If you would like the opportunity to get involved in local decision making by acting as a sounding board for future policy or service proposals, then why not join our register of consultees and give us your views about the decisions we make and the services we provide.
How to apply
If you would like to act as a consultee, whether as an individual or a group, then your name will be added to our register of consultees and you will be allocated a consultee reference number. As changes are proposed to develop our policies or services, the nominated officer will select a number of individuals or groups from the list of consultees who could be affected by, or may have an interest in, the policy or service proposals.
If you are selected, you will be sent a copy of the proposal (in your preferred format, paper or electronic), together with a covering letter and feedback form. You will then have a set period of time to consider the proposal and to offer your feedback.
All completed feedback forms will be taken into consideration as part of the consultation process. By detecting and assessing any adverse impact on a particular group before the policy, strategy or service proposals are implemented, it allows us to ensure that different groups are equally served by our policies and services.
Completing the feedback form is not compulsory and we will not chase you for a response if you decide you do not wish to reply to any particular consultation.
We may publish a summary of responses to a particular consultation exercise on our website for public inspection, but if we do so, all personal data will be redacted and your individual responses will not be identifiable.
If you decide that you no longer want to act as a consultee, notify us either verbally or in writing and your name will be removed from the consultee database.