A SURVEY by Peebles Community Council found the natural environment, friendly people and a thriving High Street is what people love about the town.

The exercise had two aims – to gather local opinion and to raise the profile of PCC.

The results presented in printed charts were handed out at its recent meeting.

Last month’s 1.5 hour survey by five interviewers in two locations, the High Street and Tesco, asked 99 people who stopped to take two questions.

Question one asked: “What three things do you like about living in Peebles?” and question two asked: “What three things do you think could be improved?”

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The top three responses to question one were: Natural environment (countryside/parks) – 73 people, 26 per cent; sense of community/friendly people – 64, 22 per cent; and thriving High Street/independent shops and traders – 47, 16 per cent.

Answers to question two were more evenly spread but the top three responses were: State of roads/potholes – 31, 12 percent; development (infrastructure has not kept pace with housebuilding) – 24, 9.4 per cent; and parking (insufficient/unenforced) – 21, 8.2 per cent.

During last Thursday’s meeting one member joked that now the Scottish Borders councillors have seen the survey, “they can digest it and get it sorted”.