Heathfield Park community consultation
Organised by Heathfield Partnership Trust Limited
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Have your say on community development needs in Heathfield.

Heathfield Partnership Trust Limited are running a consultation to give local residents and businesses the chance to shape potential development involving Heathfield Park. 

Governors at Heathfield Community College (HCC) see an urgent need to improve the safety and sustainability of transport for students making the trip from the town to the College. A new cycle and footpath through the Heathfield Park is considered the most favourable option. 

The current owners of Heathfield Park have agreed to consider this scheme alongside further enabling development providing that it is supported by the community and meets community needs. This is your chance to tell us what you feel these needs are and help shape the plans.

Thinking about the proposal to construct a safe and appropriately-lit footpath and cycle path connecting the town to Heathfield Community College:

To what extent do you agree/disagree that improved safety for children walking and cycling to school is a priority?

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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree

To what extent do you agree/disagree it is important to consider sustainability, lowering CO2 emissions from reduced traffic from daily school runs? 

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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree

To what extent do you see a new public path and cycleway through parts of the Park as being an attractive community asset overall?

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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree

Do you have any other comments about the proposal for a new path/cycleway:

Constructing this path also opens up the potential for access to parts of the Park including potentially the Gibraltar Tower:

To what extent do you agree/disagree that opening up parts of the Park and allowing access is beneficial to the community?

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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree

To what extent do you agree/disagree that public access to a local historic monument like Gibraltar Tower has the potential to improve Heathfield’s performance in terms of local and national visitors 

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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
How important is increasing visitor numbers to the commercial performance of Heathfield  *
Not at all important
Very important

Do you have any other comments about including access to a refurbished Gibraltar Tower  as part of the scheme:

Investing in renewable energy installations (solar arrays, wind turbines and water turbines) in areas of the Park has the potential to contribute positively to covering the costs of lighting the path as well as making a net positive contribution to other community facilities like schools and public buildings

To what extent would you support installation of renewable energy facilities within Heathfield Park?

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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree

How important is it that some of the benefit of these installations be passed back to local community facilities to improve sustainability and reduce running costs?

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Not at all important
Very important

Do you have any other comments about renewable energy being a component of any new development within the Park:

Enabling Development

In order to fund construction of a path and restoration of Gibraltar Tower as a Community and visitor attraction it is necessary to generate funds from an “enabling development”. 

This could include housing, commercial facilities and community/leisure facilities however it is an important consideration that this meets an identified need.

Housing

Local estate agents confirm there are two main areas of unmet housing need in Heathfield. 

The first is the demand for purpose-built 1/2 bedroom starter homes available for sale. This could include options which enhance affordability - for example shared ownership. It could include a covenant that they be available first for local people who wish to stay in the area. 

The second area of need is for 3/4 bedroom family homes available for long term secure rent. Outside local authority/housing association provision most rented properties are available for 6 or 12 months giving less security for families concerned with continuity of education for children

To what extent would you support housing development if it helped to meet one or more of the above identified needs?

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Strongly disagree
Strongly agree

If you have any other ideas for the needs a housing development in Heathfield Park should meet to benefit the community please summarise them here:

Aside from housing development what other construction would you support within the Park environment on the basis that it would enhance community facilities or address community needs:

Do you have any other comments about the principle of development in Heathfield Park 

Thank you

On behalf of Heathfield Partnership Trust thank you for contributing to this consultation exercise. We will provide a summary of the feedback that is received on our website and on the Heathfield About Facebook page. 

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