Consultation News

Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh has slammed a district council push to hold a second consultation for deciding the future of Somerset’s local government. Somerset’s district councils – Mendip District Council, Sedgemoor District Council, Somerset West and Taunton Council and South Somerset District Council – have approved a public poll to determine the level of support among […]

Staff and parents at a Churchstoke early years setting say they fear for its future and for the Welsh language locally if the village primary school closes. Churchstoke Little Explorers, which shares its site and facilities with Churchstoke C.P. School, may shut if Powys County Council decides to close the school. Laura Yapp, who works

A decision on whether a coronavirus memorial should be built in Downham is on hold after just 11 residents responded to a public consultation. The question of how the pandemic should be remembered has attracted calls for a commemoration scheme in Downham and Lynn, while a campaign for a national memorial is ongoing. Town councillors

Developers who did not consult residents before submitting a planning application to build 14 new homes on part green belt land have been slammed. Brothers Development Ltd recently submitted plans to Rossendale Borough Council to build 14 new homes on land owned by B&E Boys Ltd on Booth Road in Stacksteads. However, the proposed development would encroach