Great Shelford Parish Council 2023 headlines from Chair Malcolm Watson

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As we enter 2023, I wanted to share with you some of the more strategic projects Great Shelford Parish Council is looking at for 2023 on top of our everyday work.

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Traffic Safety
We continue to engage with a traffic consultant looking at ways that we can influence traffic safety within our village, especially on Church Street, Woollards Lane and the High Street.  We anticipate we will further extend our actions to test out some of the proposals and see if they would work before any substantial funds are spent.

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Memorial Hall
We will shortly be sending all houses in the village a survey asking what you, the residents of Shelford, want from the Memorial Hall.  Your input will be essential to help guide us into looking at the various uses for the building and how we can make it more sustainable and better meet your requirements going forward.

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Events
We would like to look at ways of bringing the community together more often in 2023.  So please watch this space, our website and our Facebook page as we look to engage with you and offer you some home-grown events.

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Community Engagement
You may have noticed that we are trying to engage with our community on a more personal level and where appropriate with a little fun along the way.  We will continue to use the methods most suitable for our needs including the website, social media, email newsletters and the Village News to get as much information out to residents as possible.

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Neighbourhood Plan

We hope to make substantial progress on creating our own Neighbourhood Plan to allow us to shape the future development of our village to ensure that any development meets the need of our community.

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Cemetery Extension
As well as being a great place to live, Great Shelford is also a popular place to be buried. Unfortunately our cemetery on Cambridge Road is becoming full and with only a few years left of space available, we need to start discussions about finding suitable additional space.

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Footpaths

We are very aware that the village has few Public Footpaths and we are looking at trying to expand the existing network.

As mentioned, all of this will be on top of the ongoing running of our facilities including the Pavilion, Recreation Ground, Memorial Hall, two sets of allotments and the cemetery.  Where we carry out work on behalf of other bodies, this will carry on in 2023 – including the maintenance of verges and other public open spaces.

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We will continue to engage with other levels of local government including our District and County Councils, the Greater Cambridge Partnership, the Combined Authority and where appropriate national organisations.  The communication includes representing your views where we can, in respect of consultations, such as the Sustainable Travel Zone, and dealing with planning matters. 

Posted Dec 22 2022