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Representation ID: 6451

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: Ms Donna Thompson

There is a preferred option that Staploe Parish Council consider to be the most suitable strategy for Bedford Borough Council to employ when going forward to the next stage of the Local Plan process. As part of the preferred strategy, it is clear that should a new settlement be required in order to meet the Council’s Local Housing Needs Assessment (LHN), dated May 2021, then the proposed settlement of Little Barford is considered appropriate, and for the reasons set out in paragraph 3.17. The alternative site at land west of Wyboston (Dennybrook (site 977)) is considered the least preferred option and should be discounted as a sustainable location for development by Bedford Borough Council. The following comments and observations relate to the Call for Sites submission by Taylor Wimpey for a ‘new settlement’.There is a preferred option that Staploe Parish Council consider to be the most suitable strategy for Bedford Borough Council to employ when going forward to the next stage of the Local Plan process. As part of the preferred strategy, it is clear that should a new settlement be required in order to meet the Council’s Local Housing Needs Assessment (LHN), dated May 2021, then the proposed settlement of Little Barford is considered appropriate, and for the reasons set out in paragraph 3.17. The alternative site at land west of Wyboston (Dennybrook (site 977)) is considered the least preferred option and should be discounted as a sustainable location for development by Bedford Borough Council. The following comments and observations relate to the Call for Sites submission by Taylor Wimpey for a ‘new settlement’.