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4 4 4 4 4.7. Individual committee members are all ‘ambassadors’ for the NP in
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their own right. Many attend village events such as café Rendezvous and
keep people up to date and answer questions.
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4.8. A post card leaflet drop was undertaken to all households letting
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them know about the second ‘open day’ which took place in the Village Hall
on the 10th September. Over 100 people attended.
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4.9. A verbal update and progress report is made each month to the
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Parish Council. This is minuted and also posted on the Ickford Community
web site.
4.10. A notice board by the School is also dedicated and used to update
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villagers on the Neighbourhood Plan.
5. Issues, Vision and Objectives

5.1. The issues within Ickford are not dissimilar to those facing many
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other small rural communities:
• Poor to non-existent public transport to and from the village.
• Poor immediate access to health and community services.
• The village shop is a community owned venture borne out of necessity.
• Ageing population.
• Poor and constrained road access.
• A high number of cars per property due to the rural setting.
• High cost of housing relative to starting salaries for first time buyers.

• Limited direct employment opportunities within the village.
• Increasing number of full or part time home workers, but poor and/or
expensive broadband services.
• Incidences of flooding in and around the village.

• Limited car parking for the school, and the village increasingly used as a
rat run cut through from other communities.
• Limited sewerage capacity.
• No mains gas.
• Ickford is surrounded by low lying damp land which attracts the frost.

• Local school in the village is at capacity and oversubscribed.

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5.2. The Vision and Objectives of this Neighbourhood Plan have been
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carefully developed and refined to reflect the priorities of the community
and help set the future of the village. The Vision is the overall aim of the
Neighbourhood Plan and the Objectives are more detailed, allowing the
development of policies which in turn will be used to comment on and
determine planning applications alongside other relevant policies and material
considerations

VISION FOR ICKFORD – NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN
www.visionforickford.co.uk