Cover
Intro
Part1
Households Part2/2.1
Questionnaire/
EnvironmentPart2.2
Education
Part2.3
Crime & SafetyPart2.4
DevelopmentPart2.5
RecreationPart2.6
TransportPart2.7
Health & Community Part2.8
GeneralPart2.9
Benchmark Project
Part
2: The Questionnaire
Throughout
this and subsequent sections, percentage of responses indicates the number
of respondents who said yes, as a fraction of the number of respondents
who said yes or no, excluding blank responses.
2.1
Environment
On
the whole, environmental issues appear to be becoming less important to
those in the younger age groups with the exception of control of dog waste
and locally produced or organic food.
The
most important environmental issues in any single age groups are control
of dog waste (10-29 and 60+), and protection and encouragement of wildlife
and protection of hedgerows (50-59), the landscape (30-60+), and control
of litter (30-49).
2.1.1
Regarding a number of
environmental issues which may be of concern to the residents of Dunsford,
the order of priorities shown in the table overleaf were identified,
ranging from those considered to be very important (1.0) to those
considered to be not important at all (3.0).
|
Rank |
Environmental
issue |
Total |
10-29 |
30-49 |
50-59 |
60+ |
|
1 |
Control
of litter |
1.12 |
1.18 |
1.09 |
1.11 |
1.11 |
|
2 |
Control
of dog waste |
1.13 |
1.07 |
1.15 |
1.24 |
1.10 |
|
3 |
The
landscape |
1.14 |
1.22 |
1.09 |
1.08 |
1.10 |
|
4 |
Protection
& encouragement of wildlife |
1.17 |
1.20 |
1.15 |
1.07 |
1.21 |
|
5 |
Recycling |
1.21 |
1.22 |
1.24 |
1.24 |
1.16 |
|
6 |
Protection
of hedgerows |
1.24 |
1.34 |
1.18 |
1.07 |
1.22 |
|
7 |
Dunsford
Woods Nature Reserve |
1.25 |
1.36 |
1.20 |
1.20 |
1.24 |
|
8 |
Locally
produced food |
1.29 |
1.24 |
1.22 |
1.31 |
1.33 |
|
9 |
SSSIs
(e.g. Bridford Woods) |
1.31 |
1.49 |
1.28 |
1.19 |
1.29 |
|
10 |
Protection
of historic buildings |
1.33 |
1.44 |
1.30 |
1.35 |
1.26 |
|
11 |
Loss
of orchards |
1.47 |
1.53 |
1.50 |
1.35 |
1.47 |
|
12 |
Access
to the countryside |
1.50 |
1.44 |
1.35 |
1.35 |
1.65 |
|
13 |
A
good footpath and bridleway network |
1.54 |
1.69 |
1.41 |
1.35 |
1.60 |
|
14 |
Reducing/preventing
visual impacts |
1.58 |
1.84 |
1.67 |
1.43 |
1.50 |
|
15 |
Organic
food |
1.74 |
1.71 |
1.67 |
1.79 |
1.79 |
|
16 |
Reduction
of light pollution |
1.99 |
2.09 |
1.93 |
1.86 |
2.05 |
|
17 |
Low
flying aircraft noise |
2.11 |
2.20 |
2.22 |
1.87 |
2.22 |
|
18 |
Local
composting scheme |
2.12 |
2.22 |
1.93 |
2.12 |
2.21 |
|
19 |
Provision
of allotments |
2.44 |
2.44 |
2.39 |
2.38 |
2.59 |
2.1.2
Environmental
enhancements that respondents would like to see in the Parish include:
|
Rank |
Environmental
enhancements |
Percentage |
|
1 |
Circular
walks via permissive paths |
79% |
|
2 |
Wildflower
verges |
78% |
|
3 |
Tree
planting |
75% |
|
4 |
Wildflower
meadows |
73% |
|
5 |
More
access to the countryside |
57% |
|
6 |
Hedge
planting |
55% |
|
7 |
More
seating |
47% |
|
8 |
Community
orchard |
44% |
|
9 |
Education
areas |
44% |
|
10 |
Better
signage |
41% |
|
11 |
Community
pond |
34% |
|
12 |
More
allotments |
21% |
2.1.3
Environmental activities
of most interest include:
|
Rank |
Environmental
activities |
Percentage |
|
1 |
Village
clean up |
39% |
|
2 |
Landscape
and wildlife surveys |
37% |
|
3 |
Local
history project |
32% |
|
4 |
Local
Economy Trading Scheme |
26% |
|
5 |
Community
arts project |
25% |