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Representation ID: 6510

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Ian Laing

Agent: Phillips Planning Services

Paragraph 1.49 notes that the Council will not expect NP’s to allocate strategic scale sites and this will be done in the Borough Local Plan. A definition of a ‘strategic site’ is not provided.

There are a number of Parish’s (Biddenham, Bromham, Renhold etc.) where the Parish boundaries adjoin or there is land within the Parish which is also incorporated within the Bedford Urban Area boundary. In these cases it is right that the Borough makes allocations in the Borough Plan and not simply await NP preparation. Such allocations will be required in accordance with the Local Plan Strategy (Chapter 3 of the consultation document).

Such allocations may be of strategic scale but there are also opportunities for smaller scale allocations (such as our clients land in Biddenham – Site 808) this should also be allocated as part of the Borough Plan where within or adjoining the Bedford Urban Area as opposed to awaiting NP preparation.