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Welcome to Our Big Conversation, where you can find important large public consultations in York.

For other consultations please visit www.york.gov.uk/consultations.

Featured activities

  • Stage 3 – Our Big Budget Conversation – Budget Proposals

    York’s Budget Proposals – Shaping Our City’s Future We want all York residents to take part in our new budget consultation. This is your chance to have a say in how York’s money is spent. We want to make sure the services you need continue, even though we need to save approximately £30 million over the next three years. There is less money coming in and more need for services because of rising costs and an ageing population. We might not balance our budget...

    Closes 1 January 2025

  • Riverside Path Improvement

    The riverside path between Jubilee Terrace and Scarborough Bridge is a key route on the pedestrian and cycle network connecting the west of the city with the city centre. We are asking residents and users of the path to share their views on detailed designs to improve the riverside path. This follows previous engagement carried out in December 2022 – January 2023 . Since then, the council has been carrying out work to design a scheme that looks to ...

    Closes 1 December 2024

  • Our Big Budget Conversation

    This stage of the Budget Consultation is now closed. Right now, our budget is near breaking point. City of York Council is one of the lowest funded unitary authorities and after a decade of cuts, we are facing a financial challenge we have never seen before, caused by factors outside our control. We must protect services that care for people while delivering the services you rely on. Over the next three years we need to make budget savings of £30m. We simply don’t...

    Closed 1 September 2024

Open activities

  • Riverside Path Improvement

    The riverside path between Jubilee Terrace and Scarborough Bridge is a key route on the pedestrian and cycle network connecting the west of the city with the city centre. We are asking residents and users of the path to share their views on detailed designs to improve the riverside...

    Closes 1 December 2024

  • Stage 3 – Our Big Budget Conversation – Budget Proposals

    York’s Budget Proposals – Shaping Our City’s Future We want all York residents to take part in our new budget consultation. This is your chance to have a say in how York’s money is spent. We want to make sure the services you need continue, even though we need to save approximately £30...

    Closes 1 January 2025

Closed activities

  • Our Big Budget Conversation

    This stage of the Budget Consultation is now closed. Right now, our budget is near breaking point. City of York Council is one of the lowest funded unitary authorities and after a decade of cuts, we are facing a financial challenge we have never seen before, caused by factors outside our...

    Closed 1 September 2024

  • Our Big Transport Conversation

    Between November 2023 and early February 2024, we held a significant public consultation looking at 10 policies to deliver a more sustainable future for York’s transport. The consultation is now closed. We are now analysing all the on- and off-line responses and will report on our findings; a...

    Closed 4 February 2024