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Great Waltham Parish Survey 2025

Introduction

Your Parish Council has certain powers and duties. In this survey we ask you questions which will help us to guide our activities in those areas over which we have direct responsibility or control. Therefore, the questions we ask are primarily about the matters where we can make a difference locally.

To begin, we ask for some general details about you – ones which cannot be used to identify you personally, but which help us understand in which part of the parish you live, your age group, length of residency etc. We then go on to ask you about various Parish Council services and facilities, and also your thoughts and understandings of what we do, what improvements could be made, and how we are funded.

This will help us to manage how we approach our work in the context of the objectives contained in our Strategic Plan, which you can find on the parish website - https://e-voice.org.uk/greatwalthamparish.

Please take the time to answer all the questions. The survey should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete.
About You
1.In which part of the parish do you live?
2.How long have you resided in the parish?
3.What age category are you in?
4.How many people reside permanently in your household?
5.How many motor vehicles are kept at your residence and used on a regular (at least weekly) basis?
Recreation Grounds
6.Do you or members of your household use these facilities? (Indicate all applicable):
7.How often do you visit the Ground(s)?
8.Why do you visit the Ground(s)? (Indicate all applicable)
9.If you do not visit the Ground(s), is it because (indicate all applicable):
Allotments
10.Do you or members of your household hire an allotment plot from the Parish Council (at either of its two sites located in Great Waltham)?
11.If No, what are the reason(s) (indicate all applicable)?
Parish Council Services
12.Do you think you have a good awareness of the services the Parish Council delivers on your behalf?
13.Which of the following services/facilities delivered to households in the parish do you think Great Waltham Parish Council currently provides? (Indicate all applicable)
14.Of those amenities/services you believe the Parish Council currently has no responsibility, which would you like to see it to become more involved, and why?
15.How satisfied are you with the Parish Council’s delivery of services for which you believe it is currently responsible?
Very satisfied
Fairly satisfied
Neither satisfied or dissatisfied
Fairly dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied
16.Do you think the Parish Council should have:
Communication
17.When do you consider attending one of the Council’s public meetings (typically it holds at least 24 full or committee meetings annually)?
18.If you never attend meetings, please can you tell us why:
19.Do you read Parish Council articles published in Parish News (the magazine delivered to every household in the parish), or access the parish website to read the Council’s meeting minutes, policy documents etc.?
Yes},{
No
Parish News
Website
20.To provide information and updates on its activities, do you think the Parish Council should have a greater social media presence?
21.If Yes, on which social media platforms would you like to see posts?
Council Tax
22.In future, would you be prepared to pay an increased amount to the Parish Council if this meant enhanced and/or additional services and amenities being provided for the local community?
23.If Yes, using the current Band D amount of £8.95 per calendar month as a guide, would you support that monthly amount – and all other Bands by a similar ratio – being increased to (select one option only):
24.What would you like any additional precept amount to be spent on? (Indicate all applicable)
Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey – your input is valued and appreciated. The results will be collated and published in due course. They will be used to inform the Parish Council’s debates, discussions, and budgetary deliberations.