5. Residents Aspirations A number of themes have come out across the Lydiard Millicent Parish in terms of aspirations, including: Traffic and transport: improvements in public transport, road safety, public rights of way and traffic management. Development and housing: limited growth based on development which is in keeping with the existing settlements in terms of scale, design and location. Open Space: improvement in the quality and quantity of open space available to residents for informal leisure/recreation, children’s’ play and sports Education, Services and Facilities: for residents to be able to obtain the services and facilities they need, either within their community or nearby. These themes have been used by Lydiard Millicent Parish Steering Group to set the parishes’ vision, aims and objectives, overall of which was that the community wished to see the distinctive characteristics, of the area, maintained and enhanced and to preserve the “village feel” of the settlements. This included a desire to resist the encroachment of development between surrounding settlements. This was particularly true in relation to those boundaries abutting Swindon and Royal Wootton Bassett. The policies in a Neighbourhood Plan must relate to the use or development of land. Policies cannot relate to general aspirations such as ‘an improvement to broadband speed’ or ‘a reduction in the volume and speed of traffic’. Therefore, not all aspects of these themes can be dealt with in a Neighbourhood Plan because they do not all relate to the use or development of land. Those that fall within the criteria have been developed into land use policies that promote sustainable development. The overarching vision for the Lydiard Millicent Parish Neighbourhood Plan was: To protect and enhance the individual, separate identity of the many historic rural settlements within its area. The beauty and intrinsic value of the countryside should be protected and the gradual, persistent erosion of the separation between villages within the neighbourhood plan area should be prevented. Any development within line with the Wiltshire Core Strategy should be managed and located to avoid coalescence with neighbouring villages and to enable improvements in road safety. It is important to protect the health, safety and well-being of these rural communities whilst maintaining the quality of life and integrity of this living environment
5. Residents Aspirations A number of themes have come out across the Lydiard Millicent Parish in terms of aspirations, including: Traffic and transport: improvements in public transport, road safety, public rights of way and traffic management. Development and housing: limited growth based on development which is in keeping with the existing settlements in terms of scale, design and location. Open Space: improvement in the quality and quantity of open space available to residents for informal leisure/recreation, children’s’ play and sports Education, Services and Facilities: for residents to be able to obtain the services and facilities they need, either within their community or nearby. These themes have been used by Lydiard Millicent Parish Steering Group to set the parishes’ vision, aims and objectives, overall of which was that the community wished to see the distinctive characteristics, of the area, maintained and enhanced and to preserve the “village feel” of the settlements. This included a desire to resist the encroachment of development between surrounding settlements. This was particularly true in relation to those boundaries abutting Swindon and Royal Wootton Bassett. The policies in a Neighbourhood Plan must relate to the use or development of land. Policies cannot relate to general aspirations such as ‘an improvement to broadband speed’ or ‘a reduction in the volume and speed of traffic’. Therefore, not all aspects of these themes can be dealt with in a Neighbourhood Plan because they do not all relate to the use or development of land. Those that fall within the criteria have been developed into land use policies that promote sustainable development. The overarching vision for the Lydiard Millicent Parish Neighbourhood Plan was: To protect and enhance the individual, separate identity of the many historic rural settlements within its area. The beauty and intrinsic value of the countryside should be protected and the gradual, persistent erosion of the separation between villages within the neighbourhood plan area should be prevented. Any development within line with the Wiltshire Core Strategy should be managed and located to avoid coalescence with neighbouring villages and to enable improvements in road safety. It is important to protect the health, safety and well-being of these rural communities whilst maintaining the quality of life and integrity of this living environment
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