RESIDENTS in Alresford have another chance to influence the shape of the town over the next 25 years.

The town council has called a public meeting for next Wednesday to discuss where 500 homes should be built.

It has been a controversial issue with a public meeting last May attracting more than 100 people.

The town’s council’s proposals, which would see Perins School relocate to farmland off Sun Lane, was highly unpopular with people at the meeting.

Wednesday’s meeting at Alresford Recreation Centre, starting at 7.30pm, will hear from senior city council planner Steve Opacic, who will assert that no development is not an option and that the town must accept 500 houses.