For the public to comment on the proposal for a lease to be granted to Taste Talk Limited for the commercial property at 2 North Port, Perth.
There were no responses received.
Taste Talk Ltd have not progressed to enter into a lease of the property.
To help us prepare a new Management Plan for Black Spout Wood, we asked local residents and visitors how often they used the woods, what they liked to do while they were there, what they liked and disliked about the woods at present and how we might make improvements.
We received 98 responses to the consultation. Most respondents were local residents and visited the woods on foot. Many were dog walkers. We received lots of positive feedback about the site and the way it is now. There was also useful feedback about providing information to help get around the site, the paths, and the management of the site more generally.
All the feedback received will help us to put together a new Management Plan to take us forward to 2028. In due course, those of you who asked to be kept informed will be consulted again once we've put together a draft Management Plan.
At the time of this initial consultation the Pitlochry & Moulin Community Council was in abeyance. It's hoped that we can engage with the new Community Council so as to review the draft Management Plan once it's ready.
To help us prepare a new Management Plan for Rumbling Bridge, we asked local residents and visitors how often they used the woods, what they liked to do while they were there, what they liked and disliked about the woods at present and how we might make improvements.
We received 128 responses to the consultation. Most respondents were local residents and visited the woods on foot. We received lots of positive feedback about the gorge but there are clearly aspects which could be better. There was useful feedback covering a number of issues including several responses relating to access to and accessibility within the site.
All the feedback received will help us to put together a new Management Plan to take us forward to 2028. In due course, those of you who asked to be kept informed will be consulted again once we've put together a draft Management Plan.
We asked the residents of Cavendish Avenue, Gray Street and the surrounding area about:
Comments were received regarding:
A Question and Answer (Q&A) Report was produced and uploaded to the hub in May 2023. The flood study has been finalised and the findings will now be reported to the next Climate Change & Sustainability Committee on 31 May 2023.
For input from the local community and other residents of Perth with regard to the proposed grant of the servitude rights over the Servitude Areas at Low Road.
We received a large response concerned about flooding issues in this location. Responses were individually acknowledged.
The Council have decided that in light of the anticipated Planning Application being made by Craigie Hill Golf Club for the redevelopment of the golf course, it would be premature for a decision to be made on the proposal to grant servitude rights at Low Road at this time. The Common Good Committee will therefore not be asked to make a decision on the granting of servitude rights at Low Road at this time.
The servitude application will only be considered once the outcome of the planning process is known, if appropriate.
We asked the community of Dunkeld and the surrounding area about:
Comments were received regarding:
A Question and Answer (Q&A) Report was produced and issued in April 2023 to those that attended the community drop-in session or submitted a comment form. The flood study has been finalised and the findings will now be reported to the next Climate Change & Sustainability Committee on 31 May 2023.
We asked residents to provide information on their experiences of surface water flooding in Blairgowrie and Rattray to help inform the development of a surface water management plan.
Residents provided a wide range of useful information on the flooding experienced in the area, including photographs and videos.
We collated the feedback received and this was passed over to our consulting engineers (RSK) to inform the development of the Blairgowrie Surface Water Management Plan, which is expected to be compelted by early 2024.
We requested your views on our draft Corporate Plan 2022/3 to 2027/8. We asked if you thought that the vision, outcomes and priorities in the Plan will improve the lives of people living in Perth and Kinross. If not, then we asked what should we be focussing on instead.
To inform budget setting for 2023-2024 we asked for your feedback on what is most important to you/your community, council tax, where we should invest for the future and where you would prefer the budget savings to come from.
Corporate Plan:
Issues raised primarily related to language used in the Plan. There were also issues raised by fewer people, but which were particularly relevant within the context and purpose of the document.
Common themes included:
Budget 2023-2024
Corporate Plan
As a result of public feedback, we have made some changes to the Corporate Plan 2022/23 – 2027/8. We have now made changes to the following:
From “People and businesses thrive in an inclusive and sustainable local economy across Perth and Kinross” to “People and businesses are increasingly able to prosper in a local economy which supports low carbon ambitions and offers opportunities for all.”
The second outcome of our vision to change is “Perth and Kinross is a sustainable and safe place for this and future generations” to “Perth and Kinross is a safe and vibrant place, mitigating the impact of climate and environmental change for this and future generations.”
In relation to the key priorities, there are two changes. We have moved away from “Placing communities at the heart of how we work” to “Working in partnership with communities” which was felt to be more about joint and collaborative working. In addition, “Growing a sustainable and inclusive local economy” has been amended to “Developing a resilient, stronger and greener local economy.” We also had feedback that it would be fairer to show our key priorities visually rather than by simply listing them. We have now included a diagram which sets a summary of our priorities around a circle in rank order. The full text of the priorities has been retained in a list which also supports accessibility.
Budget 2023-2024
The responses received in the budget consultation exercise have been taken into consideration when developing budget proposals. Almost all the service areas which participants indicated were of lowest priority for investment and subsequently highest for reducing the standard, frequency, or stopping altogether, have been included as savings proposals, including Council-run events, Customer Service Centre efficiencies, and Council-owned buildings. While the proposals do include reductions in some areas which were most favoured by respondents for maintenance or investment, such as winter maintenance and public transport, the levels of proposed reductions have been limited to minimise the impact on these areas which residents have set out what is most important to them.
Other budget decsions taken on the common response themes outlined above can be viewed in the results section of this page. Elected Members for Perth and Kinross met on Wednesday March 1st 2023 to set the Council’s Revenue and Capital budgets for 2023/24. You can view all decisions here.
We asked the residents of Feus Road and the surrounding area about:
Comments were received regarding:
A Question and Answer (Q&A) Report was produced and uploaded to the hub in May 2023. The flood study has been finalised and the findings will now be reported to the next Climate Change & Sustainability Committee on 31 May 2023.
We asked the Invergowrie community about:
Comments were received regarding:
A Question and Answer report was produced and issued to the local community. The flood study has been finalised and the findings will now be reported at the next Climate Change & Sustainability Committee (16 November 2022).
Following an onsite consultation in autumn 2021 at Victory Park in Bridge of Earn, we produced a concept masterplan for the site including the play facilities. We then ran a further consultation from June to July 2022 asking for your views on the design.
We received 60 responses through the consultation hub with a small number of others providing feedback through other means.
The responses were very largely positive with a number ideas for us to consider as we continue to develop the project further in discussion with the Victory Park Development Group and Bridge of Earn AFC.
Concerns raised include flooding and drainage which have been in our thoughts throughout. Respondents also had concerns about the management of long grass areas, and about litter and dog fouling.
Since the consultation finished we have held further meetings with the Victory Park Development Group and other stakeholders. Discussions are ongoing with Bridge of Earn AFC as the additional play equipment we plan to include will impact on an area they use for training off of the football pitch itself.
The concept masterplan proposes to raise the level of the ground where the play facilities are located but we have undertaken further flood investigation works very recently to see what else can be done. It is recognised that due to the flat, low-lying nature of the site and the underlying geology the Park will continue to flood after prolonged wet weather. The masterplan will be available on this page once completed.
For comments on the proposal for a disposal of ground to the owners of Myre Cottage, Smith Street, Kinross. The Council sold the residential dwelling, Myre Cottage in 1967, and the area has been utilised for the purpose of property access and parking by the current and previous owners of Myre Cottage since that time.
No responses were received.
The Council completed the sale of the land to the owners of Myre Cottage.
For your priorities about how the Council's Housing Service should spend your rent money during the year 2023/24.
The full results can be viewed below.
The results were fed back to tenants at the Tenant Summer Conference which was held on June 22nd 2022.
The results will now be considered and further consultation will be held with tenants before several options are put together for 2023/24 rent levels, based on what tenants have told us.
These options will be presented to our tenants in autumn 2022 and they will be asked to vote for their preferred rent level option for 2023/24.
We sought participation in our online survey on the Birks of Aberfeldy Management Plan so as to implement improvement projects and upgrades, as a working partnership with the community over the next 5 years, while seek funding for others. We also welcomed any other comments, impressions, and suggestions.
After an initial consultation with key stakeholders including the Birks of Aberfeldy Community Group and Nature Scot we received a small number of further responses to this public consultation. Some of this will help inform the implementation of the Plan.
We have begun to implement the items on the actions list featured in the action plan and are applying for funding where possible to supplement insufficient council resources and budgets. Simultaneously we continue with the programming and implementation of larger projects into 2023/24 and beyond, pending budgets.
We asked residents to provide information on their experiences of surface water flooding in Perth to help inform the development of a surface water management plan.
Residents provided a wide range of useful information on the flooding experienced in the area, including photographs and videos.
We collated the feedback received and this was passed over to our consulting engineers (Amey) to inform the development of the Perth Surface Water Management Plan, which is expected to be completed by early 2024
We asked for your thoughts and preferences on the free period products initiative in Perth and Kinross; what kind of products you would like to be able to access, what kind of venues you would like to access them from, and where within these venues you would like to be able to access products.
The current provision and arrangements on offer in Perth and Kinross meet preferences relatively closely, however more work needs to be done on raising awareness of the scheme and its offer to everyone.
The results were used to determine how we can improve the quality, usefulness and reach of the Free Period Products initiative in Perth and Kinross. A Statement of Intent has been published, which outlines how we will take forward the scheme in community, school and council premises settings in Perth and Kinross. For more information on the scheme, please visit: Free period products in Perth and Kinross - Perth & Kinross Council (pkc.gov.uk).
We asked residents to provide information on their experiences of flooding in Alyth to help inform the development of athe natural flood management study.
Residents provided a wide range of useful information on the flooding experienced in the area, including photographs and videos
We collated the feedback received and this was passed over to our consulting engineers (AECOM) to inform the development of the Alyth Natural Flood Management Study, which is expected to be compelted by early 2024.
We asked for your views on local housing need in Perth and Kinross as we begin the process of producing a new Local Housing Strategy for 2022-27.
An overview of the responses, as well as the full detailed results, are available in the results section of the consultation.
All of the responses gathered will be analysed and will help to inform the creation of a new Local Housing Strategy for the next five years.
Whether you are satisfied with the proposed changes to the Loch Leven Special Protection Area and Ramsar Site Guidance.
Responses from statutory agencies were of a technical nature. There were no responses from the general public.
The suggested amendments made in the first consultation were adopted into draft guidance. Further minor technical changes outside of the consultation period were requested by SEPA leading to a further consultation and minor technical wording changes requested. These changes were incorporated into the final adopted guidance.
We asked the community to provide information on their experiences of flooding in the Craigie Burn catchment to help inform the flood protection study.
Residents provided a wide range of useful information on the flooding experienced in the area, including photographs and videos.
We collated the feedback received and this was passed over to our consulting engineers (Amey) to inform the development of the Craigie Burn flood protection study. This is expected to be completed in Autumn 2023.