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Budget Consultation 2026/27

Help us with delivering and improving your community services

Broxtowe Borough Council provides a wide range of services from housing, waste and recycling, health, leisure, business support and much more.

Every year ahead of the annual budget, we ask residents how they think we are doing in providing the services they need. We want to know what we are doing well, what needs improvement, and your ideas for how we fund services going forward.

The view of every resident counts and is of great value to us. Please take a few minutes to answer the questions below to help us create budget that works for all parts of Broxtowe.

You can read more about our strategies, plans and policies on our webpage.

This survey will close on 16 November.
1.What is your opinion of the following Council services over the last 12 months?(Required.)
Very satisfied
Satisfied
No opinion
Dissatisfied
Not used
Household waste collection (black lidded bin)
Garden waste collection (brown lidded bin)
Kerbside Recycling (green lidded bin, glass bag or red-lidded glass bin)
Street cleanliness (litter collection, graffiti removal, fly tipping, neighbourhood wardens)
Parks and Nature Conservation (parks, open spaces)
Leisure services (leisure centres, sports development)
Arts and Culture
Planning (planning applications and planning policy)
Economic Development (support to businesses, regeneration, Town Centre Management, business growth)
Public Protection (licensing, food hygiene inspections, nuisance complaints)
Revenues and Benefits (housing benefit and council tax support payments, collection of council tax and business rates)
Housing service (housing options advice, homelessness, provision of affordable housing, tenancies)
Public car parks
Community Safety (anti-social behaviour, domestic abuse, alcohol awareness)
Electoral Services (elections, voting)
Bereavement Services (crematorium, cemeteries)
2.What have we done to improve our services to you? Have we done something positive over the last year which has helped make a difference to you?

Examples of delivery from this year's budget include:
  • The building of a new pavilion at Kimberley Miner's Welfare Recreation Ground
  • The opening of the Eastwood Community Hub CEDARS
  • Funding to expand homeless services
  • Development of a new ramp and visitor centre at Bennerley Viaduct
  • Construction of a new pavilion at Hickings Lane in Stapleford
  • Continued progress on reducing our climate change footprint
  • Retrofitted hundreds of properties with energy-saving measures including external wall insulation, loft insulation and solar panels
Please explain.
3.Do you pay Council Tax?(Required.)
4.Council tax is an important way of raising income to provide the services that we rely on in the community. Please tell us what your preferred and least preferred approaches are to help us meet the needs of our community?

Last year you told us to keep council tax levels low and increase income through community wealth building. We have since secured major investment for towns in the Borough, including Kimberley Means Business and Stapleford Towns Fund.(Required.)
Most preferred option
Second most preferred option
Third most preferred option
Least preferred option
Increased council tax levels
Increased fees and charges
Provided fewer services
Generate income from commercial activity
Support community wealth building approach to economic development, which redirects wealth back into the local economy and places control and benefits into the hands of local people
5.Of the following Council services, do you think we have the balance right or are there any you think should have their funding increased, decreased or stay the same?(Required.)
Increased
Stay the same
Decreased
Household waste collection (black lidded bin)
Garden waste collection (brown lidded bin)
Kerbside Recycling (green lidded bin, glass bag or red-lidded glass bin)
Street cleanliness (litter collection, graffiti removal, fly tipping, neighbourhood wardens)
Parks and nature conservation (parks, open spaces)
Leisure Centres and sports development
Arts and culture
Planning (planning applications and planning policy)
Economic Development (support to businesses, regeneration, business growth)
Public Protection (licensing, food hygiene inspections, nuisance complaints)
Revenues and Benefits (housing benefit and council tax support payments, collection of council tax and business rates)
Housing service (housing options advice, homelessness, provision of affordable housing, tenancies)
Public car parks
Community Safety (anti-social behaviour, domestic abuse, alcohol awareness)
Electoral Services (elections, voting
Bereavement Services (crematorium, cemetaries)
6.Local authorities across the country are facing significant financial pressures, and Broxtowe has been one of the hardest hit by reduced Council budgets. This means we always need to be looking for new ways to raise income and make our money go further.

Do you have any ideas about how we could increase income, reduce costs or make savings to help us balance the budget?
7.Overall, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with…(Required.)
Very Satisfied
Satisfied
Neutral
Dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied 
The way in which the Council provides services
Your local area as a place to live
8.Do you feel that the Council listens to you?(Required.)
9.Thinking about the cost of living, other than financial assistance, is there any further support you feel the Council could provide you with?
10.If the Council could do one thing to make a difference to you, what would it be?
11.We are committed to tackling the climate crisis and have been recognised nationally for our trailblazing approach. We have the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2027 through our Climate Change and Green Futures Programme.

Overall, how satisfied are you with the Council's approach to tackling climate change?
12.Overall, how satisfied are you with the way you can access Council services?(Required.)
13.The Council deliver a number services to residents on a regular basis such as bin collections. But how frequently do you access other Council services?(Required.)
14.How do you prefer to contact the Council? Please select your most preferred option and least preferred option.(Required.)
Most preferred
Least preferred
Phone
Email 
Social Media e.g. Facebook, Twitter
Online through the website or online forms
In person
By Post
Via a Councillor 
Other
15.Please explain why these are your most preferred and least preferred methods.(Required.)