The new Eastern Area Plan is an opportunity to provide the right opportunities for development of housing, industry, healthcare and education.
That's the message from the Policy and Reform Minister Chris Thomas who was quizzed on how he plans to incorporate the findings from the 2016 Census into the new look plan:
On Census Night the resident population of the Isle of Man stood at 83,314 - 32 per cent of those people live in Douglas.
The blueprint for the east will see land zoned for different purposes - Middle MHK Bill Shimmins told the Minister he's already worried about congestion:
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