Parish Plan - Open Day 29th January, 2005

The purpose of the Open Day was to:

Inform people of the Parish Plan process
Provide information on what we know about the economic, environmental and social health of our community since 1901 to inform & stimulate ideas
Collect views and ideas about the future and what we want over the next 10/20 years or more that will need to be addressed by the Parish Plan.

A number of excellent displays were on view with local and visiting experts available to discuss and explain the various topics. Exhibitors included:

Old photographs by Chris Wilkinson
Fascinating comparative data extracted from the Census by Archie Hill-Mackie (see below)
Dorset Area Of Natural Beauty (AONB) - Doug Harman
World Heritage Coast Projects - Sam Rose
Environment Agency - Sarah Comely, Brian Scott and team
Dorset Countryside/WDDC Rights of Way Team - Rod Webb
Community Support - Esther Osborne & Mark Jones
Local Area Partnership - Susan Anders
Parish Council Traffic activities - Jim Harding
Neighbourhood Watch - Freddie & Elaine Tame
SW Dorset PCT Celia Canter
Representative from WDDC Rights of Way

Over 200 people attended during the day to the delight of the organisers and the general concensus was that it was an excellent day all round. In addition to the questionnaires that were handed in, a large number of other suggestions were made at the Open Day using Post-it notes. This data has been included in the questionnaire analysis.

Burton Bradstock Village - Then & Now - Comparisons of Census data:

Change has been rapid over the last century or so
How has Burton Bradstock changed?
Where will the changes of future years take us?

Then - refers to the village around 1900 (including 1901 census information)

Now - refers to information from the 2001 census

Description:	Then (1901):	Now (2005):

Burton Bradstock	geared to self-sufficiency with a strong community spirit a youthful community, more than a quarter of the population being children transport links poor most employment in the village, 70% on the land, sea or in the village flax mill many shops, services and other amenities tourism virtually unknown most residents were tenants	reasonable transport links and 85% of the village has access to a car villagers used to travelling further afield for goods and services, and now more reliant on infrastructure outside the village tourism industry a major employer now in a designated area of outstanding natural beauty and next to the World Heritage Coastline
Total Village Population	574	979
Children as % of Population	over 25%	12.6%
Villagers - Numbers Employed	256 (40% of village)	348 (36%)
Employment Areas Burton Bradstock Population: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing: Tourism Related:	Nearly 40% 0%	About 5% More than 40%
Number of Dwellings	153	580
Average Dwelling Occupancy - People per Household	3.75	1.69
Burton Bradstock - Trends and Issues: The population has grown but the proportion of children is low, and more than a third is now aged 65 or over Most residents are now owner-occupiers although 77 dwellings are second homes Planning rules now applied to the village mean that a small number of authorised new dwellings built has restricted recent population growth. Only 27 dwellings have been built in the last 10 years The village has a heritage of amenities established over the years by the thriving local community. Some are now mostly sustained through the Tourism Industry As a result of a desirable location and these amenities, the village has become a "sought after" place to live in. These trends have caused escalating house prices The trends evident in the village population, increasingly older but more affluent, could impact the basis on which the village has succeeded as a thriving community.

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