DEVELOPMENT IN FORD? ?

 
FORD PARISH RESIDENTS ENCOURAGED TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON PLANNING POLICY / 1
 
 
PRESS INFORMATION issued by Shropshire Council
 
 
Residents of Ford parish encouraged to have their say on planning policy
 
Shropshire Council is issuing a call to residents of the parish of Ford, about the chance to take part in a one-off event on the evening of 29 ^th July 2010, to share their local knowledge about the area with the Council and the Parish Council, and with each other.
 
The event will use an interactive approach specially tailored for rural areas, called a rural toolkit - and Shropshire Council needs people to get involved to help make it work. The toolkit is based on a set of questions about what makes a community sustainable. The same questions are asked wherever it is used, so the answers can be used as a guideline for planning priorities in that area.
 
The Ford event will be the latest in a series of such "community testing" events being held in rural parishes across the county, where the community tests what the Council thinks it knows about an area, based wherever possible on the parish plan for the area. People will also be asked to give their views on what community benefits might be important to the area and could help their community develop and thrive in the future.
 
The "community testing" event for Ford parish requires pre registration, and people will then be sent material ahead of the event. The event itself will include parish council representatives as well as the local Shropshire Council councillor for the area, Councillor Roger Evans. Up to 30 local people are being sought, with the Council looking for a range of people from the communities in the parish and ideally therefore a balance of representation across the area.
 
The end results on the day will be an improved evidence base about the local area, using the local parish plan and the knowledge of the people of the area, and a snapshot of the community arrived at using a colour wheel. As the parish plan is now coming up to seven years old, it is hoped that this event will provide a good opportunity to find out something about current views and help to make sure that the Council has the best quality information possible about the whole parish.
 
The event will be held at the Village Hall in Ford, with refreshments from 545pm ready for a 6pm start, and a break for a buffet supper or High Tea at around 730pm. This is being organised to say thank you to local people for giving up their evening. The event will finish by 9p.m.
 
Shropshire Councillor Gwilym Butler, Cabinet member for community working, said: "The approach is about working with local communities to identify and act on their needs, and continuing to work with them into what we all hope will be a healthy and happy future. The challenge is to test us, so we really need a range of people from the local area to reality-check the things we think we know about, and put us right.
 
"One of the main sources of information is parish plans, but the other main source is what is in people's heads. If you would like to put your head together with us, and use your own local kn "One of the main sources of information is parish plans, but the other main source is what is in people's heads. If you would like to put your head together with us, and use your own local knowledge about your area, we would like to hear from you."
 
Organisers are encouraging people to get their names in on a first come first served basis by Friday 16 July 2010, to Mrs Lois Dale, Principal Rural Policy Officer. Contact details are 01743 255667, or email lois.dale@shropshire.gov.uk.
 
 
 
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28 May 2010

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