Work is pressing ahead on developing a plan which will set out how people would like to see St Martin’s change in the future.
A Community Plan is being drafted with input from those who live, work and spend time in the parish.
Already those behind drawing it up have heard ideas for community projects, making more of the green spaces, and about traffic and infrastructure issues.
Now they have urged more people to have a say.
“If you care about how our parish will look and feel in the future we would really like to hear from you,” said Community Plan Lead, Carla Bauer, a Constable of St Martin.
“We want to hear what you like about it? What you don’t like? What improvements you would like to see?”
St Peter’s has gone through a similar process and when the plan is approved it becomes supplementary planning guidance.
People can have a say by emailing info@stmartinconstables.com or post or hand deliver comments to Constables Office, La Grande Rue, St Martin GY4 6LQ.
It is hoped that the work will also feed into the Development & Planning Authority’s review of the Island Development Plan.
That has been delayed, while there was a particular backlash about DPA’s allocation of green fields for social and affordable housing.
The St Martin Community Plan will cover the whole parish, and is expected to take around a year to complete.
The approach works on a “bottom up” principle, which looks to the community to identify the challenges and opportunities within their parish and to propose ways in which these can be resolved and developed to provide benefit for all for the next 15 years, and beyond.
The plan will only include proposals supported by a majority of respondents in the consultations.
The committee will be reaching out to specific community groups directly to gain as wide an understanding of the challenges and opportunities as possible.
This will lead to a presentation of proposals and an exhibition to invite parishioners and stakeholders to give their feedback on the ideas brought forward. This is due to link in with events around the public holidays and Liberation Day in May.
The initiative is professionally supported by Oliver Brock who aided the St Peter’s plan.