Corsham Area Community Partnership (CACP) has been relaunched at a ‘Wider Gathering’ event last week at The Pound with its new updated Community Plan. I have been involved with CACP for the last year and more recently as 'Convenor' and I believe this plan will become an important document to influence the priorities, spending plans and decisions of the new Corsham Area Board following the June elections.
Interestingly after widespread consultation and research the top two priorities have emerged:
1. Transport, Access and Traffic
- Desire for better access to convenient, sustainable affordable safer public transport
- Concern regarding traffic management and control
- Concern over links within community area and to neighbouring towns
2. Environment, Countryside and Land Based Issues
- People really value the rural nature of the community area
- Concern over pressures which threaten this character
- Desire to see more action to sustain and improve the environment
I am delighted that the former district councillor for Pickwick, Chris Reid was elected to take over from me as chair of the new partnership and that CACP has also adopted a new name to reflect its new upbeat future role: Corsham Community Area Network: CorshamCAN
