news release - Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk

Examples of consultation with ‘hard to reach’ groups
West Norfolk Youth Forum Thurs 11 June 09
Consultation on Core Strategy Reg25 document
What things do you think are important in different sorts of places (towns /
villages)?
� Better public transport
� Free parking
� Corner shop
� Hunstanton – need to improve beach and make it better for people all year
round. Centre of our boroughs tourism. Need better health facilities there.
Should have parking permits for local people.
� For shopping – Do some in Kings Lynn but need better shops here.
If we are to grow King’s Lynn then what other things do we need to plan
for?
� Better design of housing
� Better roads
� More parks and open space
� Better facilities – public toilets
� Need to regenerate areas before we build any more housing
� Need to protect countryside – very important to our area
� Want a better cinema, a nightclub, things to do.
� Hunstanton – more facilities at the Oasis pool.
� Downham Market – Cinema
Better leisure centre
Youth Centre
Population of mixed age groups.
What are the implications of the growth on the borough?
Good
� Increasing the population will help the economy
� With more people living here Kings Lynn will get put ‘on the map’
� More businesses and jobs
� Good press
� Better design of areas / improving areas
� Improving the environment
� Less youth crime if there is more going on
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