Consultation News

The way in which responses to public consultations are recorded by the Welsh Government could be changed. Welsh language campaigners Cymdeithas yr Iaith complained, after 275 responses from three different campaigns were disregarded in a consultation on a Welsh language bill. An official said guidelines are not clear on how responses that form part of […]

MP Graham Stuart is asking East Riding Council to explain changes to plans for a controversial anaerobic digestion plant at Woodmansey. It comes after Woodmansey and Dunswell Residents’ Group complained residents have not been property consulted by the council about the developer’s changes, leaving them feeling “powerless and unprotected”. The plant at Plaxton Bridge would feature two digester

The Welsh voice must be heard when changes are proposed in England that affect the availability of health services for Mid Wales residents. Montgomeryshire AM, Russell George, said that between October and January NHS England consulted on the modernisation of radiotherapy services but did not consult enough with NHS commissioners in Wales or the public

PEOPLE in Helensburgh aren’t being properly consulted on the new leisure centre which will be at the heart of the town’s £18 million waterfront redevelopment. That’s the view of the chair and vice-chair of the town’s community council after a ‘pre-application consultation’ on the new centre got under way earlier this week. And a group

Four years ago former London mayor Boris Johnson unveiled the three winners of a £100m pot of cash to boost cycling in the outer boroughs. Waltham Forest, Enfield and Kingston councils won the ‘Mini Holland’ competition, taking home £30m each, with five losing bids picking the scraps of the remaining £10m between them. The idea,

The public is being denied the right to have a say on proposed changes to the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service that the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) say are ‘a threat to public safety’. Managers at the service have proposed measures that would include a reduction in the number of firefighters who serve

A consultation that will determine the fate of Orsett Hospital has been extended for another two weeks. The Your Care in the Best Place consultation currently taking place across mid and south Essex has been extended with responses now being accepted up to and including Friday March 23 2018. The consultation was launched on November

The proposed method for calculating the five year land supply and the removal of a proposed site for five properties in Appledore are under debate. Another round of public consultation of a major plan that will shape the blueprint of North Devon is about to start. Following a second round of public hearing sessions by

A TRIP Advisor-style online review tool for Oxfordshire’s health and social care services has been launched. Health watchdog Healthwatch Oxfordshire unveiled its new Feedback Centre on its website on Tuesday in the hope of improving patient engagement with the health services. Healthwatch said the feedback tool would be used to harvest views of those using