Support

Representation ID: 5928

Received: 08/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Tom Tagg

This is an important statement for the Council.
I support:
• the emphasis on maintaining the green environment, landscape character and tackling climate change.
• Well planned growth – this needs to be integrated with Central Beds and Hunts DC.
• Rejuvenation of the town centre.
• Recognition of the benefits of the Bedford to Milton Keynes Waterway.
I would like to see more emphasis on the use of brownfield land for development in advance of greenfield land, with the use of high quality agricultural land avoided, to support the UK’s food production needs.
While I recognise the growth challenges faced by the Council, specifically when attempting to align with the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, I do not consider that development at Wyboston/Dennybrook will meet many of the objectives in the Vision – I detail this in my comments at item 3.17, Option 2b, Dennybrook.
For Dennybrook to therefore be selected by BBC as a component of their emerging preferred options therefore appears to cast doubt on BBC’s commitment to honour their Vision?