Parish Plan Update recommendations adopted by the Council on 12^th January 2012

New Museum
The Council supports in principle a new museum and would welcome being kept informed by the Preservation and Historic Society of their plans and progress.

Affordable Housing
The Council should continue to work with Purbeck District Council to provide small developments of affordable housing, which should be integrated throughout the village.

Traffic Management
The Council recognises three problems concerning traffic management which should be addressed:-
1. Speeding at the top (West from Durnford Drove) and bottom of the village (East from Crack Lane) as well as Crack Lane itself.
2. Congestion through the high street from Crack Lane to Durnford Drove.
3. Parking on some pavements causing obstruction to pedestrians especially those with pushchairs, prams and wheel chairs.

Car Park
The Council will consult with Dorset County Council in an attempt to establish a car park in the centre of the village, using the Parish Council's land behind the school playing field.

Community Bus
The Council does not believe there is a need for a community bus whilst the village is served by a regular bus service. The current bus service, once an hour (1/2 hour in summer), should be supported as much as possible.

Street Lighting
The Council should monitor any intention by Dorset County Council to turn off street lights between the hours of midnight and 5am within the village. It should then confer with residents, on a street by street basis, to see if they would like the lights in their street kept on.

Village Facilities
The Council should contact the new head master of the Malthouse School, who has already indicated the possibility of local people using the school facilities (swimming pool, tennis courts, soccer and cricket pitches etc), to try and establish, for individual groups and clubs, the best way forward.

The Council should contact the Play Group, responsible for the play area equipment, to see if the current play equipment funds held by the Council and the play group could be used for equipment for older children and adults. This may require further fund raising to be undertaken.

The Council should identify additional sites within the village that could have a dog bin and purchase and erect them. This should be accompanied by a local campaign to encourage their use.

The Council should investigate the feasibility/cost effectiveness of installing PV panels on the Parish Office/Toilet roof to encourage and support the use of renewable energy.

Village Appearance
The Council should contact Dorset County Council to replace cracked or broken paving stones especially those that are in a dangerous condition.

The Council should contact Dorset County Council about the long awaited widening of the very narrow footpath between Crack Lane and Coombe Hill.

The Council should encourage all land owners with pavement frontage to clear back any growth that is restricting the full width of pathways. This is particularly bad from Castle View down into village.

The Council should investigate the possibility of creating a permissive footpath between the bottom of Crack Lane and the lane to Wilkswood Farm. This should be inside the current hedge line away from Valley Road.

The Council should organise regular (perhaps twice a year) village cleanup days, where community come together to tidy the village by eg. clearing verges, weeds, ivy from walls and litter picking.