Full list of Town Plan comments received at the Packhorse Fair

Each of the following comments is a transcription of what was written on a Post-it at the Packhorse Fair. (Some people wrote on other people’s Post-its, and some stuck one Post-it on top of another saying “agree” or something similar. Square brackets have been used to help make sense of this).

Comment
Set up a dog poo wormery
Desperate need for an old folks’ home
No more coffee shops
Proper 40 mph speed enforcement at top of hill, small hamlet, narrow road and very fast cars
Proper signage at junction, warning road narrows and no HGV’s
Traffic slow down
Don’t move the Doctor, because people will drive to Frome, damaging town shops
[Following on from above] yes keep it where it is
Don’t move the Dr’s surgery out of town.
Don’t move it [as above]
Publically accessible gym
Please, please light up the dovecote
A wild flower meadow
Events as listed all very good, local societies thriving
Keep man on the bench x 3
Keep man on the bench and promote rural look suitable for Bruton
Convert Park Wall to One Way St, from Godminster Lane to Dropping Lane
Back up 20 mph with penalties at present too many speeding around town evening and overnight, dangerous when children walking to and from school
More focus and promotion of business such as Truffles in the west end, which are not even on current Tourist map
Some more dog bins
Dog poo bin here
Campsite required here
More dog waste bins
Better entrance to Bruton signs, not so cheap looking
It’s lovely as it is, don’t change it
Please no more changes, leave Bruton alone
Bruton is perfect, I love it
Charming Town, don’t change a thing esp. not new housing estates
New housing needed
No more new housing estates, please
[from above] if only life were that simple
Playground for older children
Light up the Dovecote
Light up the Dovecote, like many historic structures
Give the town a pressure wash, lovely buildings looking mucky
Let Bruton Be! It is a wonderful place to live
Speed limits throughout the town please
Proper warning and HGV notice at all approaches to town, even as far away as Hunters Lodge
Need Council drive to stop dog poo’s being left on paths and roads.  Take it home/bin it
A359 Junction High St / Quaperlake St, Slow / Stop sign needed from High Street to Quaperlake
Quaperlake – pavements wide enough for people and prams
Please, please, please sort out street name signs, particularly Mill Lane
Make Bruton an accessible Town
If you want more visitors to Town, open the public loos!
[on above] Encore that
Two hour parking, Silver Street
Re-open the public loos
Yes re-open public loos, it was mad to close them
[From above] Yes me too!
[From above] Plus
Stop Town Centre parking
Parking – Packhorse Fair!!  Street only cleaned one side.  Town needs more parking.
Better footpath with dog bins between Village and Hauser & Wirth
Residents’ parking, Lusty
Residents’ parking
Sort out why can’t transfer why can’t transfer from boarding to day [school] if move
More information on public footpaths & routes
Re-open the toilets in the town
General parking and lack of Police just on patrol. Lived here 6 years, NEVER seen a policeman on patrol.
Lovely town, let’s get a road to bypass it
Pedestrianise the High Street for all to use safely.  Build a car park.  Stop closing the damn roads
Couldn’t sleep 2 nights in a row, unacceptable noise.
INCESSANT anti-social noise generated by Gilcombe Farm Festival, totally unfair and unacceptable!
Would be good if festivals normally stopped at midnight
Dog mess everywhere, more bins needed
New housing needed BUT stop highways ‘urbanising’ e.g. with hideous street lights
More cycle routes needed
Calming traffic from under railway bridge to Budgens. Coaches parking at bus stop – not good place for bus stop.
Make stream accessible and make it clean and easy to sit next to
20 is not plenty, keep it 30
Speeding, dropping lane, please!
Speeding in Station Road leading to dropping lane
It’s lovely, love everything, including gallery
Another waste bin in Berkeley Gardens
Speed limits are fine as they are they just need enforcement. Better to stop lorries breaking weight limit
Mirror at bottom of Coombe Hill, so drivers coming down Quaperlake Street can see if traffic is coming down
Improvement pavement to town from Station Road
Pavement from Church Bridge to Godminster [Station Road] Car Park in a dreadful condition, DANGEROUS
Absolutely do not start charging for parking
Start charging for parking
[from above] please don’t!!
High Street parking needs MORE enforcement, not less
Aggressive targeting by over-zealous traffic wardens is detrimental to business, give some slack
Flowers on Station Road approach – wild ones
Too much heavy traffic along High Street, plus extra wide vehicles which cause blockages
Better street cleaning
Police VOLUNTEER liaisons who work from public area, such as community hall or library, policing issues such as speed, anti-social behaviour, or other concerns can be raised. Volunteers have direct contact with Police in Wincanton
Dog poo bins, Vineys Yard and Parking Vineys Yard
Keep free parking
Surface of Station Car Park
Right of Way at the end of the High Street?
Build a ByPass to take away heavy traffic, or our roads will collapse!
More buildings [housing]  for local families
Where is bridge for footpath
Bumps or something in Quaperlake St
Enforcement of speed limits through the town
Speed control on Frome Road like on Cole Road, please
Enforce speed limits!  Enforce truck weight limits!
[from above] plus one
Mobility scooters or wheelchairs in High Street is impossible
I love Bruton, very friendly!
Better access Station [station word?]
20 miles per hour!
You’d be lucky, traffic at standstill up High Street as it is.
Cease fesitvals and loud music from Gilcombe Farm
Set up a park and ride for Gilcombe Farm festivals visiting local supermarkets
No fireworks on a Sunday night at Gilcombe Farm
Ban Gilcombe Farm from doing as they please with parties and festivals
Limit amount of Gilcombe festivals and enforce low sound levels
Too many loud and v. late festivals at Gilcombe Farm
Dog poo bin at top of Cuckoo Hill
Please re-open the loos
Create a community jobs board for paid and volunteer positions
Change bottom of Park Road to One Way, dangerous where road narrows with children leaving and going to school
Join Bruton buddies to help our community
Revive the High Street
Toilet and Baby Changing in the new community hall at Jubilee Park open during the day to public!  Kid Park
An area for small industrial units, i.e. business park

 

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