Thank you to you all!
Our first Community Event run by the NDP team on Bank Holiday Monday was a great success, with over 50 residents from the parish’s three villages coming along to meet the team and give their views on the draft policies to be included in the plan, as well as on progress so far. A number of excellent information panels set out details of the draft policies to enable residents to find out what was being proposed so that they could complete
a questionnaire.
All the responses are being collated and analysed so the residents’ views are taken into consideration as the plan moves forward. Responses to each comment made will be included in the Consultation Statement, part of the NDP.
Attendees were also able to enjoy themselves chatting not only to their fellow residents but also to members of the NDP team while enjoying a glass of sparkling wine as the children made full use of the bouncy castle in the village hall grounds. Further events are planned as the process of moving the plan towards completion progresses.
Residents on the NDP distribution list were forwarded copies of the panels together with the Questionnaire so that they can complete it and share their views with us, even if they were unable to attend the event itself. If you received your questionnaire via email, please let us have it back completed by the deadline below so we don’t miss out on getting your input.
If you haven’t yet seem them, the panels and questionnaire are now available on the parish website.
Thanks to local businesses too!
Local businesses were also given the opportunity to share their views on the work done by the NDP team as we conducted a Zoom meeting on 14th September. Business owners and representatives of the larger businesses in the Parish joined us and had the chance to ask questions on the draft policies as well as open the way for future conversations about their role in the future plans for the Parish.
Withies to watercress – a fascinating Sonning Eye walk this weekend
Travel back in time and look to the future too on a fascinating guided walk of Sonning Eye this Saturday morning. It will be led by long-standing residents Nick Marks and David Woodward from the Sonning Eye NDP team. Find out why stripping the willow was once so important in the village. And who got to make the watercress sandwiches after chapel! Meet by the barn near Eyot House, at 10.30am.
Dates for your diary
Saturday 2 October, 10.30am – Guided Walk in Sonning Eye, meet at the barn by Eyot House.
Friday 8 October Extended date for questionnaire return. See the exhibition and download the form at eyedunsden.org/consult/
Get in touch
Email: plan@eyedunsden.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DunsdenNDP
Twitter: twitter.com/dunsdenndp
Web: eyedunsden.org/NDP
