People who live and work in the Waveney region are being given the chance to air their views on how they think planning decisions should be made by their local council.



Waveney District Council is seeking views on its development management policies, these are the criteria used to make decisions about plans for houses, shops, businesses, alternate energy i.e. wind turbines and coastal defences.



These public consultations run until Friday October 23 2009 and a final draft of the council’s policy will then be examined by an independent inspector.


Exhibitions explaining the policies are take place over the next six weeks.

An exhibition will run at Beccles and Halesworth libraries from September 14 to 21

At Bungay and Lowestoft libraries from September 21 to 27

At Lowestoft’s marina customer services centre from September 28 to Friday October 2

At Southwold information centre from September 28 to October 4

For a chance to view the policies and comment on-line please visit www.consult.waveney.gov.uk