Citizen engagement platform | Durham County Council


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Welcome to our consultation and engagement platform

Let’s Talk County Durham provides a space for you to be actively involved in local decision-making, deciding together what should happen.

On here, you will find all the different ways in which we are engaging our communities right now which can include ideas' collection, voting, discussions, surveys, polls, online mapping, and participatory budgeting. You can also find out more about us, or get help using the site.

Visit the Durham County Council website to see our consultations for 2024.

In the spotlight.....

County Durham Plan scoping consultation

The scoping stage marks the first formal step in preparing the new Local Plan and is the first opportunity for you to have your say on topics and issues which will help shape its foundations.

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Communicating and sharing information about adult social care services

29 participants

Tell us how you would like to learn about adult social care services and support in the future. This will help us develop a new Communication Plan.

Pride in Place Programme

5 projects

306 participants

Keep up to date on the Pride in Place Programme for Crook North/Tow Law, Peterlee East, Stanley South and Spennymoor and how we will continue to engage communities over the next few months.

Open to participation

Barnard Castle Strategic Place Plan

147 participants

Help shape Barnard Castle town centre's future. Tell us what you think of the Vision for the town.

County Durham Plan scoping consultation

The scoping stage marks the first formal step in preparing the new Local Plan and is the first opportunity for you to have your say on topics and issues which will help shape its foundations.

New Selective Licensing Scheme proposal

472 participants

Have your say on our proposals to introduce a new Selective Licensing Scheme for privately rented housing when the existing one expires in 2027.

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Shaping Adult Social Care in County Durham

2 projects

132 participants

Find out about and take part in adult social care consultations and engagement projects.

Adult Social Care Involvement Forum

3 projects

35 participants

This forum is for people who use, or have used, adult social care services, or who support someone that does. We want to work with people who have real experience of adult social care to shape services around the needs of those who use them.

Updates and outcomes

Household Waste Recycling Centres

Have you visited a County Durham Household Waste Recycling Centre? Read about the customer feedback we have received from our Spring/Summer survey.

Discount Market Sale (DMS) Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

5 participants

Following consultation you can now read the new Discount Market Sale SPD and statement of consultation.

Help shape the future of Register Office services in County Durham

194 participants

Find out how you are helping us to shape how we deliver our registry office service and outcome of consultation on the closure of the Barnard Castle Registry Office.

Smoke-free and vape-free places

123 participants

Find out how you helped us to respond to the Government's consultation on smoke-free and vape-free places.

Protecting the fen carr at Hardwick Park

297 participants

Your views on the opportunity to improve biodiversity in the fen carr area of Hardwick Park

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Review of swimming and exercise classes programmes

2 projects

160 participants

View the feedback you provided about what would make thrive exercise classes and swimming more appealing to you.

Help improve Let's Talk County Durham!

This quarterly survey helps us understand how it feels to take part in our consultations and how we can make your experience better.

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