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1 | Timestamp | How long has your business existed in Whitby & District (years)? | Do you think your current site(s) will meet your needs for the next 15 years? | If looking to expand / downsize, is this due to limitations of your existing site(s), and if so, what limitations? | If looking to expand / downsize, if your current premises are not suitable, what size / type / location would you be looking for? | Is there adequate parking nearby for employees, customers and deliveries? | What would you recommend is needed to help improve your business? | Approximately what % of your employees are from Whitby? | What is the furthest that your employees travel to work? | How do the majority of your employees travel to work? | Have you experienced problems in recruitment in the last 1-2 years ? If so, what have been the barriers to recruiting suitable staff? | Have you encountered problems with infrastructure (broadband, mobile phone coverage, drainage, road access, power, water, etc) to support your current business, and if so, what problems? | Does your business suffer from any connectivity issues due to its location within the town / village e.g. road access, availability of public transport etc? | Are there any issues with safety and security where your business is located? | What in your opinion is needed in the area to ensure both residents and tourists can co-exist and the area can continue to prosper? | ||||||
2 | 31/01/2025 12:33:08 | 1.5 | Unsure | Shop is small but nowhere to expand | Would like approx 70% larger premises | No | A permit so that we can have regular deliveries from warehouse. Don't change Market Square | 75 | 10 | Bike / Walk | People on benefits only wanting to work certain hours. Otherwise not had problems with staffing | Zero phone reception at premises, and market square. | No, only when it snows! | Anti-social behaviour from Abbey Wharf seated area | Police needed, to be active. Support local shops that want to expand | ||||||
3 | 31/01/2025 12:35:18 | 56 | Yes | No | 100 | 3 | Bike / Walk | No | No | No | No | ||||||||||
4 | 31/01/2025 12:37:14 | 100 | Yes | No | Free parking | 100 | 1 | Bike / Walk | Lack of local people looking for work. | No | No | No | More private rented properties, affordable housing. | ||||||||
5 | 31/01/2025 12:40:24 | 12 | No | Want same size but better proportioned. | Similar location | No | Parking for everyone | 40 | 50 | Car | Lack of required skills, not enough applicants | Mobile coverage, broadband speed | Transport connectivity problems | No | Affordable homes for young people, more activities for young people | ||||||
6 | 31/01/2025 13:51:08 | 7 | Yes | Would like to expand and buy another property and turn into a micropub or buy an existing pub | Large premises potentially if I was to expand to allow more customers and or live music opportunities | No | Changing the turning circle to allow deliveries to be completed and changing the use of grape lane or the turning circle to allow outdoor seating | 100 | 1 | Bike / Walk | No | Delivery access as lorries and cars can not park on the turning circle to unload | No | No | Change the use of the turning circle. Tighten the space that allows lorries to turn around, allow pace for outdoor seating. Remove black barrier and widen Grape lane | ||||||
7 | 01/02/2025 10:52:00 | 17 | Unsure | Threat is from government ie NI tax and business rates | N/A | No | review of the unfair business rates and better parking facilities for locals | 100 | 2 | Car | No problems | Often have problems with WiFi signal. Poor drainage has caused at least 3 floods in my shop during 2024 all with significant damage and expense. | We regularly have issues with poor connectivity | Only shop lifters | Expand park and ride to get as many vehicles out of town as possible. Delivery vehicles and tourist cars cause pandemonium especially on Church Street. No wonder locals prefer to drive out of town for shopping. | ||||||
8 | 01/02/2025 14:35:13 | 16 | Yes | Yes | No | 100 | 1 | Bike / Walk | No | No | No | No | Keep up with weekend events | ||||||||
9 | 01/02/2025 14:41:44 | 344 | Yes | Yes | Relaxation in planning laws re outside seating etc | 100 | 12 | Public Transport (Bus / Train) | Lack of local supply willing to work long anti-social hours | Broadband patchy. Power supply issues relating to high tides flooding substation. Road access is a recurring issue | Swing Bridge breakdowns causing issues | No | Parking - Residents parking in Tin Ghaut car park needs reviewing ... majority are holiday lets & infrequent visitors. | ||||||||
10 | 01/02/2025 17:06:21 | 4 | Yes | No | Yes | Greater street presence | 100 | 0.25 | Bike / Walk | None | None | None | No | Antisocial drinking in the street | |||||||
11 | 01/02/2025 17:09:50 | 230 | Yes | No | No | Parking | 50 | 2 | Car | Family business | Signal issues | Poor transport links and parking | Antisocial behaviour | Better transport links, parking | |||||||
12 | 01/02/2025 17:13:34 | 21 | Unsure | Unsure | 75 | 35 | Bike / Walk | benefits will be affected | signal for card machine, phone etc - very unreliable | swing bridge closures cause lack of traffic/people | No answer | Local people need to betop of the list, not tourists | |||||||||
13 | 01/02/2025 17:14:06 | 10 | No | Expand - condition of building | Equal or larger | No | Better parking | 100 | 2 | Bike / Walk | Yes. Travel/transportation/accommodation | All of the above! | Yes | Yes. Antisocial behaviour from local pubs | More shops / active businesses | ||||||
14 | 01/02/2025 17:18:51 | 40 | Unsure | planning regulations & conservation area | No | Council cooperation to solve problems & make solutions | 80 | 15 | Car | small recruitment base, no experience | services on Church Street have always been poor | No busses from Whitby Bus Station along Church Street | No Answer | More affordable homes with priority for Whitby people | |||||||
15 | 01/02/2025 17:26:58 | 2 | Yes | No | Have to walk to work as parking impossible, so better parking/public transport | 100 | 2 | Bike / Walk | Do not employ staff at present, but parking/public transport could be an issue in future | Broadband patchy, mobile signal non existent | Church Street deliveries difficult and parking a constat headache, other business have same issues so all traffic problematic | customer safety issues re traffic on narrow street | Strict traffic access times on and to cobbled Church Street | ||||||||
16 | 01/02/2025 17:29:45 | 30 | Unsure | No | No | A park + ride on east side | 100 | 6 | Car | Yes. No-one wants to work anymore | Sometimes at busy periods | Poor + restricted access, public transport | Yes. People's behaviour | Everything needs sorting, it's a disgrace. Money is getting spent on the wrong things. Why is money been spent on Maritime hub when you can hardly get any trawlers etc in the harbour | |||||||
17 | 01/02/2025 17:32:38 | 55 | Unsure | No | No | Car park | 100 | 12 | Bike / Walk | None available | No | No | No | Car parking | |||||||
18 | 01/02/2025 17:35:05 | 13 | Yes | No | Yes | More free parking | 0 | 5 | Car | No | No | No | Shoplifting Windows damaged | More parking | |||||||
19 | 01/02/2025 17:35:09 | 14 | Yes | Unsure | TRaffic control required, deliveries before 11.00am is OK, afterwards can be a problem | 100 | 2 | Car | No as do not emply anyune at present | Mobile phone coverage poor (narrow street, blocks signal). Goth weekends very busy, last October no signal between 12 - 4.00pm. Two drains near Board Inn blocked, reported By BI but not aware cleared. Torrential rain stroms, street has a river running down it. | Narrow street unsuitable for traffic and people, many days full with people | No apart from possible people/traffic issues | More local housing needed for local people to ensure companies have staff | ||||||||
20 | 01/02/2025 17:44:06 | 19.5 | Yes | Up for sale due to retirement | No | Being on the cobbled section of Church Street, the road should be pedestrianised between 11.00am - 3.00pm before an accident is too serious. Whitby always needs more parking for all. | 100 | 2 | walk/drive | No | Road access is sometimes difficult, but expected on a busy street | Locals don't shop with us on a regular basis due to lack of parking in town centre. | No answer | Resident only parking bays not taken by scratch cards for B&B's/Holiday Lets etc. Park & Ride to have longer opening times & have a section for overnight parking | |||||||
21 | 01/02/2025 17:49:40 | 40 | Yes | No | Dedicated parking for workers in Whitby. A local coner shop for necessities. | 50 | 7 | car/walk | Not applicable | Road access. Internet does go down sometimes. | Road Access. | No, although shop opposite had window broken by people leaving licensed premises. | Affordable housing for people who love & work in Whitby. Out of town parking for visitors. More local policing. Shops & businesses to serve residents. | ||||||||
22 | 01/02/2025 17:51:30 | 7 | Yes | 100 | 10 | Car | No | Slow internet | No | No | |||||||||||
23 | 01/02/2025 17:55:29 | 87 | Yes | No | Pedestrianise the centre. Expand the Park & Rode | 85 | 30 | Bike / Walk | Yes, Whitby struggles for a working population. | Yes with Broadband and Drainage | No | No | Any new housing developments shouldn't be holiday lets/2nd homes. | ||||||||
24 | 01/02/2025 17:58:38 | 44 | Unsure | No | Car parking | 100 | 1 | Bike / Walk | No | No | Swing Bridge stops passing trade when closed in summer | No | Better parking (local permits etc) More short stay disc zones. | ||||||||
25 | 01/02/2025 18:03:44 | 19 | Unsure | No | More visitors | 100 | 1 | Car | No answer given | Poor broadband. Little communication published to retail. We usually have no idea what is going on with regard to Tourism | No anser given | Not really | More retail shops | ||||||||
26 | 01/02/2025 18:08:57 | 32 | Unsure | No | The turning area (Captain Cook museum) needs to go back to a private car park as we have lost 40 spaces on the Council car park. The turning area is barely used. | 100 | 2 | Drive/walk | Lack of parking spaces & terrible bus service | The drains on Church Street never get cleared and smell terrible. | Lack of town bus routes to housing estates | Have own CCTV | Better parking. Les dogs. Better bus service. | ||||||||
27 | 02/02/2025 10:15:08 | 40 | Yes | No | Cheaper parking | 80 | 20 | Car | Yes commuting by bus or train is difficult | yes both mobile and wifi coverage is very poor in town | public transport not good | only the odd time where alcohol is involved with tourists on day trips | More police officers and a police station that is open 24hrs not a couple of hours a day . | ||||||||
28 | 02/02/2025 17:48:36 | 3.5 | Yes | Unsure | Fewer vacant properties, and more footfall | 100 | 8 | Car | Yes. Lack of motivation to work | No | No | No | Better infra - hospital availability, doctors appointments, dentists, public transport, parking | ||||||||
29 | 03/02/2025 12:33:11 | 40 | Yes | No | Parking needs to be improved | 100 | 1.5 | Bike / Walk | Yes, lack of applicants / skills | No | No | No | Housing improvements to retain young people, parking for residents | ||||||||
30 | 03/02/2025 12:34:45 | 29 | Yes | Yes | 100 | 15 | Bike / Walk | No | No | No | No | Parking throughout the town needs improving | |||||||||
31 | 03/02/2025 12:37:49 | 7 | Yes | No | Parking for staff is a big issue. | 72 | 5 | Bike / Walk | Yes, poor standard of applicants. | Mobile signal poor- no backup if internet / phone is out.Drains blocked in road, long time to fix | Whitby is isolated, and that is part of the attraction | No | Better public transport | ||||||||
32 | 03/02/2025 12:40:04 | 30 | Unsure | No | 80 | 20 | Car | No | Yes. Flooding in shop due to dredging / drainage issues. Parking problems. Mobile signal issues. Broadband unreliable | No | No | Priority parking permits for workers in town centre | |||||||||
33 | 03/02/2025 12:42:36 | 95 | Yes | No | Cashpoint on east side, swing bridge reliability | 100 | 3 | Car | Yes, lack of willingness to work | Mobile coverage | Swing bridge issues, parking | 1 broken pane in the last several years, otherwise no | Housing affordability, and also rentals. | ||||||||
34 | 03/02/2025 12:44:39 | 10 | Yes | No | Better access for loading etc on Bridge Street | 100 | 3 | Bike / Walk | No | Water table under the shop - natural issue so nothing to be done. | No | No | Better wheelchair access. Hop-on hop-off bus service | ||||||||
35 | 03/02/2025 12:47:27 | 51 | Yes | No | discount rate or permit for local workers parking | 100 | 5 | Bike / Walk | Yes, unwillingness to work different hours, also seasonality is a problem for some | Slow broadband, poor mobile coverage | No | No | Reduce business rates in winter? Retain traditional values and encourage independent shops | ||||||||
36 | 03/02/2025 12:50:44 | 1.5 | Unsure | No | Reduced business rates in off season. More varied attractions to come to Whitby. Reduced parking costs | 100 | 15 | Bike / Walk | Yes, Unwillingness to work. | Blocked drains on Sandgate. Unreliable broadband meaning sometimes cant take card payment | Swing bridge breakdowns. | No | Parking at lower cost. Target more family trips rather than drunk groups. Fill empty shops | ||||||||
37 | 03/02/2025 13:15:21 | 56 | Yes | No | More parking and improved park and ride with increased capacity | 100 | 4 | Car | No | Mobile coverage is poor. Street cleaning inadequate esp Market Place | No | No | Improved parking, P&R | ||||||||
38 | 04/02/2025 17:05:08 | 19 | Unsure | No | Better parking facilities for local people. More disabled bays | 95 | 21 | 50/50 walking and driving | Only with professional staff - mainly because there are not a surplus of optometrist who live locally + road/train networks could be better. | No | No | No | The tourist trade is obviously very important to the town but it seems to be a barrier to those businesses who rely on local trade to be situated in the town centre due to lack of parking. I think resident parking within the town centre, especially for those who are less mobile - our local area includes a lot of rural areas who have to use their cars + cannot park easily. | ||||||||
39 | 04/02/2025 17:58:16 | 4 | Yes | Yes | More tourists, advertising on local radio etc | 100 | 1 | Bike / Walk | Yes, lack of applicants | No | Busy for deliveries in summer. | Road surface is cobbles so people trip, and hazard for wheelchairs etc | More advertising to attracy tourists | ||||||||
40 | 04/02/2025 21:11:22 | 3.5 | Yes | No | 100 | 1 | On foot or by car / by bus | People don't want full contract, only part time jobs | None | - | Had an attempted break in | ||||||||||
41 | 04/02/2025 22:00:19 | Not sure | Unsure | No | - | 90 | 22 | Walk or drive | Yes - location | n/a | Not sure | n/a | Staff parking | ||||||||
42 | 04/02/2025 22:05:52 | 2 | Unsure | Yes | Ghost town. Stop people buying second houses so people are here all year round. Busier winter period | 66 | 10 | Bike / Walk | Work shy. Easier not to. | None | No | No | No clue. Not local. | ||||||||
43 | 04/02/2025 22:10:43 | 25 | Unsure | More control over peddlers + make sure they follow their licence conditions | 50 | 1 | - | - | Road outside floods due to blocked drains during heavy rain (Drains not cleaned reg.) | No | No | - | |||||||||
44 | 04/02/2025 22:20:45 | 10 | Yes | Unsure | Control on weekend drinkers to encourage families and locals back onto Baxtergate/Wellington road | 100 | 7 | 100% | Not recruited in the last 1 - 2 years | Drainage has been a problem. Drains along Baxtergate are frequently blocked with debris, heavy rain has caused a problem. | No | During weekends local people in particular are put off from coming to Baxtergate because of rowdy drinkers that congregate down Wellington Road. | Tighter control of pubs with outside drinking areas. Huge amount of fights outside both Whitby Way and (the now changed) JK's. Also noise pollution from outside karaoke at the weekend. | ||||||||
45 | 05/02/2025 08:27:31 | 57 | Yes | No | Short Time Parking | 40 | 30 | Public Transport (Bus / Train) | Yes a big shortage of local staff.Seems to be very little property for rent or affordable to buy | No | No | No | Affordable Accomodation/Housing with occupancy restrictions so locals can buy/rent | ||||||||
46 | 05/02/2025 20:10:58 | 7 | No | It's perfect for the business services currently on offer as they are a destination requirement. However, to grow the business, new lines of business that add to those already in place and which compliment each other are needed which would require a different location. | The business needs more visibility as it's currently hidden away on a housing estate. | Yes | As a primarily a single product business, it's already hit its maximum turnover. Therefore, more affordable retail space in a location with passing trade would be beneficial. | 50 | 1 | N/a | N/a | The internet connection is not brilliant, but works after a while on a morning. That may be my provider or problems with the construction of the building though. | No | No | Most of my customers at the moment are locals who like that they can get parked for free next to my business premises. When I say locals, I also include owners of holiday homes and second homes as they also need picture framing done. However, locals appear to have abandoned the town centre due to the difficulty of parking in the summer and the rapidly reducing number of shops and services that are on offer that cater to their day-to-day requirements (e.g. banks, shoe and clothes shops, etc). A re-balancing of local housing for local homes as opposed to holiday accommodation is required, particularly in the town centre area. The shops and cafes in the town that thrive on the trade from tourists also need to accept that they need local employees, something which has been a problem in recent years. Without local employees they cannot provide good service to their customers. These local businesses also need to remember that local people also like to eat out and shop local, and maybe their only customers in the winter months, therefore, focusing purely on the needs of visitors is further alienating local customers. | ||||||
47 | 07/02/2025 13:44:52 | 100 | Yes | No | improved parking and less restrictions | 50 | 2 | Bike / Walk | Terrible problems recruiting, no one applying or only want 16 hours or less due to being on benefits | drainage and damp | no | just unsocial behaviour | lower rents, more parking, more visible police officers | ||||||||
48 | 14/02/2025 16:16:26 | 20 | Yes | No | Parking | 100 | 1 | Bike / Walk | Not enough local housing | Broadband some times goes down | No | No | |||||||||
49 | 26/02/2025 09:50:11 | 22 | Yes | No | Always need more parking especially for us to unload deliveries without getting a ticket | 100 | 2 | walk/drive | No | Drainage, Flooding. Drains are always blocked and floods our shop. Broadband always drops in and out especially on Saturdays. | No | Several drunken bus trips getting dropped off, some abusive calls when asked to place three cans in the bin. Police called on a couple of occassions but slow to respond. | Shopping including a bank, for locals on the high streets would be good, as far as i can see it's only for tourists and nothing for locals. | ||||||||
50 | 26/02/2025 09:58:57 | 3 | No | Yes | Not pay business rates | 100 | 10 | Bike / Walk | No | Price increases for services | No | No | |||||||||
51 | 26/02/2025 10:09:48 | 5 | Yes | No | More affordable, available parking for residents. Our customers on Baxtergate are put off when traffic wardens are sent here in the couple of short hours the road is open to traffic. It affects all our businesses. | 75 | 20 | Walk/taxi - not affordable to park daily | No | Road access | No | No | Investment in the High Street. Everywhere has closed shops. The few open are pubs or cater to tourists. Sainsbury's is the only place you can really buy clothes. Affordable housing, more investment for our young people to grow up, stay local and job opportunities. | ||||||||
52 | 26/02/2025 10:14:12 | 17 | Yes | No | Parking or storage room. | 90 | 35 | Bike / Walk | Usually the locals are not very reliable. | Drains blocked and bad phone signal | No | No, but someone had their bike stolen outside the shop. | Less parking wardens | ||||||||
53 | 26/02/2025 10:18:13 | 20 | Yes | Unsure | Public transport | 100 | 22 | Car | No | No | Poor public transport, lack of buses | No, but road can be excessively busy | They can't | ||||||||
54 | 26/02/2025 10:20:52 | 9 | Yes | No | Better parking. Park & Ride running all year. | 75 | 20 | Car | No | No | No | No | More parking for all | ||||||||
55 | 26/02/2025 10:28:18 | 53 | No | Insufficient berthing space | Quayside space with moorings | No | Council support with economic development & skills training | 70 | 21 | Car | Lack of skilled workers in the area | Some issues with drainage from Eskside wharf | Public transport links for visiting customers are poor | Employees motorbikes stolen | Promote and provide non-retail/tourism job opportunities for youngsters | ||||||
56 | 26/02/2025 10:35:05 | 45 | Yes | No | 100 | 1 | Bike / Walk | No response | Flooding of the blocked drains on the cobbled streets. Never been cleaned out in the last 10 years. | No where to park and buses unreliable. Situated on a small street with no vehicle access after 10.30pm | no response | Cash machines, more bins and maintenance ofpaths and roads. | |||||||||
57 | 26/02/2025 10:45:50 | 12 | Unsure | Very busy shop, small space | Would like to stay on Baxtergate, require bigger unit, but all available ones, the rent is too high. | No | Car parking expensive for staff, council do not respond to requests for buying parking permits | 50 | 36 | 50% walk/drive | Yes, no one turns up for interviews | No | No | No | Cheaper parking, lowerrent rates, so not as many empty properties | ||||||
58 | 26/02/2025 10:55:22 | 25 | Unsure | Stock space | A third bigger | No | Baxtergate needs more independant shops, less chains | 75 | 37 | Bike / Walk | No | Drainage a few years ago | No | No | Whitby is appealing due to it's independant stores, modern chains and restaurants are not what tourists want. | ||||||
59 | 26/02/2025 11:05:56 | 4 | Yes | No | More affordable & accessible parking for staff, hard to hire or keep staff due to parking costing £55 a week | 100 | 12.6 | Car | Yes - can't keep staff due to parking costs | Broadband connection issues. Parking limited & expensive. Drainage issues in shop and on the street outside. | Ye - staff need to drive due to living in surrounding areas without suitable bus service. | Had a window smashed. | Staff parking. | ||||||||
60 | 26/02/2025 11:13:28 | 9 | Yes | Yes | More around East Whitby/Mount Fram Close, more advertising, bigger road signs. | 100 | 1 | Car | no response | No | No | No | no response | ||||||||
61 | 26/02/2025 11:59:50 | 25 | Unsure | No | Better parking for visitors, locals and businesses. Locals don't shop in town as worry about parking costs/fines. Pay for a parking permit, but cannot always find a space, and have to park at the other side of town causing difficulties in carrying equipment stock etc. People need tobe able to access the town in order to visit, stay and spend money in our businesses. | 0 | 1 | N/A | N/A | Broadband/wifi/phone coverage are all poor. | Road access is also another issue I often hear people give as a reason for not coming to Whitby. | Yes we have had items stolen from our property (rear yard). | Better allocation of funds, obscene amounts of money spent on unnecessary projects, some of which will reduce parking even further. More obvious areas of need in the town include schools, regeneration of areas such as "turning circle" or should I say repairs. Possibly more park and ride facilities to ease parking issues and making the town more accessible. We have a beautiful & unique town that is in danger of being ruined if it's future is not managed more cautiously. I believe decisions made on Whitby's future must have Whitby's long term future at their heart in terms of infrastructure and accessibility. | ||||||||
62 | 05/03/2025 12:40:05 | 6 | Yes | No | Signage and street lighting | 100 | 2 | Car | No | No | No | No | Street lighting more public bins | ||||||||
63 | 05/03/2025 12:42:48 | 105 | Unsure | Lack of footfall and parking issues, the number of residents living on West Cliff has substantially reduced in recent years and tourists are concentrated on Church Street | If footfall continues to decrease smaller premises on Church Street or Baxtergate may be sought. | No | There are 5 parking spaces immediately outside our shop in a 1 hour disc zone, space markings would maximise availability. There is a lot of misuse of blue badges and moving clocks on, visitors find the disc zone rules confusing | 100 | 1 | Bike / Walk | N/A | Mobile phone coverage in the shop is poor meaning we have to have fixed card terminals and cannot offer a reliable mobile phone top up service; we are unable to have an electric smart meter due to poor connectivity | We feel that travel routes prioritise the centre of Whitby and tourists in particular do not know of the existence of Skinner Street as a result. | We have experienced only a couple of shoplifting incidents and use of stolen credit cards in the last 10 years a neighbouring business had their window smashed but no stock taken | Affordable resident housing would encourage more working age people to the area – simple parking and rubbish collection systems would enable residents and tourists to coexist | ||||||
64 | 05/03/2025 12:44:35 | 10 | Yes | No | Designated parking spot would be nice | 100 | 2 | Car | Yes - lack of applicants | No | No | No | I think the shops from the outside should be made to look a certain way – some shops look a mess | ||||||||
65 | 05/03/2025 12:46:38 | 15 | Unsure | No | More loading bay areas for deliveries, more fines for cars parking in the only loading bay in Skinner Street | 0 | 1 | Car | No | Very poor mobile phone coverage | No | No | More respect for issues like dog fouling and rubbish dumping outside someone else’s door | ||||||||
66 | 05/03/2025 12:48:18 | 10 | Yes | No | 50 | 20 | Bike / Walk | Only able to offer seasonal and weekend work is hard can only offer to school kids and they don’t want to work | Broadband sometimes | Skinner Street forgotten about | No | ||||||||||
67 | 05/03/2025 12:49:51 | 4 | Yes | No | - | 100 | 20 | Car | Yes, lack of experienced accountants in Whitby | No | No | No | More parking/better use of park and ride – it’s hard to park to get to work especially during the summer | ||||||||
68 | 05/03/2025 12:51:11 | 15 | Yes | No | Parking for local employees at reduced rate | 100 | 4 | Car | Yes public transport from rural villages and parking charges | No | No | No | Designated cheap parking for employees working in the town centre | ||||||||
69 | 05/03/2025 12:53:10 | 30 | Unsure | No expansion available on current site | Suitable at present | No | More available parking for our out-of-town customers | 100 | 2 | Bike / Walk | No | Occasional road issues | No | No | Only major issue is parking we need a much larger park and ride with buses running till late evening | ||||||
70 | 05/03/2025 12:54:26 | 1 | No | No | N/A | 100 | 1.5 | Bike / Walk | N/A | No | No | No | More affordable housing, more availability of rental housing | ||||||||
71 | 05/03/2025 12:56:19 | 1.5 | No | Company has grown over the years office space is now very limited | Larger property on one of the main shopping streets | No | Better access to staff parking in the w zone | 95 | 25 | Car | No | No | No | No | Parking for local employees would help with tighter restrictions on cottages (holiday lets) that can buy scratchcards – properties outside the “W” zone can purchase them @ the moment. | ||||||
72 | 05/03/2025 12:57:53 | 2 | Yes | No | Stop Blue Badge parking in 1hr zones | 100 | 4 | Car | No | No | No | No | Stop Blue Badge parking in 1hr zones | ||||||||
73 | 05/03/2025 12:59:13 | 42 | Yes | Yes | Street cleaning | 80 | 20 | Car | No | Broadband nightmare, mobile phone signal | No | Lack of CCTV | More rubbish bins, less seagull mess | ||||||||
74 | 06/03/2025 16:18:32 | 1.5 | No | I could have a thriving business if I was able to get some basic signage for our group of shops, cafes and other businesses. I have been trying since I started my business, but it seems impossible with the way the council is run and decision making is made. | n/a - small businesses could thrive in their current premises if given the right support (discovery) | Yes | Easier access to a group of people who can make basic common snense decisions. Cut red tape and stop making decisions based upon 'who you know'. Create a brand around the different area of the town and promote the areas in clever ways. | 2 | 2 | Public Transport (Bus / Train) | finding locals willing to work | drainage, rubbish - we have complained of issues with drainage and noone has done anything for over a year. The street is always full of rubbish. We try and do what we can as businesses, but it is continuous | signage to road (discoverability) | I would not stay at night or after dark in winter as there isn't adequate lighting in the street and that feels very unsafe | Lighting, regular cleaning cycle, signage | ||||||
75 | 09/03/2025 16:06:38 | 15 | Yes | Yes | Banking Hub, and machine for quick counting of coins etc | 50 | 30 | Car | Yes. Cost of travel, since the business is run by volunteers | Yes, electrical issues on Flowergate | Yes. Need more frequent public transport services | Yes, next door business (Poundland) is not maintaining the roof | A hub, connecting all services, not just banking but also council services etc | ||||||||
76 | 13/03/2025 14:21:46 | 12 | Unsure | No | More parking options in high season that doesnt cost a fortune meaning people can travel and park for their shift | 80 | 21 | Car | Yes | Yes, broadband signal rubbish, drainage terrible | Yes | No | More infra / amenities (doctors, dentists, schools) | ||||||||
77 | 13/03/2025 14:23:01 | 3 | Yes | No | 100 | 0 | Bike / Walk | No | Broadband, can't get stronger broadband in this area | No | No | ||||||||||
78 | 13/03/2025 14:27:50 | 11 | Yes | Yes | Subsidies on winter rent. Cheaper business parking permit (went from £50/yr to £125/yr in one go). | 0 | 20 | Car | No | Horrendous. Numerous outages with Northern Powergrid in 2023 on St Annes Staith. Openreach messing up phone signal + DigitalVoice upgrade expensive | Awful network, needs EE backup to cope | Yes. Couple of smashed windows due to drunks. When thefts reported police are useless and no point reporting - just put photos online | Better shops, local businesses. Aim for the right demographic. Move folk week to Hawsker or RHBay since they don't spend money. | ||||||||
79 | 13/03/2025 14:29:01 | 49 | Yes | No | Lower business rates | 100 | 17 | Public Transport (Bus / Train) | Yes. Many dont want to work unsociable hours | No | No | No | Better parking | ||||||||
80 | 13/03/2025 14:29:56 | 25 | Yes | No | Better parking | 100 | 1 | Bike / Walk | No | No | No | No | Better parking | ||||||||
81 | 13/03/2025 14:33:03 | 42 | Unsure | No | Lower business rates, more parking and lower parking prices | 100 | 5 | Public Transport (Bus / Train) | Yes. Many people can't afford to live here so move to cheaper places | Mobile and broadband are shocking for last few years. Many drainage problems | Why can't a local bus service pier road? | No, but we pay for private security | Make the town more affordable to live in. | ||||||||
82 | 13/03/2025 14:35:29 | 36 | Unsure | Unsure | 50 | 15 | Public Transport (Bus / Train) | No | Drains blocked and smell | Can't park during seasonal months and time restrictions not long enough | Open windows and loud music from pubs, disorderly behaviour with poor police response | More control over people's behaviour, makes the place less suitable for families | |||||||||
83 | 13/03/2025 14:37:15 | 12.5 | Yes | No | Ask delivery vehicles to turn engines off when not needed | 100 | 1.5 | Public Transport (Bus / Train) | No | No | Local bus (95) unreliable and not frequent enough | No | Many reports of shop lifting during the last yr. | ||||||||
84 | 13/03/2025 14:38:10 | 50 | Unsure | No | 100 | 1 | Bike / Walk | No | No | No | No | ||||||||||
85 | 13/03/2025 14:40:00 | 0.6 | Unsure | No | 100 | 1 | Bike / Walk | No | No | Sometimes. People carrying out works causes issue with deliveries | No | Businesses should be given free parking permits - massive problem in peak times. | |||||||||
86 | 13/03/2025 14:41:19 | 50 | Yes | Yes | 100 | 1 | Bike / Walk | No | No | No | No | Better hospital, dentist, GP facilities. More parking for locals in town | |||||||||
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