A parent from High Wycombe who brought a legal challenge against the local authority, following its decision to close more than half its children’s centres, has been granted an order for a judicial review by a high court judge. The two-day hearing will take place at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on 2 and 3 July.
Barrister Stephen Broach, who is representing the mother, has put forward the argument that the council’s consultation process was ‘unlawful’ as parents were presented with three choices, but no option that would allow children’s centre services to continue as they are.
Buckinghamshire County Council announced in March that it would close 19 of its children’s centres in September and turn the remaining 16 into ‘family centres’, offering a different model of provision.
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