Bracknell

Bracknell Residents are being given the chance to give their views about appropriate locations and styles of future housing and employment developments across Bracknell Forest.

Meet the planner sessions will be taking place across the Bracknell borough in February and March. They are informal, drop-in sessions where residents can meet and discuss how Bracknell Forest's neighbourhoods might look in 20 years time.

The feedback will be used in a new planning document called Development Management: Housing and Commercial Policies and Sites. It will include detailed information on the location, number, type and design of new housing, shops and other employment.

Once all views have been considered, planning officers will prepare a series of options for further consultation later this year.

All the documents are part of the Local Development Framework, a series of planning documents which will replace the existing local plan and guide development in Bracknell Forest until 2026.

The broad framework document – known as the core strategy – was agreed by councillors on January 30, and was formally adopted in February. The new planning document will have more specific information relevant to different parts of the borough.

Cllr Mrs Mary Ballin, Executive Member for Planning and Transportation, said: "Now the core strategy is adopted, we are now looking at what development might be appropriate and sustainable for different parts of the borough.

"By attending a meet the planner session, residents have the opportunity to give their views on how the borough might look in 20 years time."

To find out more about the Local Development Framework, please call 01344 352000, email development.plan@bracknell-forest.gov.uk or visit www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/ldf

The meet the planner sessions are taking place from 10am to 1pm unless otherwise stated:

Binfield Parish Council Office; Friday, February 15.
Sandhurst Library; Saturday, February 16.
Bracknell Town Council Office; Monday, February 18.
Crowthorne Parish Council Office; Friday, February 22.
Binfield Library; Saturday, February 23.
Sandhurst Town Council Office; Thursday, February 28.
Whitegrove Library; Saturday, March 1.
Warfield Parish Council Office; Thursday, March 6.
Sainsburys, Princess Square, Saturday, March 8, 9.30am-1pm.
Winkfield Parish Council Office, Tuesday, March 11.
Crowthorne Baptist Church foyer, Saturday, March 15.
Great Hollands Library, Wednesday, March 19, 10am-12.30pm.
Birch Hill Library, Thursday, March 20, 10am-12.30pm.

Bracknell Forest Borough Council