Consultations
Let us Know What you Think!
Durham County Council is committed to consultation. This is because we believe listening to what people say helps us to improve our services and reflect local views and opinions in the decisions we make.
Throughout our work we regularly consult local people, groups and organisations. The feedback we receive helps us to make informed decisions and policies to meet the needs of County Durham and of local people.
In this part of our site, you will find various topics and issues upon which we would like your views. You will also find details of recent consultations and feedback reports which summarise what we have learnt from recent consultation exercises and what we intend to do as a result. You can also find out more information about our Citizens Panels.
Your views are important to us. So please take this opportunity to let us know what you think.
Current Surveys and Consultations
Below is a list of the consultations currently taking place:
- Esh Winning Primary School transformation.
- Area Action Partnership consultation on how they will be run.
- Sustainable Community Strategy Consultation
- How local people can get involved in the local decisions of the new unitary council
- Electoral Review of the new County Durham unitary council
- Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Consultation
Other Consultation Exercises We Have Undertaken
- Bus Strategy consultation.
- County Durham Economic Strategy consultation
- Rights of Way Improvement Plan consultation
- Health Improvement Plan 2007-2012
- Budget Consultation 2008-09
- BSF consultations
- Traffic Management Consultations: the council's Traffic Management Unit regularly consult on issues such as introducing traffic calming measures onto the County's roads.
- The Pattern and Provision of Schooling in Stanley Consett and the Durham City Area
- Accessibility and Parking Guidelines
- Building Schools for the Future - The Vision consultation ended on 3 October 2005.
- Chilton Bypass - Information and public information leaflet.
- Citizens Panel
- County Flowers Project - The vote for the official county flower.
- Economic Strategy 2002 - 2007
- Learning Unlimited - A consultation on the County's Vision for Secondary Education.
- Local Transport Plan 2 - The consultation resulting in the provisional Local Transport Plan 2 document involved local people giving their opinions on how transport in County Durham should function between 2006 and 2011.
- Local Strategic Partnership - Framework in County Durham on their website.
- Minerals Issues and Options Report - the County Council needs your views on the approach we should take to the future of quarrying in County Durham. Visit the Minerals and Waste Development Framework webpage to read our consultation document.
- Race Equality Scheme - Consultation draft.
- Saddler Street Road Charges
- Social Care and Health User Feedback
- State of the County Debate 2005 - The first debate of its kind run by the County Council giving local people the chance to have their say on issues in County Durham in an open forum.
- Statement of Community Involvement - have your say on how we involve you in planning matters in County Durham. Visit our Statement of Community Involvement webpage and let us know if we are proposing to do enough to involve you in County planning matters.
- Trading Standards Surveys and Questionnaires.
- Treasurers' Customer Care Survey 2004
- Unitary Government in County Durham
- Urban Capacity Study - Central to the future supply and location of new housing within urban areas.
- Walking Strategy - Key issues paper and on-line survey.
- Waste Strategy - This consultation ended on 21 October 2005. County Durham's waste services have been reviewing the County Durham Joint Municipal Waste Strategy following changes to legislation and technical issues since the 2002 strategy was implemented. The strategy was drafted and finally adopted in April 2006.
- West Auckland Bypass - Information about consultation exhibitions, leaflets and questionnaires.
