The story is by now as comfortable and familiar to us as a favourite armchair. A local council decides in the pandemic to implement traffic changes to create low traffic neighbourhoods, local objections are raised and like the sun rising in the morning they are taken to court. This time it was Hackney Borough Council, […]
HHRC Ltd v Hackney BC- is the life going out of cases against LTNs? Read More »
One of the major concerns that has been held out throughout the course of the pandemic is that public authorities might attempt to retain temporary changes made due to the Covid situation. Most often, this has come up in the context of low traffic neighbourhoods, but we’ve also seen it in other areas too. It’s
The Scottish Government’s consultation on retaining Coronavirus Act powers Read More »
Back in May, Boris Johnson announced that the Government would be launching a public inquiry into the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, under the Inquiries Act 2005. The inquiry itself has yet to be launched, with the Government still arguing that the time is not yet right. In Edinburgh however, the Scottish Government announced this
The Scottish Covid-19 inquiry- a not-quite consultation Read More »
The Institute is keen to improve the membership experience at tCI. Informal conversations with members have highlighted how Institute members would enjoy the opportunity to network with other consultation professionals working in the field. Never has this been achieved before in the world of consultation, until now. The Institute is on a mission to strengthen
The Perfect Blend | Members’ Virtual Coffee Morning Read More »
It’s now been over a year since the statue of the merchant, philanthropist and slaver Edward Colston was pulled down and deposited unceremoniously in Bristol harbour during protests over racism in society. The toppling of the statue triggered a wave of debate, in varying degrees of good faith, and became a key battlefield in the
Statues, clocks and the difficult task of coming to grips with history Read More »
The United Kingdom has many great rewilding success stories. In Scotland, the white-tailed eagle was reintroduced in 1975, 2008 saw the reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver on the River Otter in Devon, and around tCI HQ we see daily the majestic, soaring flight of the Red Kite a species whose reintroduction has been so successful
Rewilding Britain- a consultative approach to the reintroduction of apex predators Read More »
Rhion Jones further reflects on the recent Scottish planning case that may have implications much further afield. Graham’s The Family Dairy (Pty) Ltd, MacTaggart and Mickel Homes Ltd and Elan Homes Scotland Ltd. V Scottish Ministers  [2021] CSOH 74 Planning is notorious for forcing communities and policymakers into uncomfortable decisions balancing conflicting pressures. Nowhere is
Why the Graham’s Dairy case may become the definitive text on impact assessments Read More »
We seem to be having something of a summer rush of consultation court cases at the moment. First we had internal consultation responses in Juden, then we examined consultation on local facilities in Danning, over to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Sheakh, up to Scotland for a mischaracterised consultation in Graham’s Dairy and then back down
Legitimate expectations examined- how clear does a promise to consult have to be? Read More »
The poet Robert Frost once speculated whether the world would end in fire or ice. This summer has brought with it a cavalcade of terrifying images of the climate emergency, many of which would seem to heavily favour the former. The last week has provided shocking pictures of residents fleeing their homes on ferries from
Consultation, engagement and avoiding the end of the world as we know it Read More »
Will consultation have helped in 2021? A year ago, the announcement of A level results as determined by algorithm promoted an outcry that led to one of the most dramatic U-turns of the year. Later in the month, we published an article that explored the extent to which the Government should have heeded clear warning
A year after the exam results debacle Read More »
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