Comment

Representation ID: 10169

Received: 29/07/2022

Respondent: Mrs Elsie Hare

My concern is the unfair focus to build housing south of Bedford and failing to look north of Bedford. We already suffer hugely increased traffic problems which will only increase with more traffic due to increased housing especially in an area such as Elstow having already seen housing triple+ in the past 30+ years, and that is to a village that has greater historic and heritage values than possibly any village in southern England. The housing referred below could easily subsume Elstow into a greater Bedford to simply become a residential ward estate like Putnoe or Goldington or Brickhill or Harper or Cauldwell.
EMP5 - Pear Tree Farm
In a further matter Mr Whitbread confirmed there will be no housing behind the planned Pear Tree Farm employment/science allocation along the A6, the problem is that plans can change given it is titled urban open space.