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‘Inadequate consultation’ was taken by South Hams District Council before introducing charging plans for public toilets. The council’s executive in November approved introducing pay-on-entry at toilets in Dittisham, Hope Cove, Ivybridge and for Coronation Road, Steamer Quay and the Civic Hall in Totnes. The running of other toilets in the region will be transferred to […]
Councillors ‘call-in’ ‘inadequate consultation’ Read More »
TCI Commentary: Yet another example of Councils being careful when a consultation indicates there are serious impacts if draft proposals go ahead. In this case, charges suggested on sports clubs using Council premises were ‘paused’ back in the summer to allow for better consultation with those who feared they would be hard hit. Now the
Impact on sports clubs halts Edinburgh charging plans Read More »
TCI Commentary: Here is clear evidence that Councillors are beginning to heed the warnings of successive Court cases and refusing to adopt cost-savings proposals that lack a robust consultation with those who are affected. Yet again, it is children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) that are targeted in changes that, in this case
Prudent Councillors insist on better consultation on SEND budget cuts Read More »
A decision on Bath’s clean air zone will be delayed after an unprecedented 8,400 people had their say on the proposals. Bath and North East Somerset Council could be at risk of legal challenge if it fails to take into account all of the concerns – which ranged the emotional to the technical, and spanned
Council delay decision after 8,400+ respond to consultation Read More »
TCI Commentary: The media loves a Referendum. Nothing like a good row and a marvellous source of endless copy! So we should not be surprised at this news story. If you go to its source on a website called Kent online, you find that the article is alongside what is called a quick Poll asking
Hospitals reorganisation – by Referendum? Read More »
TCI Commentary: Until this week, it’s likely that few people will have spent time pondering about the interpretation of ‘legal advice’. Yet consultation practitioners often hear a range of professional advice from in-house or external lawyers and there are times when it can seriously influence public bodies in how they respond to challenges to their
What ‘legal advice’ really means Read More »
In conversation with Andy Walker, National Infrastructure Commission chair Sir John Armitt says that the infrastructure sector needs to engage more effectively with the public to get its message across. National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) chair Sir John Armitt is on record as saying that public engagement on infrastructure will be essential to the delivery of
Guest Article: Engaging the public early on infrastructure is essential, says Armitt Read More »
Wildlife campaigners have formally launched a High Court challenge to government plans for a new Oxford to Cambridge expressway. The Department for Transport (DfT) announced its preferred corridor for the proposed expressway in September. The “Route B” corridor starts at the M1-A421 junction in Bedfordshire, runs south of Milton Keynes, across north Buckinghamshire and into
Campaigners launch High Court bid to block Oxbridge expressway plans Read More »
A rethink has been ordered for plans to cut fire crew sizes and replace fire engines with 4×4 vehicles. Liberal Democrat councillors have asked that the draft Integrated Risk Management Plan be “called in” before a 12-week public consultation on the future of the Fire Service in Hertfordshire starts on December 28 The draft proposals
Councillors ‘call-in’ fire service proposal before consultation is launched Read More »
Parents have begun a legal challenge against a cash-strapped council over cuts to services for children with special needs and disabilities (Send). Conservative-run Somerset County Council announced £28m of major cuts to services in September. The plans include cutting funding for youth groups and axing staff from the GetSet programme, which provides support to vulnerable
Another legal bid launched against Council’s SEND cuts Read More »
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