Issue and location

Who will do this

Action to be taken

How will this be assessed?

Speeding traffic

A20

Holm Mill junction/ A20

Church Lane junction /A20

Police/Police Community Support  Officer

KCC highways

Speed enforcement

Take action to lower speed limit (see speed limit review)

Carrying out a full review

Speed reduction measures

Improved signage

Improve road markings and road furniture.

Feedback on number of drivers stopped.

Amending recommendation in KCC Speed limit review

publishing and acting on findings

Community warden

To observe and report incidents

Monitoring of incidents

Parish Council

Work with volunteers to

Establish speedwatch

Group working regularly

particularly in highlighted areas

Speeding West St

Driver safety

All above

Primary school

Community warden

As above

Talking to children

Talking to parents/ children and writing in Network etc

As above

Monitoring  and feedback from community

Anti social behaviour (ASB)

St John the Baptist  church, Lych gate

Police

Church/ police

Greater police presence. Site to be looked at to identify any crime reduction improvements to be made

Reduction in number of incidents and damage

Antisocial behaviour.

Generally in East of village and around hall

Police/ KCC/ MBC /Housing Associations/ Social services.

Safer Maidstone Partnership

(Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership

High visible patrolling

Identification and prosecution of those  offenders

Nominate known names to the ASB partnership Group

for  interventions

CCTV cameras installed in key locations.

Reduction in incidents to police

Close monitoring of reported incidents

Parish Council/ PACT

Liaise with police

Reports to community

Young people

Some youths do not engage at any of clubs available

KCC. 

Local Youth organisations

Parish council.

Village volunteers

To establish a dialogue with disaffected youth to create a provision for them.

Parents to be involved

Meeting done.

Club/ activities established.

Young people engaged in creative activities

Children not attending  school

Education welfare officer (EWO)

Work with families to provide home school support.

Young people in school

Children not attending  school

KCC.

schools

Non co-operation, issuing fixed penalty notices.

Prosecution in court

Parents prosecuted

Children out late at night unattended by parents

KCC, Social services MBC/Police

Voluntary agencies

Engage with parents, parenting classes etc.

Parents involved with their children

Environment

Litter/ rubbish generally

Parish council

MBC

Monitor MBC litter collection

Consider employing a local person to keep village tidy.

Employing a sweeper.

Reporting incidents of fly tipping and /or areas heavily littered

Reduction of reported incidents. Tidy village

Dog fouling generally

MBC

Environmental Enforcement

Work with residents/KCC Warden/PCSO to identify offenders /hot spots and issue fixed penalty notices as appropriate.

Reduction in complaints

Evidence of dog fouling reduced

Community warden

Talk to villagers

Feed back to Parish council