Consultation News

An important document submitted by the companies behind a planned incinerator near Stewartby will be 10 years out of date by the time the site is built, a councillor has said. Ampthill Town Councillor Sue Hinkin, who also sits on pressure group Bedfordshire Against Covanta Incinerator, said the environmental impact report submitted by Covanta Energy […]

The consultation over the grammar schools issue has been shown to be a complete travesty. Tom Middlehurst raises three key points when it comes to the government’s plans for 140 new, potentially selective, free schools Last week, the Spring Budget confirmed that £320 million is to be allocated for 140 new free schools – some

Hampshire County Council has been criticised for providing “incorrect” forecasting figures which could lead to the closure of a Basingstoke secondary school. As previously reported in The Gazette, one of the reasons behind the proposed merger of Fort Hill Community School and Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College (CBEC) was the estimated number of Year 7 students

Dartington’s aspirations for future development in the village have been sidelined following the publication of the latest local plan, it was claimed. The community-led Neighbourhood Plan spelled out where it wanted to see new homes built and where it didn’t. But with the recent publication of the Joint Local Plan, covering Plymouth, west Devon and

The Charity Commission yesterday launched a consultation into complementary and alternative medicine, after agreeing to review whether organisations such as those promoting homeopathy should remain on the register. The consultation asks what level of evidence the commission needs to register organisations promoting alternative and complementary medicine, since the commission itself is operating in an area

Councillors say residents are “furious” at the £20,000 cost of a consultation over a merger they never wanted – and have ruled out holding a public meeting because there is nothing new to say. A major consultation exercise is being held affecting over 9,000 people, to see if Bedale town council and Aiskew and Leeming

Opponents of the closure of four South Devon community hospitals have not given up their protest campaign. They are staging their own alternative review of local services in Totnes’s Civic Square tomorrow evening (Tuesday, March 14) to clash with a similar gathering of health chiefs at the town’s Civic Hall. Last week health chiefs confirmed

Once again the process whereby Redbridge Council are addressing parking arrangements in Wanstead and Snaresbrook has come under attack. The council was wrong not to consult on the parking proposals, prior to implementation but they have now agreed to do so. However, before the consultation process has even begun, voices are being raised as to

Berwick MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan took to the floor of the House of Commons yesterday afternoon to make the case for retaining inpatient beds at Rothbury Community Hospital. The 12 beds were temporarily closed in September 2016 and the Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is consulting on a proposal to make the measure permanent, citing lack

A public consultation on the future of Bath’s central library has been so “confusing” it is next to useless, according to a lawyer in the city. Bath and North East Somerset Council wants to relocate and “modernise” the library but its attempts to get feedback from the public have left many feeling as if the