Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 Plan for Submission

Ended on the 29 July 2022

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(12)Appendix 1

Status of development plan policies

The following table lists the existing development plan policies and identifies their status once the Local Plan 2040 has been adopted.

Local Plan 2030

Policy number	Policy name	Status - Delete, replace or save	Proposed policy in Local Plan 2040
1S	Reviewing the Local Plan 2030	Delete
2S	Healthy communities	Save
3S	Spatial strategy	Replace	DS2(S) – Spatial Strategy
4S	Amount and distribution of housing development	Replace	DS3(S) – Amount and timing of housing growth
5S	Development in villages with a Settlement Policy Area	Save
6	Development in Small Settlements	Save
7S	Development in the countryside	Save
8	Key development sites in St Paul's Square	Save
9	Land at Duckmill Lane / Bedesman Lane, Bedford	Save
10	The station area, Ashburnham Rd, Bedford	Save
11	Greyfriars, Bedford	Save
12	Land at Ford End Road, Bedford	Save
13	Land at Borough Hall, Bedford	Save
14	Land south of the river, Bedford	Save
15	Town centre uses	Replace	TC3 – Bedford town centre – changes of use
16	Bedford High Street	Replace	TC3 – Bedford town centre – changes of use
17	Riverside development	Save
18	Land at Gold Lane, Biddenham	Save
19	Land at 329 Bedford Road, Kempston	Save
20	Land at Mowbray Road, Bedford	Save
21	Land north of Beverley Crescent, Bedford	Save
22	Land at Lodge Hill, Bedford	Save
23	Land to the rear of Bromham Road, Biddenham	Save
24	Land at Grazehill, Bedford	Save
25	Former Stewartby Brickworks	Save
26	Opportunity Sites	Replace	DS6 – Opportunity sites
27	Land north of School Lane, Roxton	Save
28S	Place making	Save
29	Design quality and principles	Save
30	The impact of development – design impacts	Save
31	The impact of development – access impacts	Save
32	The impact of development – disturbance and pollution impacts	Save
33	The impact of development – infrastructure impacts	Save
34	Advertisements	Save
35S	Green infrastructure	Save
36S	Forest of Marston Vale	Save
37	Landscape character	Save
38	Landscaping in new development	Save
39	Retention of trees	Save
40	Hedgerows	Save
41S	Historic environment and heritage assets	Save
42S	Protecting biodiversity and geodiversity	Save
43	Enhancing biodiversity	Replace	DM7 – Environmental net gain
44	River Great Ouse	Save
45	Local Green Space	Save
46S	Use of previously developed land and use of undeveloped land	Save
47S	Pollution, disturbance and contaminated land	Save
48	Minerals and waste restoration policy	Save
49	Waste	Save
50S	Water resources	Save
51S	Climate change strategic approach	Replace	DS1(S)- Resources and climate change
52	Water demand	Save
53	Development layout and accessibility	Save
54	Energy efficiency	Save
55	Renewable energy – district heating	Save
56	Renewable energy – broad locations suitable for renewable energy development	Save
57	Renewable energy – general impact	Save
58S	Affordable housing	Replace	DM1(S) – Affordable Housing
59S	Housing mix	Replace	DM3(S) – Housing Mix
60	Specialist housing	Save
61	Provision of Gypsy and Traveller pitches and Travelling Show People plots	Save
62	Kempston Hardwick Gypsy and Traveller site	Save
63	Proposals for Traveller sites on unallocated land in the countryside	Save
64	Design of Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Show People sites	Save
65	Reuse of rural buildings in the countryside	Save
66	The replacement and extension of dwellings in the countryside	Save
67	Affordable housing to meet local needs in the rural area	Save
68	Accommodation for rural workers	Save
69S	Amount and distribution of employment development	Replace	DS4(S) – Amount of employment growth DS5(S) – Distribution of growth
70	Key employment sites	Save
71	Other employment sites	Save
72S	Additional strategic employment development	Save
73	Wyboston Lakes	Save
74	Employment skills	Save
75	New employment development in the countryside	Replace	DM8 – New employment development in the countryside
76	Improvement and provision of new visitor accommodation	Save
77S	Hierarchy of town centres	Replace	TC1(S) - Hierarchy of town centres
78	Out of centre development	Replace	TC2 – Out of centre development
79	Kempston district centre – new retail development	Replace	TC4 – Kempston district centre – new commercial, business and service use development
80	Kempston district centre – changes of use	Replace	TC5 - Kempston district centre – changes of use
81	New shops in local centres	Replace	TC6 – New commercial, business and service uses in local centres
82	Local centres (including rural key service centres) – changes of use	Replace	TC7 – Local centres (including key service centres) – changes of use
83	Neighbourhood centres and individual shops – changes of use	Replace	TC8 – Essential local shops and public houses – changes of use
84	All shop units	Delete
85	Impact of town centre uses	Replace	TC9 – Impact of town centre uses
86S	Delivering infrastructure	Save
87	Public transport	Save
88	Impact of transport on people, places and environment	Save
89	Electric vehicle infrastructure	Save
90S	Transport infrastructure and network improvements	Save
91	Access to the countryside	Save
92	Flood risk	Save
93	Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS)	Save
94	Broadband	Save
95	Domestic equipment	Save
96	Communications infrastructure	Save
97	New sports and leisure facilities	Save
98	New community facilities	Save
99	Loss of existing sports and community facilities	Save

Local Plan 2002

Policy number	Policy name	Status - Delete, replace or save
H2	Britannia Iron Works	Delete	Development completed
H6	Biddenham Loop	Delete	Development completed
H7	Land west of Kempston	Delete	Development completed
H8	Land north of Bromham Road, Biddenham	Save	Development under construction
H9	Land at Shortstown	Save	Development under construction
H11	Land south of Fields Road, Wootton	Save	Development under construction
H12	Land north of Fields Road, Wootton	Delete	Development completed
H13	Land off Rousebury Road, Stewartby	Save	Development under construction
H14	Elstow Storage Depot	Save	Development under construction
H23	Housing in second order villages	Save
E2	Land south of Cambridge Road	Delete	Development completed
E10	Elstow Brickworks	Save
LR4	Rowing course	Save	Development started

Allocations and Designations Local Plan 2013

Policy number	Allocations and Designations Local Plan Policies (2013)	Status – Delete, replace or save	Proposed policy in Local Plan 2040
AD1	Sustainable Development Policy	Save
AD3	Land at Hall End Road, Wootton	Save
AD4	Land at Old Ford End Road, Queens Park, Bedford	Delete	Development completed
AD7	Land East of Eastcotts Road, Bedford	Delete	Development completed
AD10	Lansdowne Road, Warwick Avenue and Dynevor Road, Bedford	Save	Development under construction
AD11	Land at Medbury Farm, Elstow	Replace	EMP5 – Land at Pear Tree Farm, Elstow
AD12	Land at Bell Farm, Kempston	Save	Development under construction
AD13	Marston Vale Innovation Park Phase 2, Wootton	Save
AD15	Manton Lane Reservoir Site, Bedford	Save	Development under construction
AD16	Land West of Manton Lane, Bedford	Save
AD17	Land West of the B530, Kempston	Save
AD18	Land North of the A6-A428 Link Road, Bedford	Save
AD19	Land at Manton Lane, Bedford	Save
AD20	Land at Bedford Road, Great Barford	Save
AD21	Land at Chawston Lake, Roxton Road, Wyboston	Save
AD22	Land North of Ravensden Road, Salph End, Renhold	Save
AD23	Bedford River Valley Park Enabling Development	Replace	HOU11 Land at Bedford River Valley Park
AD24	Green Infrastructure Opportunity Zones	Save
AD26	Bedford River Valley Park	Save
AD27	Bedford to Milton Keynes Waterway Park	Save
AD28	Provision of Open Space and Built Facilities in Association with New Development	Save	Partly replaced by Policy DM12 – outdoor sports space in association with development
AD36	Pedestrian Routes	Save
AD38	Commercial Vehicle Parking and Motorists Facilities	Save
AD39	Cycling	Save
AD40	Village Open Spaces and Views	Save
AD41	Urban Area Boundary	Save
AD42	Local Gaps	Save
AD43	Urban Open Spaces and Gaps	Save
AD44	Former Land Settlement Association Area	Save

Bedfordshire and Luton Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2005

	Bedfordshire and Luton Minerals and Waste Local Plan Policies (2005)	Status – Delete, replace or save	Proposed policy in Local Plan 2040
W17	Land raising	Save	Also relevant is Policy 48 – Minerals and waste restoration policy
W22	Safeguarding existing sites	Save

Bedfordshire and Luton Minerals and Waste Local Plan Policies (2005)

Status – Delete, replace or save

Proposed policy in Local Plan 2040

W17

Land raising

Save

Also relevant is Policy 48 – Minerals and waste restoration policy

W22

Safeguarding existing sites

Save

Strategic Policies in the LP2040

Policy	Strategic policy title	Chapter
DS1(S)	Resources and Climate Change	Climate change
DS2(S)	Spatial Strategy	Spatial strategy and site allocations
DS3(S)	Amount and timing of housing growth	Spatial strategy and site allocations
DS4(S)	Amount of employment growth	Spatial strategy and site allocations
DS5(S)	Distribution of growth	Spatial strategy and site allocations
TC1(S)	Hierarchy of town centres	Town centre and retail policies
DM1(S)	Affordable housing	Development management policies
DM3(S)	Housing mix	Development management policies

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