Pluckley Village Appraisal

As a result of the appraisal we suggest the following ideas be adopted:

Action Plan for the next five years

* A village design statement to be produced.  * Continue to press the highway authorities to improve road safety measures in the village: to include lowering and extending the speed limit. * A twice-yearly parish council report to all households to replace the present annual one together with annual details of parish council income and expenditure. Increased use of the parish council notice board with a wider range of information. * Pressure to be put on the Post Office to allow Vehicle Road Fund Licences to be sold in the village post office. * Ashford Borough Council to be urged to do everything possible to prevent the decline of the village shops - in particular to extend rate relief to all village shops. * Surveys to consider the need for street lighting, its cost and locations; another to ascertain which road side verges should be either protected or trimmed; to consider alternative and viable public transport for those without some personal means of transport; and a review of recreational facilities within the village, for all ages. * Encourage elected representatives of Ashford Borough Council and Kent County Council to provide more information about their activities - especially those affecting the village. * Car parking, especially in the station area, to be urgently reviewed and enforced. * Improvement of television and mobile telephone reception.

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