29 September 2008: Area Action Partnership Consultation Results 18 September 2008: Big Bang meeting creates building blocks of Council reform 10 September 2008: Hunt Begins for New Unitary Bosses 18 July 2008: Public to be consulted on Council name 11 July 2008: Stakeholder consultation events announced on area arrangements 4 July 2008: Survey is Child's Play to Council Shake-Up Chiefs 3 July 2008: County Durham Appoints Country's First 'super Council' Boss 23 May 2008: New County Council Cabinet given unitary flavour 29 April 2008: High speed election results 24 April 2008: Search begins for unitary boss 10 April 2008: Deadline looms for postal voters 4 April 2008: Record number of candidates to fight county council elections 31 March 2008: Deadline looms for unitary election hopefuls 26 March 2008: Countdown begins for unique council elections 14 March 2008: Councillors seek 'best of the best' in search for £200K unitary boss 26 February 2008: Parliament gives green light for five flagship unitaries 21 December 2007: Calling all prospective councillors - prospectus for potential candidates published 7 December 2007: Unitary council programme director starts work 5 December 2007: Green light for five flagship Unitary Councils