Object

Representation ID: 10522

Received: 29/07/2022

Respondent: Mrs Alvina Farrow

Number of people: 247

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Registered petition obo 247 people.

Borough Plan 2040 Proposed Housing Development

Kempston Rural has already been disproportionally affected by development over the last 10 years. The national increase in population over that period was fractionally less than 6%. Bedford Borough increase was 17.7%. Kempston Rural had an explosion over 50% in population since 2011.

We the undersigned residents of Kempston Rural would like to express our opposition to the planned increase in population and destruction of our communities as detailed in the Proposed Local Plan 2040.

We ask that our remaining green and beautiful countryside is preserved for generations to come. "Once it's gone it's gone!"

Instead of just bowing down to the dictates that are put in place by remote and unelected officials, we ask that Council show some courage and refuse to accept the destruction of our great Borough.

We understand that to some extent the authorities hands are tied by the national planning legislation. We have been lead to believe that the questions are set by the Planning Inspectorate. We ask that you remind them that they are our public servants.

This petition has signatures of more than 50 residents. We therefore instruct you as our unitary authority to take our objections forward as part of the public consultation. A failure to do so would be undemocratic and a failure of the authority to represent the people it serves.