Setting Lydney's priorities and vision

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Setting the priorities for Lydney 2041

The Steering Group has reviewed the first plan and listened to local representatives to suggest new priorities and aims that our updated Neighbourhood Plan should tackle.

These are in the boxes below.

Help us set the right priorities to guide Lydney’s Future Development.

Which are the most important for you?

General

Support and promote Lydneys role as “the gateway to the forest”

Enable and support development that can meet and provide a range of different uses as well as that of housing – that is; employment, shopping, and community facilities; including health and educational provision.

Protecting and improving our natural and built and environment

Protect and enhance Lydney’s natural environments and green spaces and habits and connection with them for local people.

Preserve and enhance our locally valued historic environments and cultural heritage (including our industrial heritage)

Ensure new developments provide locally distinctive, high quality and sustainable design.

Providing housing and community facilities to meet local needs

Ensure new housing development meets the needs people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds our local within our community; providing high-quality, affordable and accessible housing in the right places.

Ensure community facilities are protected and new facilities to meet increased demands are delivered alongside development.

Making getting around Lydney safe, convenient and sustainable

Support improvements to the transport network enable ALL to access and engage with the amenities and facilities of Lydney using sustainable means.

Enhance Lydney’s role as the gateway to the forest

Address congestion issues in the centre of Lydney

An attractive and useful Town Centre

Improve the town centre offer to encourage local people to choose to visit the town centre to shop, services, fun and do business.

Support and promote a distinct local shopping offer that can enhance the identity of Lydney.

Identify and support a Town Centre/focal point (or town square) for Lydney

Protecting local jobs and growing Lydney’s economy

Protect and support local employment and promote new employment investment to increase opportunities for local people to have rewarding careers in Lydney

Support the development of Lydney’s economy as a tourist and visitor destination.

A green Lydney

Supporting local renewable energy initiatives, including community energy projects or commercial activities.

Responding to climate change

Promote measures to reduce the climate impact of the Lydney and promote the health and wellbeing of both people and nature.

Have we missed something in the priorities?

Tell us what you would like to add or change and tell us why.

A new vision for Lydney

Steering Group members have listened to local views and drafted a new Vision Statement. All the new Neighbourhood Plan policies should contribute to making this vision a reality by the end of the plan period.

A Vision for Lydney 2040

As Lydney continues to grow over the next decade and beyond, our revised Neighbourhood Development Plan will balance the needs of a growing local population with addressing the challenges of a more uncertain world.

Lydney will increase sustainability and resilience to climate change, rising sea levels and other climatic events that may threaten the security of the town.

Future growth will enhance the health, safety and wellbeing of existing and new residents, protect local nature and wildlife and our local historic environment and harbour.

Development will strengthen Lydney’s district identity as a coastal market town and reinforce its sense of being “one” integrated community.

Lydney will provide local people with good homes and community facilities meeting their changing needs. There will be varied local opportunities for rewarding work, an attractive town centre for shopping business and pleasure and beautiful parks and green spaces connecting communities.

We will build strong delivery partnerships with other town and parish councils, the district and county councils and statutory and local voluntary organisations to help promote and drive forward positive changes for local people.

Do you agree with the Vision?

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