LISKEARD residents can find out all about the town's Neighbourhood Plan – and have their say on how it should develop – at an event to take place next week. The town council's Neighbourhood Planning Team will be in the Long Room of the Public Hall on Thursday, May 29, between 10.30am-8pm. Residents can find out what a Neighbourhood Plan is for, put forward their own ideas, and sign up as a volunteer, said a spokesperson for the team. Neighbourhood Plans cover issues like future housing, employment and leisure facilities. It is important that as many people as possible who live and work in the town are involved, says the town council. 'This is the chance for the whole community to get on board and decide the best way forward with planning the use of land and buildings in and around the town,' the spokesperson continued. Outgoing mayor Sue Pike said: 'We need your views, your local knowledge and your expertise to steer us through this first phase of our planning journey for the Liskeard of the future. 'Once a Neighbourhood Plan has been passed in a referendum, it cannot be overturned. It is important that people have their say now at the beginning of the planning process.' A questionnaire sent out to residents in the latest edition of Liskeard Town Council's newsletter, the Town Crier, will also help to shape the direction of the Neighbourhood Plan. n TOWN councillors in Liskeard have opposed a planning application for 44 houses on a greenfield site in the Old Road area. There were seven votes against, two abstentions and no votes in support of the scheme proposed by developer Trand for the site known as ALT13. A group formed in 2012, Liskeard Matters, has campaigned fiercely to protect the site, and more than 100 public objections to the scheme have been lodged with Cornwall Council. One concern raised by the town council's planning committee was traffic. A survey of traffic carried out by Liskeard Matters in Old Road highlighted the issue, said chair Allison Livingstone: 'At just one point on Old Road between 8.15am and 9.15am, there were 475 traffic movements – with many children walking to school unaccompanied.'