Seera has proposed an average of 28,900 new homes per year
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People in south-east England are being asked to give their views on where a proposed 500,000 new homes should be built in the region by 2026.
Regional consultation is taking place on house building figures suggested as part of the South East Plan.
The area covers Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire.
Local representations will be submitted to the South East England Regional Assembly (Seera) in December.
The assembly made an agreement in principle on house building levels for the next 20 years at a meeting on 13 July.
It proposed an average of 28,900 new homes are built every year between 2006 and 2026 - 578,000 homes in total.
Now the numbers are being discussed at sub-regional level, with councils inviting stakeholders such as residents, businesses, infrastructure providers and social and voluntary groups to have their say on the distribution within each county.
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Suggested numbers of new homes per year
Berkshire - 2,620
Buckinghamshire - 4,040
East Sussex - 1,900
Hampshire - 6,100
Isle of Wight - 520
Kent - 6,100
Oxfordshire - 2,360
Surrey - 2,360
West Sussex - 2,900
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The first Kent meetings are being held on Wednesday, one in Ashford and the other in Hoo, Medway.
Comments from people across the county are being taken until the deadline date of 17 October.
Councillor Alex King, the county council's cabinet member for regeneration, said: "We need to make sure that everyone who wants to make a comment is able to do so and that we can properly reflect that in what we say to the officers of the regional assembly."
All the local authorities involved are holding different forms of consultation, including public meetings in some cases.
Berkshire - interested parties can have their say via the Berkshire Joint Strategic Planning Unit website. Consultation closes on 25 October (11 November for Wokingham District Council)
Buckinghamshire - 22 September in Beaconsfield; 28 September in Amersham; 13 October in Winslow; 20 October in High Wycombe. Consultation closes on 31 October
East Sussex - 26 September in Hastings; 27 September in Lewes; 4 October in Bexhill; 5 October in Sedlescombe; 11 October in Eastbourne; 12 October in Uckfield. There will also be a public meeting in Brighton on a date to be arranged at the beginning of October. Consultation closes on 31 October
Hampshire - interested parties can register their views via a postal form. Some individual districts will hold public meetings on dates to be confirmed. Consultation closes on 21 October.
Kent - 14 September in Ashford and Hoo; 16 September in Sittingbourne; 20 September in Dartford; 22 September in Margate; 23 September in Gravesend; 27 September in Maidstone; 28 September in Dover; 29 September in Folkestone; 30 September in Tunbridge Wells; 4 October in West Malling; 5 October in Sevenoaks; 6 October in Gillingham; 11 October in Canterbury. Consultation closes on 17 October
Oxfordshire - consultation will be through postal, e-mail and online forms with a deadline of 28 October
Surrey - 22 September in Woking; 28 September in Redhill; 30 September in Camberley; 5 October in Guildford. Consultation closes on 31 October
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