Prosperity 

 

Your concerns were:

 

 

What we know (so far?)

 

Options

 

Access to training and employment

 

DART – Dorset Action for Rural Transport are addressing such issues

 

Contact DART and lobby for action

 

Use Burton Bradstock Online Website to display a noticeboard for car-share scheme

 

 

Brown signage

 

Responsibility of Dorset County Council and the Highways Agency

 

 

Audit of signage to be done as part of Parish Plan – links with Environment theme work on signage

 

Shortage of parking for local business premises

 

Pub car park runs out of space sometimes when used by non-customers. 

 

 

Use Planning Gain to ensure parking is incorporated in new developments

 

When plans are passed for new building need to provide adequate parking

 

 

Grants for Further Ed and Travelling

 

Responsibility of Central Government and Dorset County Council

 

 

 

Lobby Dorset County Council

 

Your concerns were:

 

 

What we know (so far?)

 

Options

 

Business support

 

Provision offered to businesses in the area by Wessex Business Link

 

Contact Business Link for planned courses.  Individual businesses can speak to Business Link advisors regarding any subject not in forthcoming programme

 

 

Community Training Facility

 

Government is not supporting new centres – need public money to survive.

 

Run courses at full-cost to cover expenses of room hire, tutor costs and course materials

 

Investigate outside hours use of school (e.g. evenings and weekends)


 

 

Your concerns were:

 

 

What we know (so far?)

 

Options

 

Sustaining employment and business prosperity

 

Some key village facilities cannot survive without summer tourist season e.g. Post Office and Shop

 

South West Tourism have set out a sustainable future for tourism in their publication – Toward 2015

 

Greening tourism business and driving up the ‘quality of tourism experience’ are key objectives of SW Tourism

 

 

 

 

Businesses can work together to produce a Burton Bradstock Information leaflet

 

Combine promotion of parish businesses with Dorset Local Food activities

 

Find a suitable venue in the Parish for local produce to be sold on a regular basis

 

Put a webcam on Hive Beach (image to be updated at least once an hour)

 

Identify suitable small industrial units for small businesses

 

Promote low impact ways of enjoying the natural environment e.g. wildlife trails, geology trails

 

Improve visitor facilities e.g. cold water shower at beach, decorate toilets