Parish Plan Actions

Theme	Action	Partners	Priority	Timescale	Achieved
Our community services	To seek ways of restoring a Post Office	Parish Council	High	Ongoing
		Post Office Counters
		Local businesses
	To improve local health facilities, potentially in conjunction with the new school project	Parish Council	High	Ongoing
		Primary Care Trust
		School Governors
	To seek funding for improvements to the Reading Room	Reading Room Committee	High	Ongoing
		Funding agencies
	To press for the provision of digital TV services as soon as frequencies become available	Parish Council	Low	Long term
		Hartoft Parish Meeting
		TV service providers
Our housing needs	To seek changes to National Park policies that prevent permanent occupation of additional houses and if possible to positively encourage permanent use.	Parish Council	High	As part of the preparation of the LDF
		Hartoft Parish Meeting
		All residents as consultees
		National Park
	To request the District Council to carry out a housing needs survey and to examine the feasibility of providing a small number of affordable housing units.	Parish Council	High	Imminent
		Hartoft Parish Meeting
		Ryedale DC
		National Park
Our Village School	To secure a purpose-built school designed as a multi-purpose building for the community.	School Governors	High	Imminent
		Local Education Authority
		National Park
	To improve community education and secure funding for the resumption of the Community Room.	School Governors	Medium	Ongoing
		Funding agencies
Our religious life	To examine the feasibility of obtaining additional land for a small cemetery for when the Churchyard is full.	Parochial Church Council	High	Ongoing
		Local landowners
	To provide a wheelchair-accessible entrance to the Church avoiding the need to pass through the School yard.	Parochial Church Council	High	Ongoing
		School Governors
		National Park
		Funding agencies
Our security and safety	To liaise with the Police to discuss ways in which communications might be improved, perhaps with development of the Neighbourhood Watch mentality	North Yorkshire Constabulary	Medium	Imminent
		Whole community
	To discuss with the County Council whether safety improvements could be made at identified trouble spots, eg by cutting back overhanging vegetation.	Parish Council	High	Ongoing
		Hartoft Parish Meeting
		County Council
Our transport needs	To provide bus shelters at Hill Cottages, Green Head and Rosedale Abbey	Parish Council	High	Imminent
		County Council
		National Park
	To consider the feasibility of public transport improvements, including the use of demand-responsive services	Parish Council	Medium	Ongoing
		County Council
		National Park
Our businesses	To set up a Business Support Group to assist the development and retention of small businesses.	Local businesses	Medium	Imminent
		Business Link Partners
	To press for mobile phone coverage throughout our area	Parish Council	High	Imminent
		Hartoft Parish Meeting
		National Park
		Mobile phone companies
	To investigate the provision of broadband internet to all parts of our area	Parish Council	High	Ongoing
		Hartoft Parish Meeting
		British Telecom
		Local Education Authority
Our visitors	To retain the Village Caretaker to keep Rosedale East and West tidy and to assist visitors.	Parish Council	High	Ongoing
		National Park
		Funding agencies
	To adapt some footpaths to a standard suitable for people with disabilities and to maintain them to a high standard.	Parish Council	Medium	Ongoing
		National Park
		Owners and farmers
	To publish a guide to walks around the valley.	Parish Council	Medium	Ongoing
		Local businesses
	To ensure the retention of the public toilets at Rosedale Abbey	Parish Council	High	Ongoing
		Ryedale DC
	To provide village signs on the approaches to Rosedale Abbey from	Parish Council	Medium	Imminent
	the Egton and Hutton-le-Hole roads and at small settlements in our area	County Council
Our heritage	To set up a Heritage Group to research and publish the history of the valley, including the recording of memories of the older people.	Heritage Group (to be formed)	High	Imminent
	To provide interpretive boards at remains of Rosedale Priory, the former mines, kilns and old railway.	Heritage Group	High	Ongoing
		Parish Council
		National Park
	To carry out a feasibility study into	Heritage Group	Medium	Imminent
	the development of a local heritage centre and a model of the Priory on the original site	Local businesses