In a bizaare move SBC's Cabinet Member For Planning has allegedly refused to attend a public consultation on a proposal for 7,500 homes in East Swindon if the media are at the meeting to report on it! He is quoted as saying that he would only attend if the media were excluded...for more details see the full article -
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/8947266.Press_blackout_over_homes_plan/
Surely a public consultation is open to all, including the media?
