Winnersh
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Winnersh Parish Council Strategic Aims
Winnersh Parish Council has adopted a set of “Strategic Aims” to guide its work over the next few years. Reproduced below, they are designed to be concise, pragmatic and achievable.
Vision: Winnersh Parish Council will strive to make Winnersh and Sindlesham places where people want to live and work, enjoying a sustainable quality of life with good services in a safe and pleasant environment.
Aims: We will work with other statutory and voluntary bodies to focus on the following
strategic aims with a five-
Community Leadership
- Provide Community Leadership in partnership with other local organisations
- Promote and/or run community events such as the Winnersh Village Fete
- Encourage and support other local organisations to improve the Winnersh community
- Publish the Winnersh Matters community magazine three times annually
- Renew the WPC website as a focal point for community activity
Development and Infrastructure
- Campaign for improved infrastructure to support the expanding population, including traffic, health and education provision
- Resist any substantial development in Winnersh or Arborfield which does not lead directly to completion of the relief road
- Oppose inappropriate in-
fill development - Limit industrial economic activity to existing sites; support the redevelopment of Winnersh Triangle subject to adequate traffic measures
- Consult on the needs and feasibility of creating a Health Centre, working with health professionals and the Primary Care Trust (possible sites: Sainsbury’s, Winnersh Farm)
- Support the development and expansion of the Rainbow Centre as a community centre and a Children’s Centre
- Support the excellent work of our schools where needed: in particular support the redevelopment of The Forest School site and maintenance of the Bearwood Primary School site while proposals to relocate it are stalled
Commercial
- Encourage retention / expansion of retail businesses especially in the Winnersh Crossroads area
- Retain a Post Office in Winnersh as a valuable community facility
- Improve recycling provision in the centre of Winnersh
Leisure
- Continue providing quality facilities for public events, meetings and sporting activities
- Develop the recreational use of Winnersh Meadows
- Provide exercise equipment for older people to complement the recently completed youth facilities
- Support the provision of community facilities in the Forest School rebuild
Other
- Reduce litter discarded in the streets
- Work with the police to provide a ‘police post’ in the centre of Winnersh
- Move towards making the Parish Council’s facilities more energy efficient
- Encourage enforcement of speed limits in Winnersh
Page last updated: May 09