Make sure you get a say on where 31,000 new homes should go

Aylesbury Vale District Council is urging residents, businesses and community groups to make sure they have their say on the future of housing, jobs and key policies in the area.Residents have until December 4 to give their views and ideas on what the plan should achieve, how new homes and jobs should be distributed and what new policies could be introduced to manage development between now and 2033.A series of public exhibitions, where planning officers have been explaining the options and answering any questions, have been held across the Vale and, following requests, an extra session will be held on Friday 20 November.Whilst still in its early stages, once finalised the Local Plan will provide firm guidance on how planning applications should be considered and say where new development should or should not take place. This is the second public consultation stage in the new Local Plan’s preparation and it includes nine potential options for distributing new development.The options include developing urban extensions at Milton Keynes/Bletchley; using land more efficiently by raising the average density of new development; creating a whole new settlement somewhere in the Vale; and a combination of these.