs to potentially create informal “relief roads” via interconnected street networks through new or existing development; Better road surfacesReport potholes and monitor progress on fixing them.Explore with HCC Highways, options to improve traffic flows through the village, e.g.: Pedestrian traffic from Sainsbury’s to Newtown and The Square to be improved with signage and across the Midhurst Road car park a delineated footpath to the alley opposite the Anchor Garage [2018].Review pedestrian/cycle/vehicle interface. Investigate merits of introducing automatic number-plate recognitionRedirect traffic travelling northbound to Haslemere on the A3 to the Hindhead junction and not through Liphook via the Griggs Green junction. LEAD AGENCIES/PARTNERS: HCC/National Highways |
| Support local community events | Require successful businesses to “give back” to communityIdentify properties as “Assets of Community Value”Protect and fund “Liphook in Bloom” and “Liphook Carnival”Encourage more events |
| Effective street signage | Street signs to be maintained and kept clean using a planned maintenance scheduleReview existing signage to reduce clutterAppoint a Parish Council warden to control excessive temporary adverts within the centre of Liphook.Erect a public notice board in each community which will be large enough to accommodate notices for organisations in the Parish. The Parish signboards should include the history of the Parish, location of points of interest and where applicable, shops, cafes, restaurants & pubs, the Millennium Centre, Village Hall, places of worship, schools, walks, public rights of ways/permissive paths, viewpoints, Gateways to the National Park and National Trust areas. Include a QR Code on each board. Existing [2018]notice boards that could be utilised are at Liphook Station on the forecourt and SDNP on the platform, Sainsbury’s (2no) and Haskell Centre Parish Office. |
| Tree planting | Identify the locations for tree planting to enhance the road scenes throughout the Parish. |
| Supporting opportunities for community growing spaces | Provision of containers for planting.Working with schools and local groups to encourage growing and learning about ‘seed to plate’.Identifying areas of the public realm that could be planted. LEAD AGENCIES/PARTNERS: Local community, schools, local businesses, gardening groups |
| Celebrating local heritage | Encourage public awareness local history by publicising the Liphook Heritage Centre.Brief Parish Council Staff on the heritage of the Parish so that they can confidently inform visitors to the Parish Office Erect information ‘Discovery’ boards in key positions such as Royal Anchor (Bus shelter), The Links Hotel (Car Park), The Deers Hut, St Mary’s Church, Radford Park, showing the Gateway to the South Downs National Park, heritage walks, country walks, viewpoints, etc. These boards to contain a history panel and index of places of historic interest with brief narrative accompaniment, Include a QR Code on each board.Consider the creation of new Conservation Areas, to recognise the character of newer developments, such as Gunns Farm and the Berg Estate. LEAD AGENCIES/PARTNERS: BLPC/local history groups |
| Maintaining the public rights of way and improving accessibility | Parish Council to revive a Public Rights of Way, public areas, common land and permissive paths volunteer team to report on condition on a regular basis.Engagement with SDNPA access officers and landowners regarding public rights of way into and across the South Downs National Park. |
| Conserving the River Wey and its environment | Encourage public awareness of The River Wey environment |
| Reducing traffic congestion on rural lanes in the Parish | Reclassify rural lanes as ‘Quiet Lanes’ where deemed appropriate, but without intrusive signageLobby for reduced speed limit along Sunken Lanes. LEAD AGENCIES/PARTNERS: HCC |
| Supporting active travel | Work with partners to enable substitution of the zebra crossing with a Pelican crossing and/or a shared surface environment to reduce delays. There is a particular problem with small groups of pedestrians crossing in one continuous stream during school terms.Explore opportunities for provision of cycle training for children and adults.Undertaken a Healthy Streets Questionnaire to understand more fully how people are using their streets and to inform improvements. Complete Healthy streets assessor course and train other to allow survey to be completed for Liphook village. Explore opportunities to provide a circular route |
| Design of development enhances local character | Establish a Local Design Panel to advise the Parish Council on the ‘technical’ aspects of planning applications of all types, using the Design Guidance for B&L.Owners of buildings in the Conservation areas are to be reminded of their obligations to maintain their property.Work with partners to enable the relaying of the tarmac road surface on the straight section in front of The Royal Anchor between the two roundabouts with a conservation type surface such as block paving.Provide advice to parishioners about lighting of homes and how this can be achieved without compromising dark skies. |
| Improving public transport opportunities | Work with partners to explore enhanced integration of public services i.e. rail and buses.Commission a study to understand existing bus usage and potential need, to inform timetabling and route recommendations.Explore options to support a community minibus scheme, potentially funded by developer contributions. LEAD AGENCIES/PARTNERS: Southwestern Rail/Bus Operators/HCC |
| Encourage local volunteering and engagement | Encourage schools to be engaged with Heritage and Design and volunteering to help the community.Encourage continuation of voluntary organisations concerned with the environment (e.g. Liphook In Bloom) |
| The availability of short-stay on-street car parking to serve local shops | Re-introduce time limited parking on all roads to encourage pedestrian access to the shops. LEAD AGENCIES/PARTNERS: EHDC/HCC |
| Supporting the delivery of an outdoor activity hub in the parish | Maintain a dialogue with the SDNPA regarding land allocations in the South Downs National Park. Key discussion is extent to which sports and recreation development of the kind anticipated by this policy will be considered compliant with national planning policy. LEAD AGENCIES/PARTNERS: SDNPA |
| Improving public toilets | Working with local businesses to investigate starting a community toilet scheme.Explore options for an accessible toilet provision. LEAD AGENCIES/PARTNERS: Local businesses/Parish Council |
| Supporting local farmers | Explore opportunities to set up a Community Supported Agriculture Scheme in the Parish. LEAD AGENCIES/PARTNERS: BLPC/local farmers/local businesses (food, shops etc.) |
| Providing additional sports facilities | Identifying needs of different age groups and abilities and seeking ways to deliver this. This would include working with any strategic site owner identified in the Local Plan (or future versions).Supporting provision of an outdoor gym, including identifying site and suitable sources of funding.Other sports facilities could include: a multi-use games area, skatepark or pumptrack. LEAD AGENCIES/PARTNERS: Local community, existing providers, site promoters, EHDC |
Please give your ideas for more non-policy actions in the comments box below.
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