Object

Representation ID: 6155

Received: 09/09/2021

Respondent: Savills

Agent: Savills

Scope of the Local Plan Review
We do not agree with the following statement at paragraph 1.14:
“The Local Plan 2040 will be a partial update of existing policies. The Local Plan 2030 was adopted only last
year and the vast majority of its policies are up to date and do not need to change. Remaining policies in the
earlier Allocations and Designations Local Plan have been reviewed and, in the majority of cases, they
remain fit for purpose and similarly do not need to change at this time.”
We consider it is appropriate to undertake a full review and to seek to prepare a new local plan which will
supersede the existing local plan comprising the vision, strategy, policies, allocations and designations. This
will provide clarity on local planning at the Borough level in one document. To seek to undertake only a
partial update and to retain parts of past plans risks multiple policy documents for the Borough in addition to
the emerging Oxford-Cambridge Spatial Framework and in some locations in the Borough there are
neighbourhood plans.
We request that the plan review is full and seeks to replace all existing development plan documents
prepared by the Borough Council for the Borough of Bedford.