After a successful public meeting on 24th of September the Casterton Village Plan 2030 has been finalised and published on the website.
The overall objective of the plan is to “Make Casterton a greater place to live, visit and work”.
The five year plan to achieve this has seven themes and an initial series of projects as displayed in the table below. Volunteers are now being approached to progress projects over the coming months and years. If you would like to be involved, please contact the team at villageplan@castertonvillage.org
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Projects (Additional projects may be added as implementation of the plan progresses) |
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1 – Road Safety |
Improving safety on A683 |
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New / improved footpaths |
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Communication about safer walking routes |
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2 – Highways and Transport |
Review the safety of overhead cables |
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Road names |
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Casterton volunteer driving scheme |
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Kendal bus stops in Casterton |
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3 – Environment & Wildlife |
Bench on way to Brownthwaite Pike |
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Dog poo bins review |
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Village green maintenance and improvement / safe usage |
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4 – Footpaths |
Footpaths around village hall, lighting and gritting |
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Communication about responsibility for current footpaths |
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Public Rights of Way |
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5 – Resilience |
Produce a village resilience plan including use of village hall as central support point |
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6 – Communications |
Communication re road repairs |
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Initiative to promote local businesses |
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Formalise and increase the use of the current ‘Village WhatsApp group’ |
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Improve community understanding about the role of the Parish Council |
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7 – Events |
Community litter pick |
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Community garden |
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Running group |
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Chess group |
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Cycling group |
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Walking group |
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Craft group |
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Tennis |
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Darts team |
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Beer festival |
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Coffee mornings in village hall |
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Annual village fair |
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Village history board on village green or QR codes on interesting locations |
Casterton Village Plan team
Stephen Richmond
Rob Leese
Ken Humphris
Veronica Wilkie
Simon Drakeford
Sharon Blake
Ian Hodge