Have your say: Home to School Transport policy changes consultation, 2024
Consultation closed: Wednesday 3 April 2024
Consultation opened: Wednesday 7 February 2024
We sought the views of all interested parties on the proposed changes to the Home to School Transport policies.
This consultation is closed.
For more information about this proposal please contact the team by emailing: htst.consultation@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
Engagement events
We held engagement events on:
- Tuesday 13 February 2024, 5:30 to 7:30pm, The Community Centre, Brook End, Potton, SG19 2QS
- Thursday 29 February 2024, 11am to 1pm, Room 3, First Floor, Leighton Buzzard Library, Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1RX
- Tuesday 5 March 2024, 4:30 to 6:30pm, Marston Moreteyne Community Centre, Great Linns, Marston Moreteyne, MK43 0DD
- Tuesday 12 March 2024, 6 to 8pm, Shefford Community Hall, 60 High Street, Shefford, SG17 5AX
- Wednesday 27 March 2024, 3:30 to 5:30pm, Westoning Village Hall, 34 Church Road, Westoning, MK45 5JL
- Tuesday 19 March 2024, 1 to 2pm, online via Microsoft Teams (to register, email htst.consultation@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk)
Next steps
The feedback from the consultation will inform the final proposed policies which will be considered by the Executive in spring/summer 2024.
If the policy changes are agreed, we will honour existing commitments for transport, the revised policies will apply only to new applications for home to school transport. The new policies would be effective for in-year school applications from the start of 2024/2025 academic year and at the start of the 2025/26 academic year for new compulsory school transport applications and post-16 transport applications (this is the earliest possible change).