Object

Representation ID: 7894

Received: 23/09/2021

Respondent: Mr and Mrs Trevor and Susan Stewart

All sites in Ravensden, Renhold and Wilden
We are greatly concerned about the amount of misinformation that appears to have been submitted in respect of most of these sites.
It appears that applicants and agents have been over elaborate with the supporting statements. For example, a number of sites listed appear to suggest that public transport from these three villages into Bedford consists of one bus per hour. This is totally untrue for all these sites as they are actually only three buses per day. Fewer on Saturday and none on Sunday. Therefore, any of these sites, if approved, will cause an increase in private vehicular traffic onto already substandard simply surfaced former green lanes. In addition, there are no public service facilities in any of the three villages, no surgery, no chemist, no clinic and in the case of Wilden and Ravensden, no shop of any kind.
How would these proposed new developments be supported without the use of private cars. Similarly, the submissions do not identify the absence of footways on very busy, yet narrow roads. Perhaps as to be expected, applicants have been less than honest with their supporting statements.