CHANGES to how the Malverns will be managed look set to go ahead after the public supported suggestions put forward in a recent public consultation.

The Malvern Hills Trust, which manages the commons and is governed by the Malvern Hills Acts, has asked the public for its feedback on proposals to change its constitution.

One of the key changes would be to reduce the number of board members from 29 to possibly as few as 7.

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The Trust has said 71 per cent of the respondents to its consultation have supported that reduction. The majority of the other proposals were also supported.

John Raine, chair of Governance Committee said: “The Charity Commission Scheme Working Group are extremely pleased with the response rate to our recent public consultation on the proposed reforms to the Trust’s powers and governance arrangements.

“The series of public consultation events held in September were well attended and, since then, more than 470 people have expressed their views on our proposals through our on-line questionnaire survey - and with a very clear majority in support. We are very grateful to everyone for the time taken in giving feedback on what, by any standards, was a lengthy and complex consultation exercise."