Salisbury referendum 'critical in bringing development boosts to city'
The vote will ask people if Wiltshire Council should adopt Salisbury Plan
A referendum later this month on a planning document could bring major benefits to Salisbury.
The Salisbury Neighbourhood Development Plan details what developers can and can't do in the city.
It's been created by Salisbury City Council, with the help of the local community and a vote on Thursday 27th February.
The vote asks if Wiltshire Council should adopt the document for future development planning in Salisbury.
Chair of the Salisbury City Council Planning Committee, Cllr Tom Corbin, told Greatest Hits Radio, the plan encompasses everything.
He said: "Whether you're looking at the city centre and the conservation area and how it interacts with the wider area. You're looking at your building heights or your shop fronts, or whether you're looking at your green belt and your park areas and the areas you want to protect.
"It's about the design of what a developer might propose for new housing, as an example."
Cllr Corbin told us the document intends to protect and enhance the city of Salisbury, insisting that's the reason people should get behind it.
He said a yes vote would bring a number of benefits: "Some of the advantages to the developer is understanding what the design would be for how the city is developed, so it makes it easier for a developer to understand what is acceptable.
"From a community perspective, we all benefit because once we've had a yes vote, we get more what we call Community infrastructure Levy monies come to the local community, to be invested in infrastructure."
Cllr Corbin said a 'yes' vote is 'really important', adding that if the public was to vote against allowing Wiltshire Council to adopt the plan would be a 'crying shame'.
Polling cards are being sent out to all those who are eligible to vote.