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Representation ID: 10193

Received: 28/07/2022

Respondent: Amanda Quince

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Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Please note my objections in regards to the above proposed policy for the following reasons -

1. Renhold is a small rural village on the edge of a large town. Therefore such a massive development of this nature would completely destroy the distinctiveness of the village by allowing it to be built almost adjacent to a row of cottages at the end of the village. This is despite the land owners attempts to persuade residents that he would build a small copse type woodland area to offset the huge development beyond the tiny trees that would be planted to hide the eyesore. This would be so inadequate to even be taken seriously enough to form any sort of 'buffer'. I'm sorry, but this is just laughable. The impact on Renhold would simply be devast at in g.

2. I would also raise my significant concerns around what the landowner seems to feel the village or local surrounding area is lacking by proposing to add 'sweetener's' into the proposed development by saying the plan would include -
• A farm shop ... {we have one already close-by on Wilden Road, so a stone's through away)
• Wild water swimming ... {we have this at Box End)
• A running track ... (we have an international athletic stadium in Bedford)
• Tennis courts ... {we already have this on Goldington Road at Riverside in Bedford)

3. The domination of this proposed development would devour the landscape forever around Renhold and Great Barford for generations to come. Visually, it was look horrendous from a driver's perspective too and no-one would really believe that at the end of this huge potential sprawl would be a small rural vill age.

4. We already have significant traffic congestion on the A421 junction point with the resulting impact would just mean a hell of a lot m ore. That would then have a knock on effect for Renhold village with a massive increase in traffic flow on our village roads to try and avoid the inevitable log jam at the A421 junction. I would like to also point out that the land owners suggestion to build a new road into the development would do absolutely nothing in terms of alleviating any traffic flow issues. None whatsoever.

This entire proposal is ill thought out, it lacks any perceived benefits to the village or surrounding area for that matter. Put simply, Renhold village would suffer immensely should this proposal get off the ground. It is on far too much a grand scale to even be fully contemplated and understood to comment on with any degree of authority. There are clearly no benefits to this scheme other than the landowner making a considerable fortune in the process.
I implore you to decline this development in any shape or form.