Comment

Representation ID: 10175

Received: 29/07/2022

Respondent: Jeremy Clayson

SHARNBROOK NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
I am born bred and educated at Sharnbrook and Bedford before 3 years at college. I worked in north Beds for 40 years before retiring in 2016 and becoming a consultant to pave the way for improved planning in Sharnbrook and neighbouring villages. I have lodged a number of reps previously, particularly on the borough plan progress. I have missed previous deadlines for the borough Plan and some of the subsequent neighbourhood Plans and I would ask to be kept informed on my former homeland and my retired home is near Huntingdon but I am in Bedford a lot because it is still my “home” with dentist, opticians, garages, Waitrose and many other facilities.
It is the SITE ASSESSMENT by the Council which concerns me the most around Mill Road, the one closest to the Fordham Arms PH falls in with the character of the village but the chosen one by Parish maps beyond the site 236. The site is far too large and divorced from the village as a whole and separates the village wrongly.
Merely because of my knowledge of the village and its progression over 67 years. The Council just cannot get North Beds right and this latest proposal at Sharnbrook is another big mistake. Other more central sites should be chosen before this effectively stifling separate ‘estate’.
Soundness is my only query and with respect to planning and development proposals.