The first privatisation without formal consultation.
A formal consultation is expected to take place in early 2015.
Croydon Council plans to run a formal consultation on its PSPO in the coming months.
This would follow formal consultation with representatives of religions, humanism and other belief systems.
The detailed proposals are being considered by ministers before a formal consultation in the autumn.
The letter said, correctly, that "formal consultation" on the plans, and a planning application, would follow.
A formal consultation is required as part of the merger process, and Lawrence emphasises the importance of transparency.
We have just gone to formal consultation on a new approach to the way in which registered pharmacies are regulated.
A 90-day formal consultation process has been launched with unions on the redundancies, which will take effect from July.
But critics say the formal consultation process is no subsititution for a real seat at the decision-making table.
This time it has run a formal consultation, during which 29,701 nominations were made for 590 eligible artists.
