Latest Consultation Results
Coxhoe Parish Council recently undertook a number of public consultations to establish the views of the community on a variety of subjects.
Published: 13 January 2025

Parking in Coxhoe – Initial Consultation
Consultation details:
We are always hearing that there’s not enough parking in the village. A potential opportunity has arisen to work in partnership with a local landowner to do a land swap with part of the land the Parish Council owns behind the former florists shop. It could enable the Parish Council to install 40 additional parking spaces on the land shown on the plan, opposite Coxhoe Village Hall, and enable the other land owner to explore development of their adjoining land. There are potentially significant costs to this for the Parish Council to layout this land as a car park, which could be met by long term borrowing, possibly over 20 years, but this would require future Council Tax rises to pay for it. There may also be some grant funding available which could meet part of these costs.
Before exploring these costs with estimates from contractors, applying for grants and reporting back to you how much it could add to the Council Tax, we’d like our residents to confirm if this is something that you think is important to the village and that you’d like us to investigate further.
Results:
Conclusion:
55% of the 216 who responded to this survey voted against exploring options to increase parking within Coxhoe if it were to result in a cost to the tax payer. As a democratic authority, it was resolved to draw negotiations and plans to a close, therefore the exploration of a land swap has now ceased, and any such project that would result in a rise in council tax rise is no longer being considered.
Should Developers Pay for the School Places for the houses they build?
Consultation details:
Coxhoe Parish Council believes that all children from the village should be able to attend their village school and not have to walk 1.7miles to Bowburn Primary or 1.8miles to Kelloe. We have therefore asked our County Councillors to ask the County Council to ask developers to pay the fair contribution for their development. Our MP Alan Strickland has also written to the developer to ask them to make the fair contribution. Coxhoe Parish Council will therefore be objecting to this planning application, because of the lack of contribution to Coxhoe Primary School and we are starting a public petition to the developer and Durham County Council to request that all of the developers contribute for the additional school places.
Results:
261 residents added their name to this petition.
Conclusion:
Coxhoe Parish Council continue to campaign for Section 106 contributions from new developers. You can read more about this activity in a recent objection to a planning application here.
The Parish Council have also petitioned Durham County Council, The Deputy Prime Minister, and the Secretary of State for Education on this pressing matter. You can read correspondence sent to officials here.
Neighbourhood Plan Vision and Objectives Consultation
Consultation Details:
The initial Vision and Objectives were shared, with residents asked to vote on whether or not they supported the initial outline of the plan. You can view the document here.
Results:
91.8% of respondents agreed with the initial outline of the Neighbourhood Plan.
Conclusion:
Coxhoe Parish Council continue to work with a skilled Neighbourhood Plan Consultant, and Durham County Council, on the Neighbourhood Plan for Coxhoe and Quarrington Hill. Full results and comments from all responses received, both online and via post, have been provided to the Consultant to be considered when formulating the first draft of our plan. A further consultation will take place before the final plan is written.