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Representation ID: 5904

Received: 08/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Tom Tagg

Why have BBC not adjusted their local plan production timetables as other Councils? How have the other Councils been allowed to do so, while Bedford say that HMG are forcing them to continue the Local Plan review in unrealistic conditions to an accelerated timetable?
Fully integrated planning across all of the Arc is required so that developments and infrastructure improvements are made in the correct places and the burden of these is fairly shared across the Arc.
For BBC to advance this Local Plan review in this way risks a potential waste of time and tax-payers money, and some or all of the work will have to be repeated when the Arc strategy and other major issues become clearer.
Alternatively BBC are likely to make incorrect decisions and locate developments in the wrong parts of the borough.
These are major decisions that will have a lasting impact on the borough and the lives of the residents forever.