Object
Local Plan 2040 Draft Plan - Strategy options and draft policies consultation
Representation ID: 3577
Received: 12/08/2021
Respondent: Mr Jonathan Pelham
The text of that definition seems rather vague and circular.
We're a key service centre because we were designated a key service centre?
Our public transport link to Bedford is laughable and is unusable by anyone wishing to commute in Bedford if they don't work either very close to the bus route or don't need to be in by 9.
Indeed it is impossible to travel by Bus to Bedford and from there take a train to London and have any hope of arriving before 9am.
The table in section 2.5/2.6 in your consultation document "
"Town Centres and Shopping Policies Topic Paper".
does give some criteria but that puts us closer to neighborhood centre.
We have one shop, a pharmacy, a cafe that only opened last year, a takeaway and an estate agent. Two streets away we have two convenience shops next door to each other.