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Representation ID: 7572

Received: 21/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Barbara Morris

Wyboston/Dennybrook Proposals.

Support all Parish Councils reasons submitted and primarily Colmworth PCs.

Any housing approved would not result in any improved economic impact to Bedford as the most convenient town is St Neots which sits in HSC. The additional housing will be services by the facilities in St Neots as they have a comprehensive infrastructure in place. It will support housing need in HDC more than it ever would in Bedford BC area.

Scale of the project in respect of size and time would have a massive long detrimental impact on the area causing traffic congestion, noise and general disturbance to existing residents.

Area is very rural, few access roads and minimal infrastructure. Roads are not able to sustain volumes of traffic numbers. Many are unclassified and single track with safety issues. Visibility is extremely poor in many places. Farm machinery use is high as are movements by horses, cyclists, walkers.

No gas utilities exist in many of the villages.

Development is too large and destructive to wildlife habitats and rural country life.

Many better solutions exist, call for sites returned over 70,000 plots which could address housing need.