Welcome to the first public consultation being conducted by Telford Council Watch.
We are going to cover a wide variety of issues, some of which you may be aware of, others you may not have known.
www.telfordcouncilwatch.org.uk thank you for your time and will offer feedback on the consultation soon after finishing.
Section 1
Quango's
Did you know that Telford and Wrekin Council has its own Limited Company? Yes No
Did you know it is funded by local tax payers money? Yes No
Did you know The board of this Limited Company only has one elected
representative? Yes No
Have you heard of the City Region? Yes No
Do you know what it is set up to do? Yes No
Do you know it is funded by tax payers money? Yes No
Do you know it could get tax raising powers? Yes No
Do you know it could have pathfinder status? Yes No
Section 2
Telford Town Park
Do you know that the council changed the Town Park Boundaries? Yes No
Do you know the Council are selling off parts of the Town Park? Yes No
Do you know the Arena is part of the Town Park? Yes No
Do you know that wildlife is under threat because of Town Park
land sales? Yes No
Do you agree with selling off parts of the Town Park to developers? Yes No
Section 3
Household Waste Collections
Are you happy with your collection service Yes No
Would you support a return to weekly household waste collections? Yes No
Section 4
Social Housing
Are you aware that the Wrekin Housing Trust sell their properties? Yes No
Did you know the housing waiting list is over 9000? Yes No
Did you know the waiting list has increased by over 3700 in 1 year ? Yes No
Do you know about Choose Your Home? Yes No
Did you know the waiting list increased by over 3700 since
Choose your Home started? Yes No
Did you know Homelessness has increased in the borough? Yes No
Do you know that the Council has no idea how many non statutory homeless
people are in the borough? Yes No
Section 5
Consultation
Do you feel you get consulted on the issues that affect you and you are
expected to pay for? Yes No
Other Comments
Please feel free to place any comments below or ask any questions you may have.
Only a summary of final results will be placed into the public forum no personnal details with viewed by any third party.
Please return by email - if you wish to remain anonymous you can create an email account through systems like
www.mail.com or please forward by post to
John Franklyn
83 Queens Road
Donnington
Telford
TF2 8BZ
Thank you for your participation.