TWO new Neighbourhood Watch zones could be set up in Addingham thanks to a document seeking
villagers' views on life in the community.
The questionnaire, which covers everything from new housing to speeding traffic, has prompted some residents to request information from the police on starting Watch schemes.
Their interest has delighted one of the organisers, Harry Rowlinson, who said more than half the households to receive questionnaires have now returned them.
This means there are 900 documents, each containing 83 questions, waiting to be analysed - a task which it is estimated will take 30 hours.
A meeting is due to be held this week to work out how it can be done.
Fifteen computers are at the disposal of the Addingham Village Design Statement Committee and it is hoped that volunteers will start inputting the information at the end of this month.
Mr Rowlinson stressed that it was still not too late to hand in completed questionnaires.
Some streets, including his own - St Peter's Court - have a 100 per cent record for returns. But in longer roads, there had been a lower success rate.
The committee has not set a closing date and is hoping to get 1,600 forms back.
There is a collection box at Hadfield Photocraft, 124 Main Street, Addingham, and questionnaires can be dropped through the letter box outside opening hours.
Information from the questionnaires will be used to prepare a village design statement which reflects the feelings of residents, aged 11 and upwards, on the past, present and future development of the village.
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