Your Place Survey

Tell us about Your Place by completing this Place Standard assessment for where you live, work or visit in North Ayrshire.

The assessment asks you to consider how you feel about fourteen aspects which collectively form how you experience your place.

What is the Place Standard?

The Place Standard is an easy to use tool to evaluate a place. The tool allows you to consider the physical and social aspects that make a place, highlighting successful assets and areas for improvement.  

Please note, there is a small element of duplication in the content of some themes across the tool. If you have already covered a topic, feel free to score and move on, it is not necessary to provide comments on every theme.

This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. 

Pleasant and safe routes can encourage people to move around by walking, wheeling and cycling without relying on cars or public transport – this is good for health, and  for the environment and air quality.

Good public transport is affordable, reliable and well connected. This can reduce reliance on cars and encourage people to get around in ways that are better for the environment and for their health.

Traffic and parking affects how people move around. Good arrangements can help people to get the most out of their place.

Buildings, landmarks, greenery, views and natural landscape can help to create an attractive place that people enjoy being in. Distinctive streets and spaces can help people to find their way around, and greener streets and spaces are good for wellbeing, the environment and biodiversity.

Good quality natural spaces provide many benefits – improving health and wellbeing, supporting wildlife, reducing flooding, and improving air quality.

Good opportunities for play are essential for children’s development. Places with a range of formal and informal indoor and outdoor spaces and events encourage play, leisure, culture and sporting activities.

When facilities and services in a place, such as schools, doctors, shops, libraries, social care and community groups are easy to access locally, this can help people to live independent, healthy and fulfilling lives.

A strong local economy with a mix of businesses can help to make places feel active and attractive – most people enjoy spending time in lively places. Access to good quality jobs, volunteering and training can help us to stay active and healthy, provide social connections, a sense of identity and satisfaction, and an income where paid.

Good places have a mix of housing in attractive, safe and connected communities for different types of families and people. Where we live and call home affects our health and wellbeing.

Good places have a mix of spaces and opportunities to meet and spend time with other people. Some places also have active websites or social media networks to help people meet and take part in the local community. Feeling isolated can be damaging to our health and wellbeing.

How a place looks, its history and what other people think of it can affect how we feel. A positive identity can also attract people and businesses to move into an area.

How safe a place feels can support community activity, affect people’s wellbeing and influence how and where we spend our time. Good design and maintenance can make places feel safe by reducing crime and antisocial behaviour.

Places that are cared for can make us feel positive and secure, while those that are not looked after properly can affect people’s wellbeing.

Having a voice in decision-making can help to build stronger communities and better places. Having a sense of control can make people feel positive about their lives.

Thank you for completing this survey on Your Place