Object

Representation ID: 6368

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: CPRE Bedfordshire

Para 1.52 – OBJECT

CPRE Bedfordshire believe that the Council should not acquiesce with the uncertainties resulting from the timing of the emerging Oxford to Cambridge Arc Spatial Framework.

As stated earlier, we believe the Council should act with urgency to reach agreement with the government to suspend the submission date for this local plan until the requirements of the Spatial Framework are made known.

Without such an agreement, the Council and the local communities’ ability to maintain
control over the selection of locations for growth through this local plan is seriously compromised.

Alternatively, Bedford Borough Council could follow the example of Buckinghamshire County Council and withdraw from the Oxford to Cambridge 'ARC Leaders' Group' in order to remain in control of their own future economic development and housing decisions.