Read our scrutiny of the public consultation on Ruby Ward

One of our statutory responsibilities is to act as a critical friend on public consultations. Our role is to ensure people have been involved and listened to as part of any public consultation.

Back in the summer, a formal public consultation took place in Kent & Medway to gather peoples' views on the proposal to relocate Ruby Ward to Maidstone. 

We have since scrutinised this consultation based on our Best Practice Guides on Consultations and Pre-consultation Engagement which you can find below.

You can read our findings in our report below.

Ruby Ward scrutiny