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Representation ID: 10305

Received: 29/07/2022

Respondent: Mrs Rachel Reynecke

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

This site is not supported by housing and road links (see later comments on congestion) etc like the other proposed sites .at Kempston Hardwick and Little Barford.As such this area will likely be re-designated for housing especially as the plan provides a number of alternative sites for employment. Re-designating this area for housing would then go against the proposed policy to avoid coalescence with Wixams and Elstow.
Th site of this development is on Grade 2 agricultural land which is considered BMV and according to National Policy should be protected from’significant, inappropriate and unsustainable development proposal’
The development site hosts an abundance of wildlife including deer, hare, foxes, owls etc. If the development should go ahead their habitat will be permanently destroyed.
The EMP6 proposal has not progressed in the last 15 years meaning that it is not feasible and therefore supports thatEMP5 is also not a suitable/ feasible proposal.
The EMP5 site will increase noise, light and air pollution in addition to traffic congestion, this will in turn change the character of Elstow from a quiet, rural, historic village into an extension of noisy, urban, industrial Bedford.