Housing, jobs and transport. What do you think of the way your city is progressing? Well, residents are invited to have their say on development plans to help shape the future of Bath and North East Somerset over the next twenty years.
Five public events are taking place starting on November 28 and running until December 11 giving people the chance to review and comment on the Local Plan 2016-2036. Comments can be made on the plan up to 10 January 2018.
The plan covers the key priorities for Bath and North East Somerset’s strategic development sites at Whitchurch and North Keynsham, strategy for smaller development sites and how university growth and student accommodation should be managed.
Officers from Bath & North East Somerset Council will be on hand to talk about the Local Plan at each consultation event.
The events are taking place from 3-8pm at The Board Room, Bath College Somer Valley campus on Tuesday November 28; United Reform Church Hall, Whitchurch, on November 30; Civic Centre, Keynsham December 4; and the Brunswick Room, Guildhall, Bath on December 8 and 11.
Cllr Bob Goodman (Conservative, Combe Down), Cabinet Member for Development & Neighbourhoods said: “We want people to come along to their nearest consultation and find out about both plans which will determine future developments across not just Bath & North East Somerset but the wider region too. Your views will help inform the next stages of the plan.”
Bath & North East Somerset Council’s new Local Plan works alongside the West of England’s Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) which addresses the region’s severe shortage of housing, the need to generate jobs and the provision of critical infrastructure.
The JSP has been published as a draft plan and is now subject to formal consultation. The Local Plan is at an earlier options stage, which seeks to encourage discussion and comment on key issues and alternative approaches.
Find out more about the Local Plan and have your say at www.bathnes.gov.uk/LocalPlan and for the West of England Joint Spatial Plan go to www.jointplanningwofe.org.uk to see the plan and comment on it. The documents can also be viewed at the following locations during opening hours:
Council offices:
The One Stop Shop, Manvers Street, Bath, BA1 1JG
The Hollies, Midsomer Norton, Bath, BA3 2DP
Civic Centre One Stop Shop, Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1LA
At all public libraries in the District, including the mobile libraries at the drop-in sessions
