Hatfield Town Council strives to work for the community from within the community. It aims to continually improve the services it provides and make a difference to residents’ daily lives.
The Town Council has now produced a new Action Plan for 2021-25, see below:
Action Plan 2021-25 update 1 Dec 2022
There are plans to continue adding to play equipment and update existing, install a miners memorial in Dunscroft to celebrate our local heritage, to improve our Christmas light scheme each year, begin holding a community event on Jubilee Park each summer and several other exiting new projects.
Please let us know what you think is good in our plan and what else you’d like to see included. The plan will be reviewed at least once each year during it’s 4 year lifespan.
Key Actions
These are the things which the current Town Council would like to achieve during it’s time in office- that is during the 4 years until May 2025. The Town Council has discussed this and Councillors have provided some ideas for actions and improvements. This is the part of the Action Plan which will be most closely monitored, and fully reviewed by our Policy and Resources Committee each year in December to ensure budgetary requirements are in place as necessary for the following year.
Current Actions
The following projects are ongoing- having already been the subject of a Town Council decision to implement or continue:
| Project
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Location | Estimated cost | Completion by |
| Continue to expand the Christmas lighting scheme throughout the Council’s area
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Whole Council area | £20,000 per year in years 1 and 2
£15,000 in year 3 £10,000 in year 4 |
Autumn 2021 then ongoing annually |
| Continue to work with volunteers to enhance existing maintenance work |
Jubilee Park |
Staff time and small items of maintenance expendiiture |
Ongoing to 2025 |
| Install a miners memorial | Hatfield and Dunscroft Miners Recreation Ground | Donated structures may be available, installation costs and transport fees- grants may be available | Early 2023 |
| Investigate production of a Neighbourhood Plan | Seek partnership with other interested local community groups | Not yet known- substantial est cost over £20,000 but may attract grant funding | May 2025 |
| Install amplification equipment for meetings | Council Chamber, Town Council Offices | £1,500 | October 2023 |
| Improve access and security | Town Council recreation grounds | £3,000 in 2021
Future years likely to be similar |
Ongoing to 2025 |
| Ensure all staff are well trained to carry out their jobs | In-house training and various external training providers. | £4,000 in 2021 & £3,500 in 2022
£2,500 per year after that |
Ongoing to 2025 |
| Provide a Christmas meal event for elderly residents who live alone | Community Centres | Approx £800 per event
est £3,000 per year |
Ongoing annually |
| Continue provision of further community defibrillators | Throughout Council area | £2,100 in 2021 + maintenance costs
Unknown annual cost beyond 2021 |
Ongoing to 2025 |
| Installation of outdoor fitness equipment | 2 Town Council recreation grounds | Est £11,000 per set of equipment | Summer 2023 |
| Ensure site buildings are of sufficient capacity for the Council’s needs. | Hatfield Cemetery outbuildings | £35,000 | Spring 2022- completed March 2022 |
Key Actions
Future
The following actions have been agreed by Councillors, and a final decision will be made in December each year as to which to progress over the next financial year:-
| Project | Location | Estimated cost | Completion by
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| Hold an annual community event | Jubilee Park | £2,099 cost for 2022 event + staff costs | Summer 2022 then ongoing- 1st event held 2 June 2022 | |
| Continue with additional community defibrillator provision | Throughout Town Council’s area | Est £2,100 per defibrillator and £500 per cabinet | May 2025 | |
| Enhancement of floral decorations | Town Council area | £1,500 and staff time in 2021 & 2022
£1,000 from then onwards |
Ongoing annually. Extra planting 2022 and new hanging baskets | |
| To provide lit Christmas trees in the area | To be agreed- none of suggestions for 2022 were viable | £1,000 per tree per year + electrical installation and checking est. £2,000 per tree location | Ongoing annually from December 2023 | |
| Obtain use of land for provision of a new play area | Lindholme | Land rent: £1,000 a year, and
Play equipment: up to £20,000 |
Spring 2024 |
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| To improve cycling facilities on recreation grounds
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Jubilee Park initially, then other locations | Est £25,000 towards BMX cycling track. | Summer 2024 | |
| To provide cycle parking stands on 3 recreation grounds | Jubilee Park, Station Road, and Miners Welfare | £1,000 per recreation ground for 6 cycle capacity stands | Summer 2023 | |
| Continue the enhancement and improvement of existing play equipment | All Town Council recreation grounds | £3,000-£5,000 a year |
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| Project | Location | Estimated cost | Completion by
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| Ensure all councillors are properly trained- provide regular whole Council training sessions | Various training providers | £1,500 per year in 2021 and 2022, £1,000 per year after that | Ongoing to 2025 Sporadic take-up of training. Whole Council sessions Early 2023 | |
| Work with DMBC to tackle fly-tipping in the Council’s area | Whole area | Not yet known- staff and councillor time for a Litter Working Group | Ongoing. Working Group to meet as required | |
| Work with local prisons to help integrate prisoners back into a community | Town Council area | Staff and Councillor time | ongoing | |
| Carry out a programme of tree planting on Council owned land, possibly including a community orchard | Recreation Grounds where space allows | Some free trees are available additional expenditure for hedgerows, fruit trees- dependent upon size of scheme | Winter 2024
2022- Acer trees provided for avenue on Jubilee Park in partnership with FoJP |
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| To provide play equipment specifically for teenagers | Initially York Road Recreation Ground, then later Station Road and Miners Welfare | £20,000-£30,000 for a small parkour-type set of equipment | Spring 2023
Spring 2025 |
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