RESIDENTS now have less than two weeks to have their say on Bromsgrove’s local plan, the blueprint for development across the district over the next couple of decades. It’s the third of five stages in creating the new Local Plan, which will guide where future homes, businesses, and infrastructure are developed. This ‘draft development strategy’ stage builds on previous ‘issues and options’ and ‘call for sites’ phases. Over the past ten weeks the council has distributed documents, held public events, and run an online consultation platform, receiving over 4,000 contributions. “Without a Local Plan, developers decide.