Latest on new housing for our area

In April, the Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) for the West of England was submitted to the Government. Now Planning Inspectors have been appointed to carry out the Examination, which will include a public hearing where they will consider arguments from all sides about whether the JSP is "sound".

You can see all the comments people made on the plan online.The precise date for the opening of any formal hearing is yet decided by the Inspectors but it is currently anticipated that the hearings will begin in autumn 2018.

Next Thursday there is a workshop for invited "stakeholders", such as the Parish Council and community groups, to discuss the proposed development east of Roundways, Coalpit Heath.