Portsmouth residents help shape city centre and seafront

Residents in Portsmouth are having their say on how the seafront and the city centre should look in years to come.

Portsmouth City Council is asking for your views on blueprints for the two areas, which will lay down how they develop over the next 15 years. 

The blueprints, called masterplans, set out what kind of improvements the council would like to see. When finalised, the documents will help decide planning applications, guide private developers and allocate public-sector investment. 

A leaflet summarising the masterplans is going to all homes in the city this week. 

You can see copies of the masterplans at: www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/25964.html 

You can see printed copies at: 

• the ground floor of the Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth 

  Opening hours: Monday -Thursday 8:30am–5pm, Friday 8:30am–4pm 

• city council libraries 

  Opening times can be found at www.portsmouth.gov.uk/learning/libraries.html 

• the following area offices: Buckland, City South /Somerstown, Landport, Paulsgrove and Portsea. 

  For addresses and opening times see www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/498.html 

• at city council community centres. 

  For addresses and opening times, see www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/787.html 

You can have your say by: 

• emailing ldf@portsmouthcc.gov.uk 

• writing to Planning Services, Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AU 

• filling in a survey at www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/25964.html 

• talking to council officers at a drop-in event, neighbourhood forum or focus group near you. 

  Check www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/25964.html for details. 

If you have any queries, please call us on 023 9268 8633.

Please ensure that your comments reach us by Friday 14 September 2012.