BUILDING over car parks, high rise blocks in the town centre, and relocating the stadium and the civic centre - these are just some of the radical ideas suggested in a document which will guide development in Poole over the next two decades.

As a major consultation gets underway, the Echo is looking at some of the suggestions made in Borough of Poole's Local Plan Review - which will eventually become a planning blueprint for the borough until 2033.

Setting out more than 50 potential sites for housing, and encompassing several different development approaches - including expanding across greenbelt land to north - the review is far reaching, and will no doubt prove controversial.

It is being driven by the need to find space for 14,200 new homes in Poole by 2033, of which just 9,200 can be developed on existing sites.

Civic officials are essentially asking the public what they think the best way to meet the 5,000 home shortfall is.

Here we look at some of the plans for development within the existing footprint of Poole.

One of the elements residents are being asked about is a 'potential tall buildings area' - a zone to the north of the town centre where buildings of more than six storeys would be considered 'acceptable in principle.'

Several council owned car parks are in the mix. The Dolphin Swimming Pool and car park could be redeveloped, providing a new pool and up to 130 homes. Nearby Seldown car parks - the surface car park and multi-storey next to the Dolphin Centre - could take as many as 250.

Beach Road Car park just outside Canford Cliffs Village could be made available for 40 new homes. And proposals for Albert Road and Broadstone car parks involve retaining spaces but building above, with the suggestion they could accommodate 20 homes apiece.

Relocation is another running theme in the consultation. Moving the civic centre offices elsewhere could provide for 350 homes on the site, with law courts and Crown building possibly making way for housing as well.

Borough of Poole is also suggesting redeveloping Pottery Industrial estate with 300 homes. Businesses based there would have to move out.

There is a proposal to reposition the stadium to free up land for 300 homes, and reconfiguring Hunger Hill junction could also make space for 80 homes.

The council has identified three car showrooms for possible re-development. Two on West Quay Road have the potential to accommodate120 homes between them. The third, the Mazda Showroom at Haven Road, could be redeveloped with 20 homes, with retail units below.

The former Jellicoe Theatre on Constitution Hill Road - now council owned - is on the list for 37 homes.

Some 50 new homes are proposed at Sea View Centre, although the day centre would be incorporated in the plans.

The council has also suggested partitioning off part of the grounds at Magna Academy for 50 homes - with the pay off being funding for an athletics track at the school.

Poole Pottery could make way for a housing and retail development under the developers plans for the quay side site.

And even some residents have thrown their hats into the ring with a proposal for 60 homes over land at 1 to 23 Lindsay Road.

In addition areas already set aside for housing could take additional numbers - including another 213 at the Pilkington Tiles and Sydenhams site in Hamworthy, and another 250 at the former power station site.

Around 100 more than planned could be built at the Crown Closures site, also in Hamworthy, and another 250 homes could go into the site north of the Twin Sails Bridge.

Drop-in sessions on the plans are being held across the borough. see www.poole.gov.uk/localplanreview.