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Past Consultation and Responses
Citizens' Panel Consultation
Please note: This consultation is now closed.
In summer 1999 the Council recruited a Citizens' Panel of local residents who would be willing to give us their views on a range of subjects by completing postal questionnaires or by taking part in small discussion groups.
The Panel
To set up the Citizens' Panel we sent a questionnaire to 6,500 people, randomly selected from the Electoral Register and asked them to tell us about their satisfaction with the quality of life in their area and whether they would be happy to take part in further surveys.
The membership of the Citizens' Panel is 'weighted' to be representative of adults (the original Panel was selected from the Electoral Register that includes people aged 17+, therefore additional work is undertaken to ensure the views of young people are taken into account in decision-making) in the Borough in terms of where they live, their age, gender and housing tenure.
Since then the membership of the panel has been regularly updated.
Results
The results from the Citizens' Panel research are used to inform decisions and service priorities from a range of Council department.
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Citizens' Panel Consultation 2004
December 2004
A recruitment survey was sent to local residents at random. The results of this survey have been used to help us set our overall budget and priorities and produce a draft Local Performance Plan for the new financial year commencing April 2005.
Citizens' Panel Consultation 2003
August 2003
- Citizens' Panel - August 2003 | Summary of Initial Results (.pdf 157KB)
Consulted to find out if residents have noticed any improvements resulting from Council work and projects over the last 3 years, and whether this has made living here better. Information was also collected on views about street wardens, smoking in public, aspects of life in local neighbourhoods and overall satisfaction with living and working in the town.
Citizens' Panel Consultation 2002
March 2002
- Citizens' Panel - March 2002 (Summary) | Full Report (.pdf 532 KB)
Consulted to assist Hasting Borough Council with service reviews relating to 'Car Parking', 'Leisure and Sports Facilities', 'Catering Facilities', 'Cultural Facilities', and 'Council Services via the Internet or Telephone'.
Citizens' Panel Consultation 2001
July 2001
- Citizens' Panel - July 2001 (Summary) | Full Report (.pdf 499 KB)
Consulted to gather information that would assist with several service reviews. Information was collected relating to 'Waste Management', 'the White Rock Theatre', 'Neighbourhood Forums', 'Community Safety', and 'future Community Surveys'.
March 2001
January 2001
- Citizens' Panel - January 2001 (Summary) | Full Report (.pdf 865 KB)
Consulted as part of the Best Value Reviews currently underway and related to: "Contacting Hastings Borough Council", "Information about the Council", "Consultation mechanisms", "Contact with Councillors", "Image of the Council", "Traffic management issues", "Conservation & Heritage Projects Service".
Citizens' Panel Consultation 2000
August 2000
- Citizens' Panel - August 2000 (Summary) | Full Report (.pdf 421 KB)
to inform consult sections of Best Value Reviews on Parks and Open Spaces, Golf Course, White Rock Theatre & Performing Arts, and Building Cleaning and Maintenance.
January/February 2000
Citizens' Panel Consultation 1999
September 1999
- 1999 Citizens' Panel (Summary) | Full Report (.pdf 337 KB)
Full report on the recruitment of the Citizens' Panel and results of resident's questionnaire that includes:
- over-all satisfaction with the quality of life in the area
- extent to which the priorities of the Council are also those of the residents and which of six priorities should be considered the 'greatest priority'
- suggestions in respect of the aspect of life most in need of improvement
- means of transport/travel for daily or regular activities and means of encouraging more use of public transport
- importance of improvements to access to Hastings/Bexhill
- whether respondents are in support of or against a bypass
- 1999 Citizens' Focus Group report (Summary) | Full Report (.pdf 84 KB)
the two focus groups shared the initial findings from the postal survey; discussed how the quality of life, against the key priorities identified by the Council could be improved; and to considered how the issues identified in the survey could best be addressed.
- 1999 Business Focus Group Report (Summary) | Full Report (.pdf 184 KB)
The discussions with business people covered the following:
- Business attitude to level of recruitment, training and skills, and potential gaps between skills required and the skills of applicants
- Property/land for business development opportunities and views on business support available
- Transport and communications infrastructure, including e-commerce
- Costs of running a business in Hastings and how it compares - expensive/inexpensive?
- Main concerns about Hastings as a place to do business
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