Consultation News

ONE family’s safer route to school is a potential safety problem for another household as the Old Shoreham Road cycle lane splits opinions. For Stu Langridge, the stretch of cycle lane from Holmes Avenue to Silverdale Road, in Hove, has transformed his daughter’s route to school and improved his partner’s confidence to get back on

A Lambeth resident is taking the council to court over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) for discriminating against people with disabilities. Divisive among neighbours, LTNs close some residential streets to all but essential traffic, with the goal of reducing the impact of Covid-19 and encouraging environmentally friendly means of transport. But for Sofia Sheikh, 47, a long-term

THE government has been urged to call-in plans to expand the runway at Southampton Airport. Campaign group AXO Southampton has written to communities secretary Robert Jenrick asking him to reconsider the planning application which was approved last week, writes Maria Zaccaro of the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The proposals to extend the runway by 164

A council has been criticised by a watchdog over its handling of new loos. Residents kicked up a stink when they learned public toilets were going to be built opposite their homes on The Leas at Minster, Sheppey. They formed the Leas Toilet Block Action Group and suggested other less conspicuous locations either nearer the beach or in

Coastal communities, including Fraserburgh, could be severely impacted by bus service cuts, warns the area’s SNP Scottish Parliament election candidate. Councillor Karen Adam, who is standing in the Banffshire and Buchan Coast constituency, has criticised the decision by Aberdeenshire Council in its budget set in mid-March to reduce funding for supported services by £245,000. She