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Local Plan 2040 Draft Plan - Strategy options and draft policies consultation

Representation ID: 5908

Received: 08/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Tom Tagg

Representation Summary:

There are too many major unknowns (e.g. Arc Spatial Strategy, EWR) at this time for BBC to meaningfully advance the Local Plan 2040. The process should be postponed until the Arc Spatial Strategy is agreed. To proceed otherwise will be a potential waste of time and tax-payers money and some or all of the work will have to be repeated when these major issues become clearer.
Alternatively BBC are likely to make incorrect decisions and locate developments in the wrong parts of the borough.
BBC Local Plan 2040 focusses only on Bedford Borough. 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. This can only be done when the Arc Spatial Strategy is agreed.