RESIDENTS can have their say on housing plans for the area at the next Whitefield Community Forum.

The monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 16 at the Beacon Centre, Maurice Street, Nelson, at 6.30pm, will include a presentation on proposed plans for the area's streets.

Paul Crowther, the council's project manager, said: "In the long term we will be discussing the idea of replacing some of the existing concrete paving with original paving slabs to show off the area's heritage. This will be paid for with money the council has been awarded from the Heritage Lottery Fund."