PEEBLES residents are invited to have their say at a public consultation on a new development.

Plans have been submitted to Scottish Borders Council to construct a residential development with public open space on land at Venlaw Farm in Peebles.

The Public Consultation event will be held at Peebles Burgh Hall, on Peebles High Street on Thursday, October 27 between 1pm to 7pm.

Members of the public wishing to comment on the proposals can do so at the public event, or can write directly to Andrew Bennie, Director of Andrew Bennie Planning Limited.

The address to write to is; Andrew Bennie Planning Limited, 3 Abbotts Court, Dullatur, G68 0AP or residents can email andrew@andrewbennieplanning.com.

A deadline for comments on the development proposals is Thursday, November 10.

All comments should be directed to the applicant and not to Scottish Borders Council.

For further information, including details of the Proposal of Application Notice and location plan can be viewed on SBC's webste, www.scotborders.gov.uk, ans search for planning case reference 16/00876/PAN.