The results of a survey undertaken by Wealden District Council have shown that 95% of residents are satisfied with Wealden as a place to live
When residents were asked this summer how well they thought Wealden District Council runs things, 75% said they were very satisfied or fairly satisfied, not only beating the national result for England (71%) but also a leap of 25% since the last time a similar survey was conducted. And at the time that was the highest in East Sussex.
- Wealden has performed better than the national results for England, according to data provided by the Local Government Association, across all five benchmarking questions in the survey:
- In Wealden, 95% are satisfied with their local area as a place to live, compared with 83% nationally.
- 70% of residents feel the Council keeps them either very well or fairly well informed about the services and benefits it provides, compared with 67% nationally.
- 58% of residents strongly or tend to agree that Wealden District Council provides value for money compared to 52% nationally. This rose to 67% when respondents were made aware that the Council only keeps 10.5% of the council tax it collects.
- 69% of residents think that the Council acts on the concerns of local residents either a great deal or a fair amount, compared with 65% nationally.
“Understanding resident’s views is key to helping us make informed decisions that benefit the District as a whole and I am delighted with the responses to this survey,” said Councillor Nick Collinson, Portfolio Holder for Community Leadership and Communications. “I am especially pleased that we scored so highly during a period of significant change and budgetary restrictions, but this does follow five years stability in Wealden’s Council tax.”
Wealden District Council undertook a general satisfaction survey to find out exactly what people thought of the work being done by the Council across the District. One thousand residents were contacted by telephone as a statistically representative sample across the District. Following a decision at Wealden’s Cabinet on 3 December a repeat survey will be conducted in 2017.
