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The Institute welcomes a new Associate

I am delighted to have been asked to become an Associate of The Consultation Institute (tCI), joining and network of consultants who have considerable expertise in consultation and public engagement. The Consultation Institute fulfils the important role of promoting high-quality public and stakeholder consultation in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Never was there as more important […]

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Housing development consultation described as “an absolute farce”

DECISIONS on controversial housing developments are being made by councillors who are unaware of all the necessary information, it has been claimed. Opposition Darlington Borough councillors have highlighted a bizarre situation surrounding planning applications for which an evidence-gathering visit by members to the proposed site is deemed crucial. Planning committee member Councillor Lorraine Tostevin said

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Campaigners seek judicial review over preferred option in consultation

Campaigners have announced they will be legally challenging the A27 Arundel Bypass route which was chosen this morning, as the district has reacted to the news. The Arundel Bypass Neighbourhood Committee said it would consider asking for a judicial review of Highways England’s decision to choose option 5a as its preferred route for the Arundel

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Ministers fail to respond to nearly a third of Welsh Government consultations

The Welsh Government has failed to respond to nearly a third of the consultation exercises it’s launched to find out people’s views on its plans since it was elected nearly two years ago. 55 out of 194 consultations are listed as ‘awaiting outcome’ on the official website. 16 still haven’t been responded to despite being

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‘Lack of information’ – decision to hold public consultation sent back to Cabinet for review

A DECISION to hold a public consultation on the use of a household waste site near Llanarth has been sent back to Ceredigion County Council’s Cabinet for further review. The Cabinet had agreed to extend its contract at Rhydeinon household waste site for six months while a review of its future, including public consultation, was

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Council slammed for lack of transparency in decision making

WIRRAL Council has been slammed after it was revealed a leisure centre is to close two mornings a week. Woodchurch Leisure Centre is looking to reduce its hours in a bid to meet ‘the ever-increasing, council-wide financial challenges.’ The news was uncovered by the council’s Liberal Democrat group, who said an officer had told them all

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Government faces fresh legal challenge over consultation

Fresh legal challenges to the government’s badger cull will be heard at the High Court this summer. Defra executive agency and culling licensee Natural England is facing two legal challenges in July over its decision to extend the culls, which are part of the government’s 25-year bovine TB eradication programme. The legal action is being

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Council listens to consultees over bin collection consultation

TCI commentary: It’s good to see a Council making use of its consultation to formulate a more acceptable policy. Too many of the articles in the media each week feature Councils or NHS Trusts being criticised for not listening seriously. In reality, we think there are far more stories like this – where the involvement

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