The Survey Results Are In
Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill in the survey, whether online, or paper. We got 89 responses in total, and we have spent the past week looking at the answers and working out our next steps. As a group we are committed to sharing information regularly and asking for, and listening to, feedback. So to start that process here is a summary of the survey.
What’s next though? Well we have some volunteers to hopefully recruit to the group to expand our skills, and the survey has given us lots of ideas on what to explore next, notably in terms of understanding any potential infrastructure concerns (See question 8!)
If you’ve got any comments on the results, or would like to help, please get in touch at or leave a comment below!
1. Do you believe that residents should be more closely involved in housing development within Greystoke and the wider parish?
The first question asked if you thought the community should be more closely involved in housing development, and over 93% of replies said yes.
Percentage Breakdown
Yes: 93.3% (83)
No Strong Opinion: 6.7% (6)
2. Do you think the parish would benefit from the provision of affordable homes to enable more young people and families to live in the parish?
The vast majority of responses to the survey for this question were positive, with nearly 90% agreeing.
Percentage Breakdown
Yes: 89.9% (80)
No: 5.6% (5)
No Strong Opinion: 4 (4.5%)
3. Are you aware of people with a work or family connection to Greystoke who would like to move into the area but are not in a financial position to do so?
40% of respondents are aware of people who would live to move into the area but cannot afford to do so.
Percentage Breakdown
Yes: 40.4% (36)
No: 59.6% (53)
4. Please state your reasons for the answer you gave to question 2, and any information you are willing to share on question 3.
We got some great responses to this question with common themes including diversity of the community and the importance of young people and families being able to live here and support local services and businesses. There was a really strong sentiment in support of the vibrancy of the community and keeping the village alive.
5. If you answered yes to question 2, please indicate how many affordable homes you would approve of.
There looks to be strong support for a good number of affordable houses, with 65% of people selecting 8 or more.
Percentage Breakdown
Don’t Know and 1*: 15.7% (14)
2: 1.1% (1)
4: 4.5% (4)
6: 13.5% (12)
8: 19.1% (17)
More than 8: 46.1% (41)
*Some selected 1 as they didn’t know, and the survey was amended
6. Do you believe that any new affordable homes should have local occupancy restrictions?
An overwhelming 85% of respondents agreed that new affordable homes should have some sort of local occupancy restrictions.
Percentage Breakdown
Yes: 85.4% (76)
No: 4.5% (4)
No Strong Opinion: 10.1% (9)
7. If you answered yes to question 6, what do you think the restrictions should be?
Some of the themes highlighted in responses here were that homes should be the main residence, with no holiday homes allowed and that there should be a local connection, whether through work, especially key workers, or family
8. What, if any, areas of general concern would need to be addressed if more houses were to be built in Greystoke?
Answers to this question has given us some real insights into the potential issues that new housing would bring to the community – and it’s really helped focus us on areas to investigate – so thank you! Some of the main concerns were around infrastructure, whether that be roads, sewerage, traffic volume, the lack of public transport or increased flooding potential. The environment and preserving the character of the village also came across strongly, as well as a desire for the homes to be affordable to run, in terms of being energy efficient, as well as affordable to buy or rent.
9. Do you currently live in Greystoke Parish?
We asked this question to get a better understanding of the replies – and we encouraged people to fill this in whether they lived in the parish, or wanted to move in but couldn’t. 88 of the 89 respondents do live in Greystoke Parish.
Percentage Breakdown
Yes: 98.9%(88)
No: 1.1% (1)
