Charnwood Borough Council - Leading in Leicestershire

The Benefits of Consultation

There are a lot of potential benefits in effective consultation. Here are a few of the one’s that we think are the most important:

• Being seen as a Council that listens and responds to the views and ideas of its community.
• Understanding public opinion.
• Working alongside partners, businesses, stakeholders and residents to improve the services we provide.
• Better performance by providing services that the local community want.
• Feeding the results of decision-making back to our community
• Increasing confidence and levels of satisfaction both internally and externally.
• Raising awareness and understanding of the Council.
• Increasing participation in local government and the democratic process.
• Meeting our legal/statutory obligations to consult staff, employers' associations and trade union.