Object
Local Plan 2040 Draft Plan - Strategy options and draft policies consultation
Representation ID: 3712
Received: 21/08/2021
Respondent: Mrs Veronica Zwetsloot
Option 2A is the best option, more sustainable, will promote Bedford as a town centre and help rejuvenation. If the urban areas cant sustain all the new development, then a new settlement at Twinwoods is the best option, followed by Little Barford, but NOT DENNYBROOK
option 2A , focuses on the urban growth south of Bedford. This development is more sustainable than rural development. This is supported by the Bedford Boroughs own sustainability appraisals. New stations south of Bedford are planned and the A421 has capacity for additional traffic
Govt. planning policy states that brown field sites should be selected over greenfield sites which rules out Dennybrook which is development on high grade agricultural land.
Twinwood development would be favorable, as this is partly on a brown field site and would tackle the problem of congestion on the A6
The new settlement at Little Barford would also be better than Dennybrook as it would be in proximity of the new EWR station and better transport links.