Consultation News

Plans to revive and promote Gaelic language across Stirling, released for public consultation last week, “beggar belief” say Tory councillors. Stirling Council has drafted a local plan to consider how it can contribute to Bòrd na Gàidhlig’s aims to “secure the status of Gaelic as an official language of Scotland, commanding equal respect to the […]

Government moves to scrap the test for towing trailers up to 3,500kgs have been condemned by safety charity IAM RoadSmart.  The timing of the announcement on 10 Sept, which comes days after a consultation period closed, has also raised concerns that the consultation process was a sham. Scrapping the trailer test is one of the

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT)is demanding answers from the government, Network Rail and South Western Railway (SWR) over the research commissioned by SWR. The consultation, that formally closed yesterday (September 19), used market research of passengers conducted at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic to make projections for future passenger

CONSULTATION exercises by Dorset Council are generally getting a good response, according to the authority – although often fail to attract many responses from younger people. The consultation which attracted the large number over the past year was on proposed restrictions for dog exercising, weighing in with over 8,600, closely followed by 6,770 who had

McKenzie Group is planning to apply to local health chiefs to permanently close Hartfields Medical Practice, based at Hartfields Extra Care Village, in the Bishop Cuthbert area. Practice bosses say it is to bring services together at its other sites in the town. Hartlepool Council Audit and Governance Committee chairman Cllr Rob Cook during a

MP Kelly Tolhurst says she is “sick to death” over poor consultation from Medway Council, following the start of a new traffic management scheme. The Rochester and Strood MP wrote to David Lucas of Medway Computer Components, in response to his concerns over work to create a new slip road from Anthony’s Way on the Medway City

Lancashire County Council has moved to reassure families in the wake of a furious backlash to a consultation which some of those it was aimed at say they knew nothing about. Their anger grew after approval of the policy informed by that process was granted under “urgent decision” powers rather than being brought before a

A group of Shotts residents are unhappy with how North Lanarkshire Council has carried out its consultation processes over the last year. Four groups in Shotts joined forces to highlight that consultation processes on matters in the town were neither fair or inclusive, with the majority of them now taking place online. ‘Planning Applications in

Edinburgh City Council has been accused of using ‘leading questions’ in its latest Spaces for People consultation – with critics accusing the local authority of ‘sinking to a new level’. On Monday, the council launched a public consultation on the temporary Spaces for People measures in place on Lanark Road, Longstone Road and Inglis Green

St Albans council has been hit with further allegations that it manipulated a public consultation over the city’s historic Charter Market. Conservatives say data released last week shows negative comments about a proposed cost-cutting switch from traditional stalls to gazebos were counted as expressing support. That alleged support was then cited by the council to justify the scheme.