Villagers: have a say on future
Residents in Whitburn are being urged to have their say on a plan which will set out how the village will develop and thrive over the next 20 years.
Whitburn Neighbourhood Forum (WNF) – which was set up to give residents a chance to influence the future planning developments in the area – has taken the first steps to creating a neighbourhood plan based on the feedback received from people in the village during the last six months.
During the consultations, residents and businesses told the forum what key issues are important to them and what concerns they have about Whitburn.
Such feedback has seen residents want more affordable homes to be built rather than executive housing.
The committee has now translated these issues into a vision for Whitburn and nine objectives for the neighbourhood plan.
A neighbourhood plan vision is a description of what the residents want the neighbourhood area to be like 20 years into the future.
Chairman of the Whitburn Neighbourhood Forum, Phil Leaf, from Shearwater, said: “It is important that the residents and businesses of Whitburn have their say.”
A forum meeting for residents to have their say on the draft vision and objectives will be held on Friday, March 9, at 7.15pm at the Barnes Institute in Whitburn.
“Important residents and businesses have their say” PHIL LEAF