Comment

Representation ID: 10055

Received: 28/07/2022

Respondent: Mr Richard Owen

An Environmental Net Gain is incompatible with your support of a railway line that requires stations being demolished and rebuilt, new concrete multi-storey car-parks and new roads constructed, and extra miles of Bedfordshire countryside being dug up for railway tracks, alongside increased air pollution in Bedford town centre caused by extra traffic to the Ashburnam Road station.
• Policy DM7 must include protection for older trees, existing hedges and shrubbery as important wildlife habitats. Planning permissions must reflect requirements for the planting of native trees and shrubs to support bio diversity.