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Past Consultations 2007
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Consultation is about two way communication and we feel that it's very important
that you are able to see what has happened as a result of you having your say. In this section you will
find the results and outcomes for recent major consultations undertaken by the County Council. By
clicking on the relevant links below you can view why the consultation was undertaken, who got involved
and also the results and outcomes from the consultation exercise. If you want more than just an
overview of the results then you will find press releases, cabinet reports and other relevant documents
and web pages to enable you to see what we are doing and why.
You can also receive email updates informing you of consultations that are of interest
to you by filling in our registration form
People were invited to give their views on proposals to provide a Travellers Transit
site on one of three potential sites situated to the west of Coalville. Views were required by 2nd November
2007.
The issue of unauthorised encampments is national. The last annual caravan count
in January 2007 showed over 3500 caravans with nowhere to legally stay. This is why the Government has
required Local Authorities to carry out accommodation assessments for Gypsies and Travellers and is
making 100% grants available for the development of new sites.
The County Council consulted with the public, neighbouring authorities, the Police
and other local agencies, the Gypsy and Travelling Community, Government Office and Regional Housing
Board on the proposals.
Consultation Period: 24th September to 2nd November 2007
Who got involved: Open to anyone
Results: Plans for a short stay travellers' site at three possible
North West Leicestershire locations will not be pursued.
The County Council's Cabinet agreed:
- that, in the light of the considerable number of well argued responses received
opposing the proposals and the views expressed by local members, no further action be taken on the possible
provision of a transit site for travellers on any of the three sites referred to in the report and that
steps be taken towards using existing legal provision to solve the problem of illegal encampments in
Leicestershire, such steps to include:-
(i)working closer with the Police aimed at a more pro-active approach on unauthorised
encampments and
(ii)pressing the Government to facilitate this by making appropriate changes to
legislation and/or guidance.
A report to the Cabinet said that the Council received 1,390 completed questionnaires,
140 letters of objection and two petitions. A detailed breakdown of the findings is contained in the
cabinet report and appendices below:
Cabinet report (PDF)
Appendix 1 (PDF)
Appendix 2 (PDF)
For more information about the proposed sites that are now not being pursued please
view the Consultation on Potential Travellers Transit Site for North West Leicestershire
web page.
There were three rounds of consultation:
(1). Educational Provision in the Vale of Belvoir and Melton Mowbray general consultation.
(2). The County Council invited you to have your say on a number of options to deliver
change and improvement to the organisation of the secondary schools in Melton Mowbray and the Vale of
Belvior
(3). The third stage of consultation commenced on 11th
December 2006. Based upon the findings of the earlier rounds views were invited on the preferred
way forward for the third round of consultation.
Consultation Period: (1)Monday 24 April to Friday 26th May 2006,
(2). Monday 25th September to Friday 3rd November 2006, (3). 11th December
2006 to 26th January 2007
Who got involved: Parents/Carers,Pupils, School staff and Governors,
and other members of the public
Results: The outcome is that the preferred option has been approved
as the County Council’s proposed solution for the reorganisation of schools in Melton Mowbray and the
Vale of Belvoir, subject to a two phase implementation process. The preferred option is as follows:
• The re-modelling of the Belvoir High School to provide a 600 place11-16 school
• Developing three 11-19 schools in Melton Mowbray each of 800 places (for 11-16
year olds) on the existing three school sites
• Providing a new jointly managed post 16 centre of 600 places
• Changing the age range of the primary schools in the Vale of Belvoir to accommodate
pupils up to Year 6 (age 11)i
For further information and to view the results from all three stages of the consultation
please view the Melton Mowbray and the Vale of Belvoir web page. You can also view
the Cabinet report(PDF)
Public Meeting on Tuesday 13 June, starting at 7.00pm.The meeting was about a planning
application by Environ which included the construction of a temporary aggregates recycling facility
at Enderby Quarry. The meeting was to explain the proposals and to listen to any comments that people
had.
Consultation Period: Tuesday 13 June, 7.00pm
Who got involved: Open to all members of the public.
Results: The planning application for the recylcing facility
was refused. For further information and to see the decision notice in full please view the County
Planning Application/Decision Search web page.
Public views were sought by a Leicestershire County Council Scrutiny Review Panel
in order to improve their knowledge and understanding about access to dentists. The Panel of County
Councillors has been set up to look at access to NHS Dentistry in Leicestershire County following changes
to NHS dentists’ contracts in April 2006.
Consultation Period: 12 December 2006 – 17 January 2007
Who got involved: Anyone who uses an NHS dentist in Leicestershire
Results: The key findings show a positive public health picture.
The results showed that 90% of respondents regularly attended a dentist and had not changed their
dentist in the last twelve months. For those not visiting regularly (10%), the commonest reason
given for this was cost.
The main reasons patients experienced difficulties getting dental appointments were
that the surgery was ‘full’ or that it was no longer providing an NHS service. This suggests that
capacity issues may need addressing.
There was a lack of awareness of availability of dental practices and the new charging
regimes. Also highlighted was the importance of services being provided locally, especially for
patients with specific needs. Respondents indicated that it was difficult to access an NHS orthodontist.
Not knowing where to find a dentist was identified as a local issue. This would suggest
that communication to the public regarding dental issues may need to be addressed. "
If you would like further information then you can view the Final
Report Of The Scrutiny Review Panel On Access To NHS Dentistry (PDF file)
A press release will soon be available from this site.
The Equality Act 2006 gives all local authorities general and specific duties to
promote gender equality. The general duties are to eliminate unlawful discrimination and harassment
and to promote equality of opportunity between men and women.
Producing a Gender Equality Scheme is one of the specific duties. The Scheme has
to be in place by 6 April 2007.
We are interested to know what you think of our draft Gender Equality Scheme. You
can read the Scheme and get further information by viewing the Gender Equality Scheme
web page
Consultation Period: The closing date for comments is 31 January
2007.
Who can get involved: Open to anyone
Results: The scheme has now been approved and is being prepared
for publication. There were 37 responses to the consultation on the Scheme. Overall the comments on
the draft were extremely positive and included requests from two local authorities to use it as a model
for the development of their Schemes.
You can view the full Summary of comments and responses(PDF),
the Cabinet report(PDF) and also download the draft scheme by viewing the Gender
Equality Scheme web page.
We consulted on Carers Support services. We would invited you
two events: one in Oadby, Wigston and Blaby at the end of January and the other in Melton at the beginning
of February 2007. These events gave you the opportunity to meet other carers and Adult Social Care staff
to discuss future service developments.
Consultation period: Two events – January 25th (Oadby, Wigston
and Blaby) and February 8th (Melton).
Who got involved: Anyone who cares for an adult with a learning
disability.
Results: This consultation exercise was to encourage networking
and discussion between carers so there are no formal results from this consultation.
A Business Continuity Survey was placed on the Business Continuity Section of the
Leicestershire County Council web site for two weeks. It was sent out to all local authorities
in Leicestershire and Rutland who are members of the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Resilience
Forum together with 3000 plus businesses within Leicestershire and Rutland.
The survey was designed to provide the respondents with an understanding of what
needs are to be considered when looking to undertake the Business Continuity Management Process and
to identify for themselves how far they are prepared IN Business Continuity Management (BCM) and what
other areas need to be addressed, if any.
Consultation Period: 26th March to 30th March 2007.
Who got involved: Businesses and Voluntary organisations (whatever
their size) and Local Authorities
Results: The survey received 52 responses with 69% from businesses,
23% from County, 4% from the District Councils and 4% voluntary agencies.
The survey illustrated that there is a long way to go with understanding Business
Continuity Management in Leicestershire and Rutland and improving the resilience of businesses which,
in turn, will enable them to recover should a major business interruption affect their business.
For the full breakdown of results please view the Business Continuity
Management Awareness Week web page.
Consultation has been carried out on the provision of mainstream home to school
and college transport. It was aimed at all Council taxpayers as well as those likely to be directly
affected by the proposals. An item was included in Leicestershire Matters which is delivered to
all homes in Leicestershire. Posters were displayed in all libraries. In addition to this standard
letters were prepared for schools to send home with pupils. The Leicestershire Citizens' Panel was also
consulted.
Consultation Period: 2 March to 4 May 2007
Who got involved: Open to anyone
Results: The Cabinet have agreed to increase some school transport
charges – and to limit their impact by setting up a hardship fund and capping the maximum cost for larger
families. The news comes after the County Council consulted the public on proposals to reduce school
transport subsidies.
The Cabinet has agreed to:
After
considering comments raised during the consultation process, the Cabinet also agreed to:
Ivan
Ould, the Cabinet member responsible for school transport, said: “We listened very carefully and in
an ideal world, all children would get free transport to school – but we are not in an ideal world because
of our difficult funding situation and unless we do this, we will be cutting into statutory provision
by April next year.
“We have, however, acted to ameliorate the initial proposals for faith transport,
by limiting the charge to two pupils per family and by introducing a hardship fund. And people who pay
the full charge will only pay an extra 65p per journey, as they will continue to receive a 60 per cent
subsidy.”
For further information please view the cabinet report and the relevant appendices
by clicking on any of the links below:
Leicestershire County Council consulted on the future of supported accommodation
for older people then consulted further on a proposal to transfer six Leicestershire Council care homes
for older people to independent sector providers as a way to pump-prime extra care housing developing.
Comments from individuals or organisations across Leicestershire who may be interested in or affected
by these proposals were sought.
Consultation Period: 5th March - 8th June 2007 and 8th August
- 29th October 2007
Who got involved: Anyone who wished to make a response
Results: It has been agreed that approval be given to the transfer
of the following six in-house care homes as going concerns to the independent sector:
A number of other decisions
have also been made with regard to this and can be found in the Cabinet report below. You can
also view the appendices that are referred to in the report.
Cabinet report (PDF)
Appendix 1 (PDF)
Appendix 2 (PDF)
The libraries section of our website is being revamped to provide more and better
services online. We wanted to know what services are most important to you and what new features you
want, such as applying for a library card online, listening to stories, playing learning games and submitting
your own book reviews.
The deadline for responses was 25th June 2007 and the new website will be launched
in the autumn.
Consultation Period: Until 25th June 2007
Who got involved: Anyone who wished to make a response
Results: We are currently working to improve the Libraries
website based on comments received in a consultation that took place over the summer. The most
popular uses of the current libraries website were searching the library catalogue, renewing items,
finding out information about libraries (e.g. location and opening hours) and finding links to useful
websites.
Suggested website improvements included displaying a list of recent stock additions,
adding a picture of book jackets to the catalogue, finding book suggestions based
on books you read and enjoyed, and listening to samples of our audio books.
If you have any queries you may contact Sheri Riddlesworth on 0116 265 6916, or
e-mail: sriddlesworth@leics.gov.uk
Reducing congestion in the Blaby area is at the heart of important road plans. Residents
and road users were being urged to give their views. The plans involve improvements to three problem
areas on the B582 - the Foxhunter roundabout, the Whetstone Tip access junction and Enderby Road at
the Victoria Road junction.
With extra traffic lanes, new cycle lanes and cyclist and pedestrian crossings,
the improvements complement the new park and ride due to be built near Fosse Park and aim to ease growing
pressure in the M1 junction 21 area.
People were able to find out more by going to one of the events below, where County
Council staff were available to discuss the ideas:
•Blaby District Council Offices, Narborough - Monday, 18th June, 12pm - 7pm.
•Whetstone Parish Council Offices, Cemetery Road, Whetstone – Wednesday, 20th June,
12pm - 6.30pm.
•Enderby Police Headquarters, St Johns Road, Enderby – Saturday, 23rd June, 10am
- 2pm.
Consultation Period: Now until 13th July 2007
Who got involved: Anyone who wished to make a response
Results: Construction works will continue on the B582 between
the Grange Business Park and Trinity Road until Spring 2008. Subject to permanent traffic regulation
orders being confirmed construction works will follow at either the Foxhunter Roundabout or the Whetstone
Tip access. The first phase of schemes will be completed by early 2009.
Further information can be found by viewing the Junction 21 area
website. More information is also available by calling 0116 265 6835.
A new state-of-the-art facility, incorporating all the features of a modern library
service, is planned for the heart of Oadby. At Leicestershire County Council we wanted the views of
existing and prospective library users to help form the design of the new building and the services
it will offer.
People who wanted to get involved were able to come along to the existing Oadby
library in Sandhurst Street where they found more information and a questionnaire to complete or they
viewed the new oadby library web page for further details.
Consultation Period: Consultation ended 31st August 2007
Who got involved: Anyone who wished to make a response
Results: The results of the consultation can be found from this
website as soon as they are available. In the mean time if you would like further information
you can view the new oadby library
We asked for people’s views on new proposals for changes to Adult Mental Health
Day Services in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Consultation Period: 16th July 2007 - 12th October 2007
Who can get involved: Open to anyone
Results: We have now completed the 12 week formal consultation
period. The responses are being collated, and the proposals for future Day Services will be amended
accordingly. The finalised proposals will be presented to Leicestershire County Council Cabinet in December
2007.
More details about the consultation can be found on the Adult Mental
Health Day Services Review web page.
We will keep you informed of developments by a newsletter
The Preferred Options version of the Minerals and Waste Development Framework was
approved by the County Council's Cabinet on 26th July 2006. A consultation period on the documents ran
from 25th August to 6th October 2006, this included nine exhibitions that were held throughout the County
to enable the public to find out more.
There was a re-consultation on the waste and minerals core strategy. A six week
period allowed representations to be made on this re-consultation. Further details of the consultation
can be found by viewing the Further Consultation on Preferred Options web page.
Consultation Period: 19th October to 30th November 2007
Who got involved: Open to anyone
Results: Following this consultation, work will move on to preparing
the Core Strategy and Development Control Polices documents for submission to the Secretary of State
for examination. Submission of the Core Strategy is now programmed to take place in June 2008, with
the Inspector’s Report expected in July 2009 and adoption taking place in October 2009. The programming
of the Site Allocations document has now been separated from the Core Strategy document with the submission
of the former not taking place until the Core Strategy has been adopted. A re-consultation on the Site
Allocations documents is expected in the Spring of 2009. If you would like further information, please
view the Further Consultation on Preferred Options web page.
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