Consultation News

A parish council has rejected claims that it misled the public over the purchase of a police station – saying it genuinely believes buying the building will help policing in the area. As reported last week, Iver Parish Council is in the process of purchasing Iver Police Station from Thames Valley Police (TVP) for £750,000,

Draft document seeks feedback from internet providers for real-time monitoring and encryption backdoors. In a follow-up to the controversial Investigatory Powers Act, the government is currently privately consulting on more far-reaching surveillance powers, according to leaked documents from a private consultation. The leaked document, which was shared with the Technical Advisory Board – a panel

The Skyline Campaign has launched a petition against a potential change to Westminster City Council’s policy on tall buildings, arguing it would be the ‘kiss of death to conservation’. The council is running an eight-week public consultation, Building height: Getting the right kind of growth for Westminster, to garner opinion about expansion in the borough,

Legislation intended to strengthen the role of neighbourhood planning, restrict the use of pre-commencement conditions and to clarify compensation for compulsory purchase has been passed by the UK parliament. The Neighbourhood Planning Act received royal assent last week, just before parliament was dissolved ahead of the early general election on 8 June. The new government

People fighting a controversial housing plan have been subject to a “mean trick” by a county council, it has been claimed. They have been given two weeks to voice their views on plans by Beech Developments for 110 homes at the corner of Pentwyn Road and Marl Lane in Deganwy during an election campaign in

A PARKING consultation the council promised would be “gold-standard” has been branded “akin to wet cardboard” by angry campaigners. Redbridge Council’s contentious plans to introduce pay and display parking in Wanstead High Street and permits in residential roads were originally due to be rolled out without consultation when they were announced in November. But after

Benchmarking data used by NHS regulators has shown which health regions are set to receive the largest budget increases over the next four years. A presentation slide used by NHS Improvement at a recent event shows which “sustainability and transformation partnerships” are furthest away from their target funding allocations (See attached). It uses the net

THE SCOTTISH Government has been rapped by information watchdogs for refusing to respond to Freedom of Information requests on the future of the birthing unit at the Vale of Leven Hospital. The Reporter can reveal that the Scottish Information Commissioner has upheld a complaint from MSP Jackie Baillie after the SNP Government fell foul of

Residents in a Fife town are fuming over a proposal to build a biomass plant close to a residential community. Around 100 people packed into the Exit Community Centre in Glenrothes on yesterday evening (Tuesday) to voice concerns over the controversial planning application to site a 19.8MW Biomass plant in Southfiled Industrial Estate in the