FAQs about the consultation
You can have your say in our public consultation running between Monday 30 June and Sunday 10 August 2025.
The easiest way to have your say in the consultation is to complete the online questionnaire. You will be provided with background information, and the questionnaire should take around 10 minutes to complete.
Find out more about the proposals at a consultation session on Friday 18 July, from 2pm to 4pm, in the Ordish Room, upstairs at Derby Market Hall. This will be with Paul Simpson, Chief Executive of Derby City Council, and Council Leader Cllr Nadine Peatfield.
Hard copies of the questionnaire are available on request – please contact Public Perspectives:
Email: Derbyshire@publicperspectives.co.uk
Freephone: 0800 533 5386 (please leave a message and they will call you back)
If you need help or support to respond to the consultation, or would like the questionnaire in an alternative format (for example, large print, British Sign Language) or language please contact Public Perspectives:
Email: Derbyshire@publicperspectives.co.uk
Freephone: 0800 533 5386 (please leave a message and they will call you back)
Access for Deaf people contact numbers
Relay UK: 18001 0800 533 5386
BSL Signing Service
Text: 07774 333412
The consultation is being conducted on behalf of Derbyshire’s eight borough and district council, and Derby City Council, by an independent and specialist research company called Public Perspectives. This is to ensure the consultation process is robust and impartial.
Your personal details are managed securely and within data protection laws. Your responses are anonymous and confidential, which means your personal information will not be reported alongside your answers. Each of the partner council privacy notices will apply and anonymised data will be shared between councils. Please read Public Perspectives' privacy notice.
You don’t have to provide your postcode information when completing the questionnaire, but it is valuable as it helps us build a picture of the views of people from different parts of the county.
Your responses are anonymous and confidential, which means your personal information will not be reported alongside your answers.
Your personal details are managed securely and within data protection laws. Your responses are anonymous and confidential, which means your personal information will not be reported alongside your answers. Each of the partner council privacy notices will apply and anonymised data will be shared between councils. Please read Public Perspectives' privacy notice.