Among the expressions of interest in considering the use of Lutterell Hall were a number of diverse ideas.
On 11 June 2019, Cabinet resolved to invite expressions of interest from third parties at the same time that Nottinghamshire Police marketed the adjacent plot and receive a full report appraising the expressions of interest, alongside options to retain Lutterell Hall for community use.
Below are some of the ideas put forward and some:
Following the Rushcliffe Borough Council Cabinet decision in June 2019 to market Lutterell Hall and explore options for its future use, a short survey was developed by the Council’s consultation team to gauge residents’ views.
The survey contained eight closed questions, where a range or scale of answers was provided, and one open question which invited respondents to tell the Council anything else they wanted it to know.
The Council understood the affection many in the community held for the Hall, so the Council asked The Campaign Company (a national consultation organisation) to validate the survey. This involved them reviewing and passing comment on the Council’s draft survey. A few minor changes were made as a result of this process.
The survey was opened on 11 October 2019. It was available online, to complete electronically, and in printed format from Rushcliffe Arena, the Rushcliffe Community Contact Centre, and from Lutterell Hall.
The consultation was advertised on the Council’s website and social media channels as well as being picked up by local media outlets.
The survey closed on 30 November 2019 and, in total, 689 responses were received.
Analysis of the response to the survey took place between 1 December 2019 and 10 January 2020. Stage one of the survey analysis was to filter the responses to remove those with postcodes not falling within the West Bridgford Special Expense area.
This was done to ensure that the views of those paying for (via the Special Expense) and living near the Hall, potentially the more regular users, were heard. This left the Council’s consultation team with 579 valid responses to the survey.
Stage two involved the analysis of questions 2-8 which asked respondents to express a view against a scale of prescribed responses. Stage three of the survey analysis involved the coding and analysis of question 9 which asked residents for any other views.
There were 375 individual responses to analyse ranging from one sentence to several hundred words. Common themes were identified and coded to establish strength of feeling.
The results of this analysis are presented below over two sections. The first looks at the quantitative data, that which can be expressed in numerical form; and the second provides insight into respondents’ views under the key themes emerging from the qualitative survey data.
Summary of findings
The Lutterell Hall consultation exercise, run by Rushcliffe Borough Council between 11 October and 30 November 2019, demonstrated a substantial level of concern about the future of the Hall.
The survey received nearly 700 responses (579 from the West Bridgford area) and the majority of respondents wished for the Council to keep the Hall or at least to transfer it to a third-party intent on keeping the Hall in community use (78% of all respondents).
In fact, only 3% of respondents supported the sale of the Hall; whilst 64% stated that they would be willing pay more as part of the West Bridgford Special Expense to see the Council keep the Hall.
To see the full results of the consultation go to this webpage
