Shotton Colliery Community Action Scheme

We hope that our actions together to improve local conditions has positive impacts on your community beyond the project time and that you experience longer term benefits. At the start of the project, we wrote to approximately 800 households in the project area asking residents to help us identify priorities that they wanted the team to tackle

During our time in Shotton Colliery we:

• focused walkabouts with partners targeting areas of concern which had been raised by residents.
• held five face-to-face resident surgeries were held along with visits to other community meetings. These featured information from partners, including topics requested by residents.
• picked up 119 issues of concern identified through walkabouts and resident reports. 19 legal notices have been served requiring owners to carry out works, with further legal notices also served by partner departments.

Working with our partners

Activities carried out with our partners include:

• the Police carried out extra patrols in the area, including along Shotton lines following reports of fires at the project start. No further issues were found on the patrols. 
• 2 community litter picks have taken place in the area, arranged by Groundwork and the countryside volunteers.
• multi-agency work has taken place to improve Shotton pond. Fly tipping has been cleared, signs have been put up to prevent fly tipping and fires. Extra Warden and Fire & Rescue patrols have taken place. New safety equipment is due to be installed.
• Believe Housing have encourage residents in the Shotton area to report ASB issues, as well as a reminder about bins and rubbish disposal.
• information about illicit tobacco, cold callers and scams has been given to community groups who meet at the community hub.

Next steps

Please give us your feedback here on the work we have carried out in this review phase. The deadline for this feedback is 31 October.

Once we have your feedback, we will update this section to include a summary of your feedback.

Although the Community Action Team leave Shotton on 4 October 2025 the work of Council officers and partner agencies will continue in the area.

Additional Neighbourhood Warden patrols for fly tipping still underway and work in progress to improve the local pond and surround area. Civic Pride will be working with local schools and community groups to deliver initiatives to improve the local environment and our Public Health and Wellbeing teams are continuing their campaigns and initiatives in the area.

Our housing partners are also currently providing bin advice to their customers and we have a further community litter pick happening in October. The next Police and Communities Together (PACT) meeting will also take place in November. (see event details below)

Please continue to report any issues or concerns to us:

• The Neighbourhood Wardens are continuing to monitor the area conducting proactive fly tipping patrols.
• The Fire & Rescue Service will continue to be proactive in the area and are continuing to offer Home Fire Safety Visits. If you require a visit, please contact your local Fire Safety Team on Tel: 0345 223 4221.
• The Community Peer Mentors are continuing to support people in the Shotton area. Please contact the Community Peer Mentors if you could benefit from support in relation to ASB and / or those people suffering from alcohol and substance misuse. Please contact them on 0300 003 1818 or victimcare@durham.police.uk