PEOPLE first remains the option for the autumn Local Plan consultation for Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole. The view is different from the approach taken by Dorset Council where councillors put forward their proposals – and then asked residents what they thought of them. BCP brief holder for the plan Cllr Philip Broadhead says the local approach lets people have their say before the council tries to hone the ideas it receives down in a series of key strategies for a second round of consultation. Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting re-affirmed that it would wait for the area’s own housing needs assessment to be completed before the autumn consultation – possibly using it as an alternative to the Government’s standard calculation method, based on 2014 figures.