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Michael Butcher Chair, Fleet Future

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Agenda

• Why Fleet Future was launched

• Hot topics from the Open Day

• Fleet Future’s objectives & progress report

• The Vision for Fleet

• How does Fleet compare to other towns?

• Future plans and timeline

• Conclusion, Q&A

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Plan “A”• 2009/10 Hart District Council

commissioned “A Vision for Fleet Town

Centre”

• Informal community consultation – no

clear support to proceed

So, need to find out what

the community really want

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Plan “B”

• Use “Action for Market Towns” (AMT)

• Open day to get community feedback

• AMT benchmark of Fleet compared to similar towns

• Set up a community led Town Team: “Fleet Future”

Community Planning

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The Open Day

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Shops

Traffic

Parking

Empty Premises

Environment

Fleet Pond

Shops

Harlington

EnvironmentFriendliness

-30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30

Your views – Top 5 Topics

% who like % who want to improve

30% 20% 10% 0 10% 20% 30%

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The Brief for Fleet FuturePublic Meeting 12/12/12

• Produce a “Town Plan” using the

Action for Market Towns process:– Gather evidence

– Gather community views

– Develop a Vision

– Write the Plan

– Agree the ActionsCo

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Our Values

• Representative

• Impartial

• Not a lobby group

• Non political

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How? Four Working Groups

Steering Committee

Transport: ease of travel, access and movement around the town

Environment: character of the town, quality of life, countryside

Social: sport, leisure, housing, culture, health

Economy: retail, town centre, education, employment

Communications and Funding

Environment: character of the town, quality of life, countryside

Social: sport, leisure, housing, culture, health

Economy: retail, town centre, education, employment

Transport: ease of travel, access and movement around the town

Environment: character of the town, quality of life, countryside

Social: sport, leisure, housing, culture, health

Economy: retail, town centre, education, employmentEconomy: retail, town centre, education, employment

Environment: character of the town, quality of life, countryside

Economy: retail, town centre, education, employmentEconomy: retail, town centre, education, employment

Environment: character of the town, quality of life, countryside

Economy: retail, town centre, education, employment

Social: sport, leisure, housing, culture, health

Environment: character of the town, quality of life, countryside

Economy: retail, town centre, education, employment

Transport: ease of travel, access and movement around the town

Social: sport, leisure, housing, culture, health

Environment: character of the town, quality of life, countryside

Economy: retail, town centre, education, employment

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Progress Report• 17 January - first meeting of the team• Working groups set up• Website & Facebook set up• Obtained funding• Evidence analysed• Vision developed• Benchmark report• Developing projects• Starting on the Plan• Good progress compared to similar “Town

Teams”

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The Vision

To create a bustling, attractive, sustainable,

leafy green town which is easy to get about in and has an active community.

Fleet Town Benchmark

Chris Wade

Action for Market Towns

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Project TimelineMay

Test vision and outline plan with key stakeholders

June Complete the plan

July Start Consultation

August Complete Consultation

September Update plan

October Town Plan Agreed

December 3 Year action Plan agreed

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Plus some

projects we can

start in the near

future

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The

Fleet Community

Creating

The Future

For Fleet

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To find out more or join us….

• www.fleetfuture.com

• Email us: info@fleetfuture.com

• And use our community Facebook group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/FleetFuture

• Fleet Future c/o The Harlington Centre, Fleet, GU51 4BY