Consultation News

A legal challenge to block proposals for a third runway at Heathrow has been launched by a group of councils, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Greenpeace. The coalition formally notified Transport Secretary Chris Grayling of its intention to seek a judicial review of the Government’s decision to support expansion at the west London hub. Their letter sets out the […]

TCI commentary: Changing arrangements for funding Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are proving controversial. The Education Select Committee has just launched a major Enquiry and now there are three legal challenges in the pipeline – in Hackney, Bristol and Surrey. Permission has now been granted for campaigners against proposed budget cuts affecting SEND services

More than a year after it was originally due to take place – the public consultation date on the detailed proposals for Langley and Peddimore has been announced. Furious councillors and community groups have reacted with anger as details of when the public will have their say on the first stage of building on Sutton

A 28-day public consultation into plans to close all three council-run nurseries is to be extended following complaints that it was too short. Last night at Tower Hamlet Council’s overview and scrutiny committee the cabinet agreed to lengthen the time frame as they “recognised that the school holidays will make it difficult” for affected parents

Tory-controlled Westminster announced last month it was seeking a judicial review of the flagship cycling project as TfL was planning to start work despite neighbours’ objections. Today the residents’ group that lodged papers with the Administrative Court days before the JR announcement said it would focus all its efforts on backing the council instead of

TCI commentary: The article below outlines the apparent public desire for transparency and openness when key decisions are being made. Approximately two thirds of the consultation staff who attend our training courses admit to a loathing of public meetings. They continuously receive a reputation for getting out of control and creating a pool of angry

Health bosses are giving people in Sunderland more time to share their views on a proposed shake-up of hospital services. NHS Sunderland’s Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) unveiled plans in May for changes to urgent care services in the city. They included a proposal to make urgent care services available at just one site in the

TCI commentary: The outcome of this Judicial Review will put the forthcoming consultation firmly under the microscope, and you can be sure that all disappointed claimants will be paying close attention to ensure it is of best practice standard. Article: Doctors have said they are “hugely disappointed” following a High Court ruling on Jeremy Hunt’s

TCI commentary: Back in January, Ealing Council held a controversial consultation on introducing a Public Spaces Protection Order, addressing behaviours outside the Marie Stopes Clinic. The decision, following a public consultation, was one of the first of its kind in the UK and attracted widespread opposition from anti-abortion campaign groups, who sought to challenge the

TCI commentary: Quintin Oliver and Victoria Oliveira, managers of local N. Ireland Consultation and Engagement specialists, TCI Engagement, commented: ‘This looks like a classic case of ‘Gunning Four’, the key legal principles by which a Judge shall determine the lawfulness of a Public Consultation; can the Consultor demonstrate their ‘conscientious consideration’ of all consultee responses,