The Tell Us About Your Place survey is an opportunity to share how you feel about where you live, work or visit within West Dunbartonshire and what is most important to you. It is based on the Place Standard and covers issues including homes, recreation, access, transport, employment, and services.
The results of the survey will inform a number of the councils services and strategies, including: the Local Development Plan, Locality Plans, Open Space Strategy, and Play Sufficiency Assessment. This is a key part of the evidence gathering for the first stage of the Local Development Plan and supports the Call for Evidence consultation which is running at the same time, see the call for evidence consultation for more information.
You can complete the place standard if you are a resident, you work in the area, or a visitor to the area and you wish to let us know how a place can be improved. Community groups with views on particular places may also wish to contribute.
The Survey is open from the 8 July 2024 to the 30 September 2024.
Complete the Tell Us About Your Place Survey
There are also children’s and young people’s version of the survey:
Tell Us About Your Place for children (primary school age)
Tell Us About Your Place for young people (ages 12 to 25)
The online survey is the council’s preferred way for you to respond, however physical copies of the Place Standard Survey will be made available at the council offices at 16 Church Street, Dumbarton, G82 1QL. You can access the survey questions in document form from the Our Place website and send us your answers using the response form. You may also send a response to the consultation sent to the Development Planning and Place team at the same address. If you wish to submit information to the call for evidence by email you may send it to LDP@west-dunbarton.gov.uk If you have any queries about the consultation you can also contact us via this address.
Another key part of the evidence gathering for the local development plan, is the Call For Evidence Survey, please see the consultation page of this survey for more information.
In Person and virtual Drop in sessions have been organised for members of the public to discuss the consultation with officers.
In Person drop-in events, with presentation at 4.30pm:
- Concord Centre, 25 July 2024, 3.00pm – 7.00pm
- Alexandria Community Centre, 28 August 2024, 3.00pm – 7.00pm
- Dalmuir Community Centre, 11 September 2024, 3.00pm – 7.00pm
Virtual Information Sessions can be accessed at the below Microsoft Teams appointments::
- 11 July 2024, 6:30pm – 8.00pm
- 17 July 2024, 10.00am – 11:30pm
- 28 August 2024, 10.00am – 11:30am
- 3 September 2024, 6:30pm – 8.00pm
If you have any queries, you can contact the Development Planning and Place team LDP@west-dunbarton.gov.uk
Next Steps
The information and views provided from the Tell us about Your Place survey will be used to create an Evidence Report, which sets out the characteristics and needs of the area. Once agreed by the Council, the report will be assessed by the Scottish Government to determine if the Council has enough suitable evidence to begin preparing a Proposed Local Development Plan. Full details of the process can be found in the Development Plan Scheme.