Current Consultations
Views sought on review of Common Allocation Policy
The Tees Valley Lettings Partnership is inviting views on its review of the Tees Valley Common Allocations Policy.
The Tees Valley Lettings Partnership is made up of five local authorities and a number of registered provider partners that either own or manage housing stock across the Tees Valley:
• Darlington Borough Council
• Hartlepool Borough Council
• Middlesbrough Council
• Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
• Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
• Beyond Housing
• Home Group
• North Star
The policy review has taken into account current housing need across Tees Valley, legislation and statutory guidance. Views are sought from residents, partners and stakeholders from the statutory, voluntary and community sector on the changes that have been proposed.
The consultation runs until Friday 12 July 2019.
Consultation on proposed renewal of dog control powers (Redcar & Cleveland public spaces protection order 2016)
The council is asking anyone who lives, works, does business, or visits the borough for their views on its proposal to renew or extend the existing dog control powers in force within the borough for another three years (until 30 June 2022).
The current powers take the form of a public spaces protection order (PSPO) and have been in force since 1 July 2016. These powers allow the council to take enforcement action by issuing on the spot £100 fines to dog walkers who:
- fail to clean up after their dog;
- permit their dogs to enter areas of Redcar and Saltburn beaches between 1 May and 30 September;
- permit their dogs to enter any of the council's nine cemeteries;
- permit their dogs to enter any of the 64 fenced-off children's play areas across the borough;
- fail to have the means to pick-up after their dog.
The current PSPO will end on 1 July 2019 unless the council extends it for a further three years so the council can continue to take enforcement action to tackle dog related antisocial behaviour.
More detailed background information is available to view below.
You can give your views by completing the on-line questionnaire here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QFNML93
The last date for responses is Wednesday 26 June 2019.
Digital Durham Programme
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council is working with partner councils as part of the Digital Durham programme to improve broadband infrastructure.
Digital Durham is working to provide superfast broadband in the council areas of County Durham, Gateshead, Sunderland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Tees Valley (Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar and Cleveland). We work in partnership with Broadband Delivery (BDUK), which is part of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Digital Durham contracts with suppliers who receive public funding to provide superfast broadband in areas where it is either not available or included in any future commercial plans. Significant investments have already been made with {Your Council Name} funding, Tees Valley Combined Authority and central government match funding. Decisions on where public funding can be spent are made following consultation and state aid approval as part of an Open Market Review.
The public consultation stage of the Open Market Review is now open. This primarily gives broadband wholesale providers an opportunity to comment on the classifications that have been allocated to areas from the data they have supplied. It also gives residents, businesses and communities a chance to review, comment or query the current and planned coverage.
Durham County Council is the lead body for the Digital Durham programme. Information on the consultation and how to respond can be found on their website at the following link:
http://www.durham.gov.uk/article/21388
2019 - 2020 Budget Proposals
We asking residents for their feedback regarding the Council's plans for the financial year 2019 - 2020. The full Budget Proposal Report is available for residents to view here.
You can let us know your thoughts by visiting our online budget consultation form here.
We will use this information as develop the 2019-2020 budget.
Strategic Transport Plan
The Tees Valley Combined Authority is currently developing a Strategic Transport Plan due for publication in draft form during Autumn 2018.
This plan will set out how transport in the Tees Valley can sustainably support 25,000 new jobs by 2026 along with 22,000 new homes. The aim is 'to provide a high quality, quick, affordable, reliable and safe transport network for people and freight to move within, to and from the Tees Valley'.
To do this we need to:
- Improve our local railways by having more, faster and better trains and stations, so that journeys by rail are quicker and more comfortable.
- Maintain and improve our roads so that they are safe and less congested.
- Provide better bus services that are punctual and reliable, with improved passenger information and facilities, which provide access to where people want to go, when they want to go.
- Provide safe walking and cycling routes to make it easier to travel on foot and by bike.
- Make it easier and safer to transport freight by road, rail, sea and air.
