We comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 for the purpose of processing personal data in the performance of its legitimate business.

Any information held by us will be processed in compliance with the principles set out in the Act.

The Consultation Portal allows you to make comments online. You may be required to register your details in order to participate in certain consultation events. Your name and/or comments may then be displayed publicly. The privacy settings can be viewed in the Information area for each consultation event.

Cookies

This site uses two cookies - session cookies and Google Analytics cookies.  The session cookies enable the smooth use of the site, allowing our server to maintain information about the state of a particular user’s session across different browser requests.  Session cookies have no information about you or your details other than a temporary code (session ID) which is processed securely on the server. This cookie expires and is deleted automatically when the session ends.

The analytics cookies provide site usage statistics and track the time spent on various pages (but gather no personal information) and expire after 24 months. Google Analytics provides the Authority with anonymous information about how the consultation is used. Further information can be found on Google's Support Pages.