Shaftesbury Pact Update
25 October 2007
Issues raised:
-Town Enhancement Issues-Crossings/One-way/wider pavements/wheelchair
friendly/disabled parking/commons junction markings/Disabled access (Issue
being address by separate working group)
-Litter in and around Upper school/Leisure centre
-Iron Frame at entrance to Tesco (Has now been removed)
-Tout Hill/Enmore Green- Speeding
-Bimport- Speeding
-Barton Hill Development (This has now commenced and is on going)
-Victoria Street/Bell Street- Lorry Access
-Recycling Layby Tesco- Overfull (Bins are regularly emptied)
-Coppice Street-Litter/Rats/Drugs/Booze/Vandalism/Speeding/Vehicle
Damage
-Enmore Green Damage to vehicles
-Fountain Inn Drinking outside
-Kebab Shop Noise/Cars
-Gold Hill- Litter
-Police Presence- Fri/Sat Night Town Centre
-Christys Lane- Cycling on pavement
-Housing for Homeless
-Shooters Lane- Litter
Three priorities.
1.
Litter at Coppice Street and near Upper School
2.
Speeding in Bimport, Coppice Street and Enmore Green
3.
Damage to Motor vehicles in Bell Street, Enmore Green and Coppice
Street.
10 January 2008
Update
1. Litter Coppice Street.
A management plan to maintain the hedge area in Coppice Street has
been done and commenced Wed 09 Jan 08.
-Increased Police Patrols particularly at the time when the schools have
finished. No Fixed penalty notices issued.
-Shaftesbury Upper School has placed bins in the area where the rubbish was
blowing.
-Shaftesbury Upper has agreed that children on detention will litter pick in the
troubled areas.
2. Speeding Bimport, Coppice Street and Enmore Green
Increased traffic patrols have taken place with static speed checks at
various times of day in Salisbury Street, Breach Lane, Bimport, Grosvenor
Road and Ten Acres. There were no Fixed Penalty Tickets issued
-Increased Police Patrols in the areas, which has resulted in 7 Section 59
notices being issued for antisocial behaviour with a motor vehicle and 3 motor
vehicles being seized for the same reason.
- Liaising with young drivers to give them an understanding of our powers and
willingness to use them.
Resulting in dramatic decrease in calls of this nature.
3. Damage to Motor Vehicles- Coppice Street, Enmore Green and Bell Street
Increased patrols in this area.
-There have been no instances of vehicle damage in the areas mention during
the period since last meeting. There have been instances of Theft from Motor
vehicles, which forms part of and on going crime series. The offenders in this
are believed to be not local and travelling some distance to commit these
crimes. There are separate initiatives to tackle these crimes although none
have happened since November 2007
-Crime in Shaftesbury in November was below average, in December is at the
lowest rate for at least 10 years (as far back as we can see).
Issues raised:
Speeding in Coppice Street onto Christys Lane and into Tescos
Litter outside the boarding house before Christmas
General problems with the buses in the Coppice Street car park including
security, parking bays and damage. (Derek Beer stated that himself and Wilts
and Dorset Bus company were looking this and they were hoping to get Tesco
involved to improve the parking arrangements.) (Buses have now been moved
and secured)
Damage to the trees in the pedestrian area on the entrance to Tescos. (Tesco
continue to replace these trees once damaged, no recent damage)
Dog fouling in Bimport near Rutters and outside flats.
Vehicles using Park Walk including lorries from the hospital (Shaftesbury
Town Council planning committee are looking into this already)
Lines within Somerfields carpark (These are being re painted in March)
Speeding Ivy Cross, Royal Chase and Salisbury Street. Options open to us
including partnership speed vehicle checks and SID (Speed indicating device)
Litter Ivy Cross and old Little Chief site.
St Rumbolds Road- Parking near junctions
Town enhancement Issues- access/crossings/road markings etc
Salisbury Street- Speeding
Linden Park- Speeding
Salisbury Road- School children crossing/Cycling on pavements
Beaufoy Close- Street Lamp/Pot holes (Private landlord issue- letters have
been written to assist this matter)
Barton Hill- Vehicle nuisance/sexual activity
Ivy Cross Roundabout- Speeding
Bimport- Speed Limit reduction
Litter- All areas
Dog fouling- All areas
Speeding- 80% of drivers ignore speed limit in built up area esp. Sweetmans
Road/Wincombe Lane/Bleke Street/Bimport
Primary School- Parents unaware of seatbelt law.
Priorities
1. Speeding Ivy Cross, Royal Chase, Salisbury Street and Coppice Street
2 Dog Fouling in Bimport.
3 Vehicles using Park Walk and bus car park in Coppice Street.
02 July 2008
Update
1. Speeding
As a result of the amount of complaints for speeding and anti social driving
that were being received, Shaftesbury PACT organised an event aimed at
Young drivers. This event received a national Justice Award for engaging with
communities. Please see below for details.
March 2008
Shaftesbury Safer Neighbourhood Team and their fellow PACT (Partners and
Communities Together) members joined forces with local businesses to alert
the town’s young people to the consequences of road traffic collisions.
The two-day event, which involved Dorset Fire and Rescue, Dorset County
Council and Toby’s Young People’s Project as well as the police, was
organised in response to local residents’ concerns (raised through PACT)
about anti-social driving and speeding on Shaftesbury’s streets.
The first day was aimed at drivers aged between 17 and 25 years and their
passengers. More than 60 young people came along to: ride in a police car
with an advanced police driver highlighting the dangers and hazards faced by
road users; meet a real-life victim of a car crash and see her mangled car; and
get advice from local Ford dealer Hine Motors on what to look for when buying
a used car, with a mechanic on hand for maintenance advice. The youngsters
were also treated to a barbecue, courtesy of Tesco in Shaftesbury.
The second day was aimed at a more general audience. A mock traffic
accident was held on Longmead car park where four volunteers became
victims of a collision. Shaftesbury Police, Shaftesbury Fire Station and
Shaftesbury Paramedics then attended the scene and demonstrated to the
spectators how they would deal with such an incident. One hundred members
of the community joined in with this part of the event.
PC Fiona Gaffney, of the Shaftesbury Safer Neighbourhood Team and PACT
Panel, said: “The whole event was aimed at highlighting that local roads,
especially the triangle route from Shaftesbury to Gillingham (B3081),
Gillingham to East Stour (B3092) and East Stour to Shaftesbury (A30) has
some of the highest rate of traffic accidents in the county, some of which
involve young or local drivers.
Rather than just lecturing our community members in the hope of educating
them to drive safely and, therefore prevent accidents, we felt it was important
to show them the consequences of dangerous driving and judging by some of
the shocked faces, I think we got the message across.
The Shaftesbury PACT Panel would like to thank the organisations who kindly
supported the event, including: Hine Motors, Langfords Salvage Yard, Tesco
Store and Gillingham Scout group.
2. Dog fouling
Derek Beer approached NDDC to liaise with warden with regards to increased
patrols, bins, stickers etc. Noted decreased by local residents
3. Vehicle use of Park Walk
PACT established there are already groups involved in addresses these two
issues.
Issues raised
None had been given to any PACT panel member
Priorities
1. Speeding
2. Parking St James
3. Engagement
01 October 2008
Update
SpeedingPolice continue to carry out speed checks within the town centre with some
success.
Police have also liaised with the Town Clerk again about the council securing
funding for a Speed Indicating Device (SID). Details have been given with
regards to effect and cost.
It is hoped that funding will be secured to continue with RTC education
events, there are new budgets out and this is hopeful.
Road traffic survey carried out in Salisbury Street that revealed that a vast
majority of drivers do not speed. (Further information available on application.)
ParkingPolice have had a meeting with a County Council representative who looks
after new double yellow lines. Areas in St James have been identified that
could have double yellow lines.
A video has been created by Dorset Fire and Rescue to demonstrate the
difficulties gaining access to St James.
A public meeting is to be arranged in the New Year to discuss this issue.
EngagementPolice sent all PACT panel members with face-to-face surveys and an easy
way to record any issues raised and hopes this increases the issues from
partners.
Shaftesbury SNT are now visiting three streets a week and posting post cards
through doors and have had a good response in a very short time. This will
continue.
Surgeries continue in various areas of the town.
Face to face surveys are being done in various locations.
Baseline assessments have been done for second occasion. Results not in
yet.
Face to face surveys by Fire Officers.
Issues Raised
Parking Issues at The Tynings
Speeding- Royal Chase Roundabout on Saturdays
Traffic Plan urgently needed for High Street
Parking- outside Woolworths on DYL
Boy Racers- Coppice Street/High Street/Old Boundry Road
Safety- Security of lone couples in town between 9pm and 12pm
CCTV- Would like more CCTV
Speed Limits- Request Standardised Speed Limits
Speed Limits- 20mph be considered in Bimport
Litter- All areas
Dog fouling- All areas
Speeding- 95% motorists ignore 30mph limit esp. Sweetmans Road,
Wincombe Lane, Bleke Street, Bimport
ASB- Teenagers after 10pm- Coppice Street car park playing loud music
ASB- After 10-11pm noise and damage in Salisbury Street
Speeding- Salisbury Street during evening
ASB- No details given.
ASB- Youth in High Street, evenings and night
Litter- outskirts in hedges near pavements
Increase Police after 11pm on foot in Town
4 way junction at Post Office- who has priority.
Priorities
1- Speeding King Alfreds Drive, Wincombe Lane and Sweetmans Road
2- Litter in the High Street/Town Centre
3- Dog Fouling at Wincombe field close to play area.
Litter Survey
20072008
Please find attached results of a litter survey carried out by Shaftesbury Upper
School Pupils in response to complaints about litter at the school. Pupils
carried this out in the town centre and 68 surveys were done in total. Please
note that the participant was left to give their own answers and did not have a
selection of answers given to them
Q1. Is there a litter problem in Shaftesbury?
Yes- 68%
No- 29%
Don’t know- 3%
Q2. Where is the problem worse?
Centre- 40%
Parks- 22%
School- 13%
Estate- 10%
Other- 10%
Tesco- 5%
Q3. What sort of litter?
Food- 75%
Bottles 17%
Cigarettes- 7%
Dog- 1%
Q4. What is creating litter?
Young- 42%
All- 39%
Drunk- 7%
Lazy- 7%
Other- 5%
Q5. What is the solution?
Bins- 64%
Education- 19%
Enforcement- 17%
Q6. Is there a need for more recycling?
Yes- 65%
No- 32%
Don’t know- 3%
Any other comments
One-way system
Increased household recycling- 6 people