A public inquiry into plans to build thousands of new homes across the Bath area is expected to resume this summer.
Bath and North East Somerset Council received around 1,000 comments from residents during the last round of consultation on its planning blueprint, the core strategy, which outlines how the district will develop up to 2029.
Policy and environment manager at the authority, Simon De Beer, said the comments were now being assessed by officers and would then be passed to the inspector presiding over the inquiry, Simon Emerson, before he resumes his public examination of the council's core strategy, in July.
Mr De Beer said the council expected it to be held in two parts.
The first phase will be focussing on housing land supply and the second phase will look at particular sites the council has put forward.
In March, the council agreed more than 12,700 new homes should be built across B&NES over the next 16 years to meet demand.
These include a number of new and controversial allocations: 300 homes on land between Odd Down and South Stoke; 300 on land near Primrose Hill in Weston; 120 on an extension to the Ensleigh MoD site, which takes in the Royal High School's playing fields; and 450 in Keynsham. Hundreds of homes have also been earmarked for the Somer Valley and rural areas but these sites are to be determined by working with local communities and have yet to be finalised.
Speaking at a council meeting this week, Mr De Beer told members that more than 500 people had responded to the recent six-week consultation on the core strategy and had made around 1,000 comments.
He said there had been a high number of comments suggesting the council had underestimated the need for housing as well as worries over greenfield sites.
He added: "We have concern on both ends of the spectrum with the housing issue."
