Object

Representation ID: 7457

Received: 20/09/2021

Respondent: sue solomon

This is my preferred option for development as adding to the urban areas makes more sense because everyone who lives in urban area has chosen to do so for many reasons. Urban and brownfield sites should always be the first option when planning for development. The government have stated that this should be the case. This option is the only option where St Neots and Cambridgeshire would not be badly affected from thousands of homes and people using their facilities and infrastructure, therefore putting more pressure on this council (St Neots) and not being paid for this (Council Tax would be paid to Bedford Borough Council and being too far away from Bedford town centre) All other options should be scrapped and Twinwoods should again be considered/brownfield site).

Option 2b 2c 2d (Proposed Development Sites)

All three of these options propose a massive development on the border with Cambridgeshire called Dennybrook. I strongly object to this development on greenfield land, it is grade 2 (good quality) agricultural land so it is against Government policy. It will not benefit Bedford, everyone will go to St Neots putting pressure on their roads and services.
There is a severe risk of adding tot he flooding that already happens in Honeydon regularly in the Winter. Most of the roads around Honeydon are totally unsuitable for more traffic with ditches that flood, single track and some roadside nature reserves with protected species of plants i.e. Bath Asparagus and Sulpher Clover.
We have wonderful wildlife in this area which would be devastated if building went ahead. Red Kites, Owls, Bats, Egrets, Badgers and many more species would be lost if the area was developed. All who love the open countryside moved here to existing limited homes to be part of and respect this way of life. More housing would devastate this area.