Consultations

Open consultations

• Dumfries & Galloway Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) - ongoing
• Developer Contributions to Upgrade the Water Supply at Gretna Border Draft Supplementary Guidance Consultation - from December until 27 January 2020
• Moffat Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan - 2nd Consultation  - from 23 September until 4 November
• Cultural Strategy Consultation for Dumfries and Galloway - from June until 8 September 2019
• Empty homes owners survey - ongoing

Planned consultations

Budget Consultation

D&G Council is set to consider proposals to engage citizens, customers, staff and partners in the budget setting process for 2020/21 during November/December 2019.  More information is available at Item 9 here . Watch this space for further information on what's planned.

It has been agreed that by the 31 March 2020, approximately 25% of the overall public convenience budget (£128,000) needs to be saved as part of the budget development process. This means we need to change the way we deliver our service throughout Dumfries and Galloway. Part of the consultation regarding this service review was direct discussions with our customers and staff who regularly use our facilities. See the following for raw data from our consultation with both these groups:

• Consultation Results - Public Toilet Review August 2019 [PDF - 235.05KB]
• Consultation - Staff Survey - DGC Operated Public Toilet Review August 2019 [PDF - 178.71KB]

An update report was presented to Communities Committee on 17 September 2019 and can be viewed here (Item 14):

Recent consultations

• Moffat Conservation Area Appraisal - closed June 2019
• Beattock to Moffat Cycleway Option consultation  
• Parental involvement in schools consultation - closed March
• Withdrawn from school roll and home education - closed Friday 15 February
• Beattock and Moffat Transport Study - closed Thursday 14 February
• Eastriggs Transport Study - closed Wednesday 13 February
• Dumfries Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan - closed Monday 11 February
• Proposed new cemetery - closed Monday 28 January
• Council budget - closed Sunday 9 December -  Feedback - You Said We Did/Did Not Do Because [PDF - 328.14KB] - for more info go to https://www.dumgal.gov.uk/budget
• South West Scotland Transport Study - closed Friday 16 November
• British Sign Language (BSL) Draft plan consultation - closed Wednesday 10 October
• Inclusive Plan Consultation - closed Thursday 11 October
• Gambling Statement of Principles - closed Friday 5 October
• Dumfries and Galloway's Community Food Growing Strategy - closed Friday 28 September
• Holiday activity programmes - closed Thursday 6 September
• External procurement survey - closed Wednesday 15 August
• Ward event - Road safety in Torthorwald and Collin - closed Tuesday 14 August
• Community Learning and Development Partners' Strategic Plan 2018 - 2021 - closed Friday 3 August
• Stranraer Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan - closed on Wednesday 25 July
• Community Learning and Development Partners' Plan - closed on Friday 6 July
• Streetscene services - various Community Conversation events took play in May and June
• Licensing Policy Statement - closed on Thursday 31 May
• Caravan site licensing - closed on Thursday 31 May
• Community Safety - closed on Friday 11 May

Other ways to have your say

• Survey - tell us how we are doing
• Speak to your local councillors
• Attend our committee meetings
• Pay us a compliment or make a complaint
• Comment on a planning application
• Get involved with your local community council
• Make a Participation Request
• Submit a Ward Event proposal

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