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Representation ID: 7788

Received: 23/09/2021

Respondent: Mr A Sarro

Agent: Phillips Planning Services

3.17. Our client Mr Sarro owns Land To The East Of Hookhams Lane, Salph End, Renhold, which is being promoted through the Call For Sites process (Site 878). This land is in the control of a single owner, is accessible, and can easily deliver further growth. This has been tested through a speculative application which was refused as being outside the settlement envelope.

3.18. The site is ideally located adjacent to the Settlement Policy Area of Renhold behind existing dwellings, and residential development on the site can easily assimilate into the village. Renhold is a sustainable location adjoining the urban area and the site is within walking distance of a range of services and facilities, including a convenience store, public house, primary school, secondary school, three supermarkets, and a pharmacy, as well as a high frequency bus service to Bedford.

3.19. Numerous specialist surveys have been undertaken on the site and the reports were submitted as part of the Call For Sites Process. This includes a Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment, Heritage Statement, Flood Risk Assessment & Drainage Strategy, Preliminary Ecological Appraisal, Tree Survey Report, Sustainability And Energy Statement, and Transport Statement. These reports confirm that there are no significant constraints and the site can be delivered without any adverse impacts.

3.20. The site has good access onto the A421 and development in this location would support the delivery of growth within the A421 corridor, be close to the route of East-West Rail, and would clearly comply with the ambitions of delivering development which corresponds to strategic connections within the Oxford-Cambridge Arc.