Welwyn Hatfield Council’s Local Plan is hanging by a thread after an explosive public hearing with the planning inspector. The local authority’s plan for 12,000 homes by 2032 was savaged…

C+D’s editor asks if the promised consultation on allowing technicians to supervise medicines supply will be too little, too late As a journalist, I believe in openness and transparency. But…

A LEGAL challenge is being prepared by parish councils, residents groups, and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) after Warwick District Council pressed ahead with the adoption of its…

CAMPAIGNERS fighting the waste-to-energy incinerator plant plans for Keighley are gearing up for the next stage of their fight after winning leave for a judicial review. Aire Valley Against Incineration…

A consultation by West Sussex Council to the public has resulted in a number of changes to the service including a change in opening and closing and the implementation of…

One of the most senior members of Lambeth council, Paul McGlone, deputy leader (investment and partnerships), has warned its planning committee of his “real concerns” about plans for a six-storey…

Surrey County Council (SCC) has received one of its “largest ever responses” to a public consultation, after it asked people for their views on changes to community recycling centres (CRCs) . Almost 14,000…

Eddie Duller OBE, a director at Healthwatch Oxfordshire, the county’s watchdog on health and social services matters, asks why the authorities are not more open about the big changes ahead.…

A Devon MP has urged his local health authority to be “honest” about the future of one the area’s hospitals and stop wasting time with “bogus consultation”. Torridge and West…

Concerns have been raised over 24 social housing units ‘foisted upon’ the residents of Gallow Hill housing estate in Athy. The issue was raised at this month’s area meeting held earlier…