Consultation News

Proposals have been unveiled to permanently close the 12-bed inpatient ward at Rothbury Community Hospital. A consultation is under way on proposals to permanently close a Northumberland hospital ward. The 12-bed inpatient ward at Rothbury Community Hospital has been temporarily shut for four months after it was found to be “under-used”. Now, the NHS Northumberland […]

Library campaigners met outside Muswell Hill Library on Saturday fearing the opening hours across the borough’s libraries will be slashed. They said papers for the public consultation which began on December 19 only arrived in libraries on in the second week of January before a final deadline on January 22. Proposals within Haringey’s budget included

Library users and community groups raised concerns at a Bury Council cabinet meeting, as councillors passed a motion to cement plans to close the majority of the borough’s libraries. Portfolio holders moved to begin a public consultation period on the proposals for services in Bury. But the public will only be able to have their

A27 campaigners have reacted to Chichester district councillors giving their backing to a new consultation. Chichester Deserves Better say CDC’s decision puts the whole project at ‘serious risk of indefinite delay’, while members of Chichester A27 – no option is still an option, said councillors’ calls for a new consultation is a vote for transparency.

Campaigners have claimed victory in a legal fight over the threatened shutdown of six courthouses in Northern Ireland. Proceedings were issued after former Justice Minister David Ford announced the planned closures last year. High Court challenges were continued despite his successor Claire Sugden reversing the decision to shut those in Armagh, Ballymena, Lisburn, Limavady, Magherafelt

Far fewer members of the public have had their say in this year’s Argyll and Bute Council budget consultation – but the authority’s depute leader has defended a change in the way the council asked people for their views. Around 1,500 people contributed to the council’s Planning Our Future consultation as the authority prepares to

Libraries are in a better place now than they were in September according to the councillor responsible for culture and leisure in the town. Cllr Tony Higgins praised the Save Warrington’s Libraries campaigners, who have been fighting to halt the closure of nine of the town’s 11 libraries. A leaked report on LiveWire’s public consultation

A High Court challenge against the government’s approval of a third runway at Heathrow Airport has failed. Campaigners against the plans had hoped to have the decision declared unlawful. The judicial review was brought by Hillingdon, Richmond, Wandsworth and Windsor and Maidenhead councils and Greenpeace UK. They argued the government failed to consult local communities