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Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 Plan for Submission

Representation ID: 10066

Received: 29/07/2022

Respondent: Margaret Dean

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Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

My Objection to the proposed Campus & possible warehouse/manufacturing at Water End
& St Neats Road, Renhold
From a traffic point of view the effects of this development will be horrendous for Renhold along every stretch of road. We already have "speed watch" teams trying to assist the police, who do not have time to monitor vehicle speeds. It is very dangerous to park on many parts the village roads, as visibility is not good around bends, and an increase in through traffic will make this problem far worse.
If the project is sanctioned, then by way of mitigation there must be an agreement to the effect
that no HGVs from the Water End site are allowed to turn right into Water End and hence
through Green End and the rest of the village. An HGV ban would, of course, be preferable.
There must also be an agreement between the BBC and Police that the TRO is regularly enforced and ideally this should be with the installation of combined Average Speed and Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras, to replace the aging ASCs currently in place.
Without these restrictions the "old village" will become a traffic nightmare and destroy the village nature of our roads to the detriment of all who live there.
Furthermore, I firmly believe that it will not be possible to mitigate the effects of the necessary lighting for a 24 hour facility of warehousing / manufacturing, and that there will be noise day & night