St Albans City and District Council has organised a series of public meetings for residents, businesses and community groups to air their views as part of a public consultation on its proposed strategy for locating future development in the District for the period 2011 to 2028.

The proposed strategy sets out proposals on the scale, location and type of development needed in the District, including housing, schools, infrastructure, retail, leisure, community facilities, transport and business development.

As part of the consultation on the long-term planning strategy for the District, people can also inspect the proposals and make their views known online on the Council’s website at http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/planningconsultation.

Information and plans can also been viewed at local libraries and at District, Town and Parish Council offices.

The consultation runs until 7 February 2011.

The consultation will feed into the Core Strategy for the District’s Local Development Framework, an important set of planning documents setting out the direction of planning policy in the District up to 2028.

The public meetings and presentations are as follows:

· Harpenden – 17 January at Harpenden Town Council, Council Chamber, Town Hall, Leyton Road, Harpenden, AL5 2LX. Time 7.30pm.

· Redbourn – 24 January at the Parish Centre, The Common, Redbourn, AL3 7NB. Time 7.45pm.

· St Albans – 25 January at St Albans City and District Council offices, Civic Centre, St Peter’s Street, St Albans, AL1 3JE. Time 7pm.

· Colney Heath/London Colney – 27 January at Colney Heath Village Hall, 83 High Colney Heath, AL4 ONS. Time 7.45pm.

· Bricket Wood – 31 January at St Stephen’s Parish Centre, Station Road, Bricket Wood, AL2 3PJ. Time 7.45pm.

· Wheathampstead – 4 February Wheathampstead Memorial Hall, Marford Road, Wheathamstead AL4 8AY. Time 6.30pm.

Council Cabinet members and planning officers will be at the meetings to provide information on the proposed strategy and to answer questions.