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Here are some of the issues we have consulted on and their outcomes. See all outcomes
Members of the public, partner organisations and other stakeholders were asked for their views on a draft Local Transport Strategy.
Over 100 people attended workshops in locations across East Lothian. A further 500 responses were received online.
A number of amendments were made to the Strategy based on feedback received via the consultation process - these can be viewed in the report submitted to East Lothian Council on 30th October 2018.
We asked tenants and registered tenants organisations for their views on our rent consultation and a proposed rent increase of 5%.
95% of respondents said they were happy with the level of consultation and information they get about the annual rent increase
91% think the rent they pay is good value for money
79% said that they think the proposal to increase rents by 5% is fair
All the feedback from the consultation was put in a report for the Council's budget meeting on Tuesday 13th February 2018 to inform the Council and Elected Members of the outcome of the consultation. At that meeting a decision was made to increase rents by 5%. We will write out to all our tenants now to tell them what their rent and services changes will be for 2018/19.
We asked for your views on budget proposals and on the level of Council Tax for 2018/19.
Local people shared their views by taking part in focus groups and by responding to our online survey – you can view an analysis of feedback received here.
The results of the budget consultation were shared with elected members in the report that accompanied the draft Budget that was considered by Cabinet on 16 January 2018. The Council went on to approve a three year budget at its meeting on the 13th February 2018. You can view this here.