We are delighted to announce that the Selsdon Community Plan has now been published. Details can be found on the website for Croydon Council and can also be viewed here.
Executive Summary
The Selsdon Community Plan (SCP) Part 1 has been developed by the Selsdon Community Plan Steering Group (SCPSG). The SCPSG is made up of local groups, churches, ward councillors, local businesses and schools with an aim to change Selsdon for the better by:
▪ Building a pleasant, modern, healthy environment respectful of our heritage, fit for our heritage, fit for our future
▪ Nurturing sustainable local businesses to secure high quality jobs for local people
▪ Creating a connected, collaborative, welcoming community of which residents are proud
The SCP sets out the community’s priorities and proposals for improving and investing in Selsdon over the next five years to 2025. The wards covered are Selsdon and Addington Village and Selsdon Vale and Forestdale.
It is based on the findings from community engagement that took place between November 2019 and 12 March 2020.
All the engagement activities were promoted via Selsdon Gazette, community mailing lists and social media. A promotional A5 leaflet was hand delivered to over 3000 homes and local businesses to encourage responses to the survey.
Main Highlights and Key Findings
Just over 1000 people responded with their views during the engagement period including the online survey.
The engagement events and survey questions were intended to identify the community’s priorities for improving Selsdon by theme as well as identifying projects that the community could get behind and deliver quickly.
Improving and preserving Selsdon’s green spaces was by far the top priority and included comments about restricting development on green and open spaces. It came out on top not only in an opening question about what people liked about the area, but also in a question asking people to rank priorities for improvement by theme and was mentioned frequently in other questions. In total there were 6,984 comments made during the engagement.
