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Polls
You can see an archive of our polls below.
How often do you think your views are taken into account in planning decisions?
- We wouldn't know, they never feedback! (51.28%)
- Sometimes (22.05%)
- Never taken into consideration (16.15%)
- More often than not we are listened to (8.46%)
- We are always listened to (2.05%)
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What do you think needs to happen to make modern schemes more acceptable to the general public?
- They need to copy designs and materials from the past (7.5%)
- They need to blend in with the style and materials of surrounding buildings (53.75%)
- They need to make bold statements and use modern materials (18.75%)
- Modern style buildings will never be acceptable (1.25%)
- Other (18.75%)
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What makes you most proud about where you live?
- Green space (36.32%)
- Historic buildings (25.94%)
- Sense of community (23.58%)
- Diversity of shops & places to eat (7.55%)
- Range of cultural activities (6.6%)
This poll ended on 28 May 2010.
What should be the priorities for reforming the national planning system?
- Green space better protected (31.54%)
- Greater protection and clarification on "exceptional circumstances" for the Green Belt (19.89%)
- Stronger protection against inappropriate development in a conservation area (9.86%)
- Stronger brownfield first for housing policy (9.14%)
- Plan positively for high quality design (8.78%)
- Other (7.17%)
- Community Right to appeal against grant of permission when local plan is in place (5.73%)
- Earlier involvement of local communities through collaborative planning/neighbourhood planning (4.84%)
- Stronger curbs on out of town development (3.05%)
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The Government is consulting on National Planning Policy Framework. Which existing policy do you most want to save/strengthened?
- Town centre first for retail (4.55%)
- Brownfield first for housing (4.04%)
- Green Belt (6.06%)
- Presumption in favour of conserving designated heritage assets (64.65%)
- Promote local distinctiveness (8.59%)
- Reduce need to travel (5.05%)
- Plan positively for high quality design (5.05%)
- Promote higher density & mixed use (2.02%)
- Other (please email us details) (0%)
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Do you support the changes to Permitted Development as proposed by the Government?
- Yes (29.09%)
- No (70.91%)
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Do you support the amendment to the Growth & Infrastructure Bill that will allow councils to opt out of extending permitted development rights?
- Yes (60%)
- No (31.11%)
- Don't know (8.89%)
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Do you think the proposed planning changes that make it easier for home owners to extend their properties make for stronger communities?
- Yes - people should be able to do what they want to their own property. People should respect the right of the individual. (6.67%)
- No - People should not be able to do what they want as it can impact on others. People should respect they are part of a bigger area. (92.73%)
- No impact - No such thing as community anyway. No change (0.61%)
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Now that neighbourhood planning is underway, are you more or less optimistic about the opportunities it presents?
- More optimistic, it presents opportunities to improve our neighbourhood (5.26%)
- The same, there will always be challenges but it will be what people make of it (42.11%)
- Less optimistic, the reality is somewhat different to what I expected (31.58%)
- My view has not changed. I always knew it would be a challenge to convince people to participate (21.05%)
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Mary Portas has published her high street review. What do you think are the most important priorities?
- “Town Teams†for every high street (6.4%)
- Controls over spread of betting shops (3.6%)
- Bigger say for local communities on neighbourhood plans (32.8%)
- More free parking in town centres (8.4%)
- Stronger curbs on out-of-town development (30.4%)
- More supporting business rates and rents (6.4%)
- Action to tackle empty shops (9.6%)
- A National Market Day (2.4%)
This poll ended on 6 March 2012.
The firing gun on neighbourhood planning is about to go off. What would most help make neighbourhood planning a success?
- Helpful local councils (27.59%)
- Direct funding and support for local communities (34.48%)
- Guidance from Government (0%)
- Supportive national planning policies (17.24%)
- Full coverage of Local Plans by councils (10.34%)
- Simple rules and procedures (10.34%)
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The Government's new planning policies are proving controversial. What do you want?
- Better protection for local undesignated heritage (22.22%)
- Stronger "town centre first" policies for shops, offices and leisure (8.33%)
- "Brownfield first" policy for new housing (18.98%)
- Removal of bias towards economic growth (17.59%)
- Better resourced council planning departments (5.56%)
- More of a say for local people (22.22%)
This poll ended on 15 November 2011.
With the rise of clone towns and chain stores how can we better protect our High Streets?
- Allow planning authorities to control the mix of shops (10.91%)
- Block retail development which closes too many local shops (20%)
- Bring empty shops back into use (13.64%)
- Tackle landlords who leave property vacant (6.36%)
- Introduce community right to protect valued local shops and services (7.27%)
- Transfer business rates from out-of-town development to reduce rates in town centres (23.64%)
- Free up councils to offer rate relief (6.36%)
- Provide free parking (11.82%)
This poll ended on 15 September 2011.