Participation and consultation 3.12 Effective participation and consultation means better LTPs. The National Consumer Council's Involving Users - Improving the Delivery of Local Public Services , provides a useful list of 'top tips' for involving users. 3.14 All parties involved must understand the reasons for participation and consultation. They must be committed to it as an integral part of strategy development. Authorities need to demonstrate how their LTPs have been influenced by consultation if they are to maintain this commitment.
Local authorities have considerable experience of consulting on transport schemes.
Under the LTP system, the increased emphasis on early participation has presented them with a considerable challenge. Some plans demonstrate a commitment to increased participation from the outset and throughout development of the plan. Surrey LTP Surrey recognises the importance of getting people to participate in the overall process and illustrates this in a diagram. Each of the stages in the diagram is covered in separate chapters, which describe how public participation influenced its development. Listing should not be taken as endorsement of any kind.