North Berwick Living: Results
Results from the NB Living survey, sent out to all households across North Berwick in January/February 2011, are now available to download below. A copy of the questionnaire can also be downloaded. The project was run by Sue Guy of Scottish Participatory Initiatives. It was completed by the end of March 2011 and financially supported by the Scottish Executive Climate Challenge Fund initiative.
TNB would like to sincerely thank all those who responded - we had 720 completed forms back, an excellent "response rate" to a questionnaire. The results broadly cover all neighbourhoods of the town and age-based categories. They are therefore a good representation of the views of the whole community.
TNB would like to sincerely thank all those who responded - we had 720 completed forms back, an excellent "response rate" to a questionnaire. The results broadly cover all neighbourhoods of the town and age-based categories. They are therefore a good representation of the views of the whole community.
The forms were first passed out to all parents of children currently attending the Law Primary School. Several '00 were returned completed. Copies were then distributed through the Royal Mail to all households with relevant postcodes covering the town and immediate surrounding areas.
Regarding future housing numbers:
Due to recent local press coverage about locating 500 new houses to the west of the current High School (see article in the East Lothian Courier published on 31/03/11) we would like to clarify the results regarding the views of respondees in relation to additional housing. In answer to our set of 'tick box' questions regarding improvements that people would like to see over the next 5-10 years in the North Berwick area, 322 households ticked the box saying they would like to see minimal or no significant increase in the number of houses. Only 28 households responded that they would like to see a significant increase in the number of houses. So, of those who considered this issue to be significant in terms of improving the town, 91% wanted to see minimal or no increase. Of course, 357 households did not tick either of these boxes - you could assume then that 50% of respondees to the questionnaire did not feel strongly about whether the town should increase the number of houses or stay about the same. Of the remaining 50% the vast majority preferred maintaining the 'status quo'.
Regarding future housing numbers:
Due to recent local press coverage about locating 500 new houses to the west of the current High School (see article in the East Lothian Courier published on 31/03/11) we would like to clarify the results regarding the views of respondees in relation to additional housing. In answer to our set of 'tick box' questions regarding improvements that people would like to see over the next 5-10 years in the North Berwick area, 322 households ticked the box saying they would like to see minimal or no significant increase in the number of houses. Only 28 households responded that they would like to see a significant increase in the number of houses. So, of those who considered this issue to be significant in terms of improving the town, 91% wanted to see minimal or no increase. Of course, 357 households did not tick either of these boxes - you could assume then that 50% of respondees to the questionnaire did not feel strongly about whether the town should increase the number of houses or stay about the same. Of the remaining 50% the vast majority preferred maintaining the 'status quo'.
| NB Living Survey Summary Results (PDF) |
| NB Living Survey Detailed Results (PDF) |
| NB Living Survey Potential Timeline of Activities (PDF) |
| NB Living Survey Questionnaire (PDF) |
