Object
Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 Plan for Submission
Representation ID: 10356
Received: 29/07/2022
Respondent: East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Agent: James Lawson Planning Ltd
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The local plan is considered to be unsound as it is not ‘justified’ insofar as the current approach does not reflect the most appropriate strategy taking into account the reasonable alternatives, and based on proportionate evidence.
In the second sentence of the policy (lines 3-4) the wording lacks clarity in its cross reference to the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP), as the requirement for all major residential led allocations to provide for/ fund all necessary infrastructure to achieve sustainable new communities is not sufficiently clear.
The policy should provide an overarching requirement for all major residential led allocations to provide for/ fund all necessary infrastructure set out in the IDP, particularly as each separate policy allocation references different types of infrastructure with no consistent theme.