TESTWAY Housing is to work with residents and other agencies to set up an action plan to tackle anti-social behaviour.

The move comes after a seminar held in December which was aimed at working with residents to highlight problems in their community.

Nearly half of those attending the seminar confirmed they had problems in their area and more than a third wanted to know more about Testway and what was being done to address anti-social behaviour.

Some wanted to be more actively involved and wanted to be able to make a difference in their area.

In all, 94 per cent wished to continue working with Testway and 65 per cent were keen to act as area representatives.

The major areas of concern were teenage nuisance, intimidating behaviour, vandalism, graffiti and litter.

Having established the problem areas, Testway Housing is inviting other key players associated with the Test Valley Community Safety Partnership to work with them and residents to create action plans to address the issues raised.

Director of housing services Ivor Evans said: "Testway is moving outside of convention to play a key part in addressing some of the major issues affecting community life.

"However, it is not something that can be achieved in isolation and it is essential to have key players within Test Valley Community Safety Partnership on board and working together with residents to find solutions.

"Our follow-up meeting aims to achieve that objective and residents will see first hand how effective the partnership approach can be."

Invitations are being sent to residents and partners for a meeting due to be held on 25 February, starting at 6pm in Testway Housing's offices," he added.