York Council Plan Consultation Feedback from Residents, 2019

York Council conducted a public consultation between August and September 2019 on eight city outcomes for its 2019-23 Council Plan. The dataset contains resident feedback collected via an online survey and physical post-it boards in public places, published by the Government Digital Service under an OGL-UK-3.0 license. Responses have been redacted to protect individual identities.

Use Cases

• Analyze public sentiment on city planning outcomes based on the described feedback themes.
• Study methods of civic engagement by comparing feedback from online and physical collection channels mentioned in the description.
• Identify resident priorities for local government based on comments about council focus areas.
• Model themes in unstructured citizen feedback on proposed policy outcomes.

Strengths

• Feedback collected via two distinct methods: an online survey and physical post-it boards.
• Data is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 open license.
• Responses have been redacted to comply with data protection requirements.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Public consultation via online survey and physical post-it boards.

Time Range

August to September 2019

Freshness

Data is from a consultation in August-September 2019; last update is unknown.

Geography

City of York, UK