A FULL debate will be held on plans to build 9,400 homes in Eastleigh over the next 18 years later this week.

At last night’s Eastleigh Borough Council Cabinet meeting, members decided the issue would be discussed at Thursday’s full council meeting at the civic offices.

The council wants to put 4,700 homes on greenfield land up to 2029 to provide for future generations, which could lead to a new town in the borough.

This includes a choice for the public over where to put 1,400 of those homes.

The first site is off Allington Lane, between West End and Fair Oak, a site considered for development in the 1990s.

Under this scenario, the need to develop a suitable infrastructure could lead to a further 3,600 homes by 2040 to fund it.

The second is Boorley Green, north-east of Hedge End, a site where under the nowscrapped South East Plan, 6,000 homes would have gone.

Under the proposals another 1,300 homes could be built in Eastleigh south of Chestnut Avenue, 1,000 on land in Hedge End west of Woodhouse Lane and another 1,000 on small and medium-sized sites around towns and villages.

If agreed at a full council meeting the choice will go to public consultation over the summer on which of these two options people want.