Incorporating the Results

Key Points from Project Plan Checklist

1. Have the results been summarised and recommendations reached?
2. Have you shared your findings with other partners/ stakeholders?
3. Have the results been uploaded onto Shetland's datashare site?

Use the information you’ve received to support any recommendations you decide to make to a decision-making body and into any policy/strategy or plan you are developing.

For Council Officers: you will need to ensure that Members have all the necessary information on which to reach a decision, and where possible to set out the various options available. At times there may be conflict between staff’s professional viewpoint and that of the community. It will be the Members role to decide what weight to give to conflicting viewpoints.

It is good practice to share your results using Shetland's datashare site. This can be done by opening a 'User Account' to:

• Upload new datasets
• Edit you own existing datasets/update a datasets file
• Change your user profile details (must be approved by admin account)

If you require a user account, contact the Policy Unit on 01595 744537, policy@shetland.gov.uk or write to Policy Unit, Town Hall, Lerwick, ZE1 OHB.

It is important to retain the documentation from the process as evidence for an audit trail to support any subsequent decisions that are taken.