New Local Plan – Phase 3 towards a preferred strategy
Welcome to the next stage of developing a new Local Plan for South Gloucestershire.
When complete, the new Local Plan will establish the number of homes and jobs that are needed, where these should be built, and the infrastructure that will be needed to go alongside them. Really importantly, it will also set out how we will preserve and protect our climate and local natural world.
Because this will affect all of us, we want to hear from you. We want to hear what you think of our ideas, and we want to hear your ideas.
By sharing your views, you will help to shape the final version of the plan for South Gloucestershire.
Right now, we face some big challenges, including the cost of living, travel and transport and housing, as well as the climate and nature crises.
How we aim to tackle those challenges now is embedded in the Council’s Partnership Agreement. The Local Plan will play a vital role in helping to take on those challenges, as well as making South Gloucestershire able to thrive in the future.
Our aim is to plan for a South Gloucestershire where:
- everyone is able to live in decent, affordable, secure homes
- we can get about to work, health, education and to live our lives
- we tackle the challenges of the climate and nature emergency together
And so we want to hear from you. This work will affect all of us, so the more people who get involved in thinking about how to solve the challenges we share, the better.
We want to hear from you about where new homes should go, as well as new jobs. We also want to ask questions such as:
- do you think we are right to try to increase the number of new homes available to local people to rent or buy on shared equity, so that they are more affordable for more people?
- do you think we are right to aim for much higher energy standards in new homes?
- should we aim to protect enough space for South Gloucestershire to be able to generate enough green energy to meet all our local needs, or even more?
We look forward to hearing your views.
Cllr Chris Willmore – Cabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration and Infrastructure
Cllr Matt Palmer – Labour lead for Planning, Regeneration and Infrastructure
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