Known as the ‘Publication Plan’ consultation, it means people can have their say on the final version of the plan before it is presented to the government.

Each local authority must prepare a local plan to guide regeneration, investment and planning application decisions for at least 15 years and the Wolverhampton Local Plan consultation would seek to guide the future development of the city until 2042.

The plan identifies environmental areas to protect and improve, sites to allocate for housing development and employment use, key transport schemes and policies to guide design and secure infrastructure.

Subject to approval by Wolverhampton Council’s Cabinet, the consultation on the ‘Publishing Plan’ will take place from Monday 25 November to Thursday 9 January 2025.

Full details on how people can have their say on the “soundness and legal compliance” of the scheme will be provided via the council’s website, in the Civic Center and in main libraries when the consultation begins on November 25.

The ‘Publication Plan’ builds on city-related work undertaken during the Black County Plan process and has drawn on 119 responses to Wolverhampton’s ‘Issues and preferred options’ consultation, which took place between February and April and established proposed policies and development sites that will be included in the plan.

Responses to the ‘Publication Plan’ consultation will be considered and changes will be made before it is submitted to the Government in early 2025 for an independent review by a planning inspector.

Councilor Chris Burden, city cabinet member for development, jobs and skills, said: “It is vital to have a local plan to provide certainty for our communities and support regeneration and investment in our city.

“We continue to promote a brownfields-first approach and, while we await the outcome of the government’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) review, we are pressing ahead with a Wolverhampton Local Plan that does not contain any green belt sites.

“Subject to Cabinet approval, consultations on the final stage of the Plan will begin later this month and I urge people to have their say on what I believe is a robust plan that will allow the city to prosper.

“The Wolverhampton Local Plan will help facilitate a vibrant mixed-use town centre, enable new housing and employment opportunities on brownfield sites across the city, support local centers and strengthen the local economy.”

For more information, go to wolverhampton.gov.uk/localplan.