TORY party chairman Eric Pickles MP will visit Malvern on Thursday (May 7) for a public meeting in the Elgar Suite at the Abbey Hotel at 7.30pm.

Top of the agenda will be Conservative plans to abolish the Regional Spatial Strategy, and Mr Pickles will be explaining how Malvern Hills District Council and other South Worcestershire councils can adapt the South Worcestershire Joint Core Strategy to reflect this possibility.

However, Mr Pickles will welcome questions from members of the public on any topic.