You can share your thoughts on the draft improvements plans with us:

Online:
To access the survey, please visit the survey page. Click on ‘Start Survey’ and simply fill out our online survey.

On paper:
Please contact us to request a paper survey to be sent to you:
• hello@liveandmove.co.uk

Please let us know your name and address and we will post a paper survey to you.

Once you have completed the paper survey, please send it to the address below. Your survey will need to arrive no later than 31 January 2025.

Live and Move, Newtown Community Survey, Civic Centre, Paris Street, Exeter, EX1 1JN

To request materials in an accessible format, please contact us using the contact details below and tell us the details of your preferred format and the assistive technology you use.

• hello@liveandmove.co.uk

The results are anonymisued and all responses that we receive via our online survey and any hard copies, will be considered and analysed.

We will then report back on the results of the engagement and what this means for any next steps in the project.

Any comments you submit via our engagement survey will be considered and be shared with our partners in the Newtown Community Transformation Project.

Your contact details and any comments you submit via our engagement survey may be made publicly available, either online or in another format.

We have put together the table below to give you an overview of how the improvements would impact on parking at each site, if the plans were implemented in their current form. 

There currently is no parking on Western Way.

Access to cars would only be impacted by the draft improvement plans proposed for the Denmark Road/ Russell Street junction.

The draft improvement plans propose to change the existing parking bay and road space into a community greenspace and increase space for people walking, wheeling and cycling from Heavitree Road to the Triangle Car Park.

Cars would still have full access to Russell Street and the Triangle Car Park via Clifton Road which is only ca. 66m further along Heavitree Road.

Safety and inclusion assessments (including a Safety Inclusivity Assessment) have been undertaken for the draft improvement plans to make sure that the final designs make it easier and safer for everybody to move around in Newtown.

In addition, we will be engaging with stakeholders, including Seldom Heard Groups, to make sure we have a good understanding of the impact of the designs on various social groups.

Seldom heard groups can include (but are not limited to):

• Ethnically diverse communities;
• Carers;
• People with disabilities including mobility impairments, vision and hearing impairments or loss, invisible conditions and chronic illnesses;
• People who are neurodiverse (autism, dyslexia and ADHD);
• People with dementia or other cognitive impairments;
• People with mental health conditions;
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer people;
• Refugees/asylum seekers;
• People who are homeless;
• Younger people;
• Older people;
• People with language barriers;
• Women and girls;
• People with lower incomes;
• People not in education, employment, or training; and
• People involved in night-time economies.

In April 2021, Live and Move asked people in and around Newtown how they felt about their connection with their community, the availability of community spaces and activities and how they felt about moving around their community and to destinations beyond.
From the results of that survey, Live and Move understood that:

• There is a strong sense of community in Newtown, but community spaces, events and activities are limited;
• There are some concerns that the way people park causes congestion;
• There is enough parking for the current number of cars;
• Opportunities to take part in play and recreational activities are limited;
• There is room for improvement when it comes to:
  • public transport; and
  • streets, public spaces and greens spaces.
• People feel improvements are needed:
  • To make walking routes safer and useable for all; and
  • To make cycling safer and to make cycling routes better connected with local destinations and accessible.

Although the results suggest there is room for improvement, Live and Move understood that people feel positive about:

• Encouraging community cohesion;
• Encouraging people to use public transport; and
• Encouraging people to walk and cycle.

Initial drop-in meetings with stakeholders were held in early 2023 to introduce the proposals and understand initial opinions towards the scheme. Stakeholders were made aware of the ambitions and told that formal engagement would follow. General feedback was supportive of the scheme and no notable concerns were raised.

Live and Move are focussed on learning how to make it easier for people in Exeter and Cranbrook to be happier and healthier by being more active.

The Live and Move team was put together as part of the Exeter and Cranbrook Sport England Local Delivery Pilot and is funded by Sport England. Exeter City Council are the accountable body for the funds. You can find out more on the Live and Move website.

Sport England work to give everyone in England the chance to benefit from sport and physical activity. They invest in sport and physical activity to make it a normal part of life for everyone in England, regardless of who they are.

Sport England fund projects and organisations, small and large, that help people get more people active.

You can find out more about Sport England, what they are trying to achieve and how, on their website.

The Newtown Community Project is funded by Sport England, as part of the Live and Move programme. The programme is part of the Exeter and Cranbrook Sport England Local Delivery Pilot.

Sport England specifically funds projects and organisations, small and large, that help people get more people active.

This funding can’t be used for other types of projects.

If you have any questions about the engagement, please get in touch via email at hello@liveandmove.co.uk .

Alternatively, you can come and talk to us about the Newtown Community Project and ask any questions at one of our events listed below. No need to book, you can just drop in to any of the session all of which take place at St Matt’s Church, Newtown, EX1 2LJ.

Monday 9 December. 3 – 5.30pm

Friday 13 December. 9-12.30pm

Monday 13 January. 3-5.30pm

Friday 17 January. 9-12.30pm

Monday