An online meeting held into proposals to charge Birmingham park users to park in one of the city’s most popular beauty spots has been slammed as a ‘shambles’.

The ‘Teams’ meeting into proposals by Birmingham City Council to charge motorists to park in Sutton Park was held on Tuesday (August 26) night but was far from an open consultation according to attendees.

The meeting did not allow residents to speak directly to officers – instead questions had to be typed, with some being answered and others ‘ignored’.

Sutton Coldfield town and city councillor, David Pears (Cons.) who also chairs the Sutton Park Advisory Committee, described the meeting as the ‘worst consultation meeting I have ever attended’.

He said some residents were unable to join the meeting, some took 30 minutes to do

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