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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.

We will be running some engagement sessions across the borough if you would like to discuss the plans in person. More information about these sessions will be published shortly.

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.