New homes for your area - the big questions

Welcome to our 'New homes for your area - the big questions' webpages. These pages provide supporting information on the New Homes consultation and community engagement which began in autumn 2010 and ended on Friday 14th of January 2011.

The Government are currently undertaking a consultation on Environmental Reports that have been prepared regarding the impacts of the abolition of the Regional Spatial Strategies including the South East Plan. Once this is complete it is intended to abolish the South East Plan (which contains regional housing targets). Once the South East Plan is abolished, there will no longer be a regional housing target that the borough needs to meet. The council therefore wanted to hear what you think the right level of new homes for our area should be over the next 20 years through this consultation.

The consultation closed on the 14 January and headline results were reported to the meeting of the Planning and Infrastructure Overview and Scrutiny Committee at its meeting on 17 February 2011.

Information on the initial results of this consultation can be found by clicking here. These pages provide you with some background information and resources that were available during the consultation.

Background information	Sets out reasons for undertaking the consultation and a general update on progress with the Core Strategy.
Resource pack	Includes a set of materials to help you to involve your community in responding to the consultation, such as a poster to advertise any local meetings and a presentation to help to pass on information and stimulate debate.
Fact packs	Individual fact packs to describe the local characteristics of sub-areas of the borough (for example, the north western parishes), to help communities understand local issues in their areas
Parish profiles	Profiles of sub-areas of the borough
Frequently asked questions	A series of frequently asked questions on the 'New Homes For Your Area - The Big Questions' consultation.