Have Your Say...
Your views count!
Your views are important to Mid Beds District Council and there are a variety of ways you can have your say. Finding out how we can improve our services or make better local decisions is important to us. You can play your part in influencing decisions that affect you, your friends, family and neighbours. We really do want to hear what you think of the services we provide.
Current Consultations Available Online
You can help us to find out more about what you think about our policies and services by taking part in the consultations we feature on this page.
Local Development Framework (LDF) Online Consultation
Make your views on LDF documents known by using LDF Online Consultation. LDF Online Consultation allows LDF documents to be displayed on the web with the ability for you to make online representations relating to a particular part of a document. Representations, once accepted by MBDC, can be viewed online in their entirety or in an edited form, allowing you to view all representations referring to a particular document. Please access the following links for further information:
Planning Obligations Strategy
The Planning Obligations Strategy is on consultation from 6th July to 17th August 2007. Access the following link to view the Draft Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document and background papers. Hard copies will be available for viewing at MBDC Reception, Citizone Points of Presence (PoPs) at Ampthill and Biggleswade and libraries.
Ongoing Surveys
The following surveys are currently online, and we greatly value your time and feedback:
Get Involved - Have your say at council meetings
All residents can speak to councillors at Mid Beds District Council meetings and make their views known. You can speak about any of the items on the public part of the agenda, either just before that item is discussed or at the start of the meeting. You can also make a comment at the beginning of the meeting or ask the chairman a question, which must be relevant to that committee's responsibility. If you can let us have your question in advance it will help you receive an informative answer at the meeting. You can speak at meetings of the Council, the Executive, Overview Committee, Scrutiny Committee, Ethics and Standards Committee, Licensing Committee, Regulation Committee, and Remuneration & General Purposes Committee (except on staffing matters). Each speaker has three minutes in which to air their views and only three speakers can normally speak on any one item. If a group of people feel strongly about a subject, it is best to get together and appoint a spokesperson. Your local town or parish council also has the opportunity to speak, so let it know how you feel.
For further details on committees, please telephone John Phillipson on 01462 611 034 or email john.phillipson@midbeds.gov.uk
If there is an issue you would like to see tackled, why not contact the Overview and Scrutiny Team and make a suggestion, or contribute to a review, please telephone Bernard Carter on 01462 611 175 or email bernard.carter@midbeds.gov.uk
Meeting dates and times can be viewed here, people are advised to check nearer the time as times and dates can be subject to change. All meetings take place at the Council's headquarters in Chicksands. Previous Consultations
Mid Beds District Council regularly consults with the public, people who use its services and its partners or other interested groups. These views are valuable in helping to improve services to meet the needs of the people of Mid Bedfordshire. Here are some examples of previous consultations:
Future Consultations - New Residents' Panel for 2007 "BedsVoice"
In 2007 Mid Beds joined with South Bedfordshire District Council, Beds County Council, the Police Authority and the Fire and Rescue Service to form the Bedfordshire Consultation Group and establish "BedsVoice" a countywide residents panel. Recruitment is now underway and the first survey should take place in summer 2007. If you would like further information about our new countywide residents panel please email mark.hustwitt@midbeds.gov.uk or telephone on 01462 611014.
Information on the previous Residents Panel Consultations are available here.
Contact us
Please access the following link to Contact us with your comments, questions or complaints.
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