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.
We asked tenants and registered tenants organisations for their views on our rent consultation and a proposed rent increase of 5%.
93% 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
77% 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 21st February 2017 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 2017/18.
We asked stakeholders for their views on the proposal to establish a new primary school and its associated catchment area within the land at Craighall, Musselburgh.
Of the responses which provided an overall view about the council’s proposal, almost all expressed support. In terms of the three individual elements of the proposal, a clear majority of respondents to the questionnaire (88%) support the proposal to establish a new school and its associated catchment area. A greater proportion of respondents overall oppose the element to host initially at Stoneyhill Primary School before relocating until the new permanent facility is built (72%).
East Lothian Council has made the decision to go ahead with the proposal to establish a new primary school and its associated catchment area within the land at Craighall, Musselburgh, subject to the adoption of the emerging LDP in a format that would require these new education catchment arrangements and facilities to be delivered. In taking its proposal forward, the Council will continue to engage with stakeholders over its planned transition arrangements for children who will attend the new school and those children who attend Stoneyhill Primary School.
We asked stakeholders for their views on the proposal to alter the catchment areas of Pinkie St Peter’s Primary School and Wallyford Primary Schools to include the Land at Levenhall within the Pinkie St Peter’s Primary School catchment area.
The Council received five responses to its questionnaire. A clear majority of respondents to the questionnaire (80%) support the proposal.
East Lothian Council has made the decision to go ahead with the proposal to alter the catchment areas of Pinkie St Peter’s Primary School and Wallyford Primary Schools to include the Land at Levenhall within the Pinkie St Peter’s Primary School catchment area. The new catchment and admission arrangements for Pinkie St Peter’s Primary School and Wallyford Primary School will become operational with immediate effect.
We asked stakeholders for their views on the proposal to establish a new primary school for Blindwells and alter the catchment area of Preston Lodge High School to include the Blindwells new settlement
Of the responses which provided an overall view about the council’s proposal, almost all expressed support. In terms of the three individual elements of the proposal, respondents were overwhelmingly supportive of the proposal to establish a new primary school for Blindwells (89%). A majority of stakeholders (50%) supported the proposal to initially host at Cockenzie Primary School until the new permanent facility is built (25.9% oppose). A greater proportion of respondents opposed the proposal to extend the Preston Lodge High School (47%) and St Gabriel’s RC Primary School (51%) catchment areas to include Blindwells.
East Lothian Council has made the decision to go ahead with the proposal to establish a new primary school at Blindwells and extend the catchment area of Preston Lodge High School. The Council will continue to consult and engage with affected stakeholders as the hosting and planned transition arrangements are developed and subsequently implemented. The Preston Lodge High School and St Gabriel’s RC Primary School catchment areas will be extended to include the Blindwells site with immediate effect.
We asked stakeholders for their views on the proposal to alter the catchment area for Letham Mains Primary School.
The Council received twenty six responses to its questionnaire. Of those who expressed a opinion, 46.2% were in favour.
East Lothian Council has made the decision to go ahead with the proposal to alter the catchment area for Letham Mains Primary School. The new catchment and admission arrangements for Letham Mains Primary School, Haddington Infant School and King’s Meadow Primary School would become operational with immediate effect.
We asked parents for their views on a range of lunchtime drink options for primary schools.
1,043 responses were received from parents:
Comments received included:
* Some parents were concerned about tooth decay if drinks other than milk and water were on offer
* Other parents were worried that there would not be enough choice for children if drinks were limited to milk and water.
We have listened to the feedback received and also considered advice from the British Dental Health Foundation. Based on this, we have decided to make the following changes:
We asked for your views on proposals to move customer services from Aldhammer House to Prestonpans Library.
The majority of respondents said that they wanted the two services to remain in separate buildings and did not want to see any changes to the Library building. A small majority (54%) said they would like increased Library opening hours.
We asked stakeholders for their views on proposals to relocate Wallyford Primary School and to change the Wallyford Primary School catchment area.
Respondents were overwhelmingly supportive of the proposal to relocate Wallyford Primary School (89% either agreed or strongly agreed), only a few respondents disagreed with this aspect of the proposal. A majority of stakeholders also either agreed or expressed no opinion regarding the proposal to change the catchment area (69% strongly agreed, agreed or had no opinion).
East Lothian Council has made a decision to go ahead with plans to build a new primary school in Wallyford and to vary the school catchment area. Work will now go ahead to appoint contractors for the design and build of the new school which is due to open in the autumn term of 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
93% 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 9th February 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 2016/17
What you thought of the Draft Plan that had been put together. Specifically we wanted to know what you thought of the vision, values and priorities outlined in the Draft.
All of the online responses we received said that they agreed with the vision and values we had outlined and most (84%) said they agreed with the priorities identified. Individuals and organisations also made a range of specific suggestions about the Draft Plan’s contents.
Many of the points raised during the consultation were incorporated in the development of a Final Draft (you can view the Final Draft below – the amendments made as a result of feedback received are highlighted). The Children’s Strategic Partnership met in January 2016 to consider the Final Draft and this will now go to a meeting of the Resilient People Partnership in March. It is anticipated that the new East Lothian Children and Young People’s Strategy will be formally launched at the end of March 2016.
We asked local disabled people, their family, friends and carers for their views on Disabled Go.
Feedback received suggested that Disabled Go is a useful resouce for local disabled people, their families, friends and carers. However, the need to improve awareness of Disabled Go was also identified.
The East Lothian Partnership will continue to invest in the Disabled Go website and work will be done to improve the promotion of Disabled Go.