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Representation ID: 8573

Received: 27/09/2021

Respondent: AW Group Limited

Agent: Arrow Planning Limited

1.1 These representations have been prepared on behalf of Arnold White Group (‘AWG’) in response to the public consultation on Bedford Borough Council’s (‘BBC’) Local Plan 2040 – Draft Plan, Strategy Options and Draft Policies Consultation (‘the Local Plan’).
1.2 AWG are a landowner and strategic land promoter,
owning and controlling significant areas of land within Bedford Borough. These representations are made having particular regard to a 96ha area of land at Broadmead, Marston Vale, north of Stewartby. This land forms part of the wider 222ha ‘Bedford Business Park’ being promoted by Cloud Wing UK Ltd (‘Cloud Wing’).
1.3 A Site Location Plan identifying the extent of land (hereafter referred to as ‘the Site’) is enclosed at Appendix 1.
1.4 The Site has previously been submitted to BBC as part of the Call for Sites process, and AWG has been active participants in every stage of the Local Plan 2030, as well as the 2020 consultation on the Local Plan 2040.
1.5 The response to this consultation considers the key issues of job growth; strategic locations for growth; climate change; and, as an overall point, the relationship of the Local Plan to the Arc Spatial Framework and Government’s proposed planning reforms.
1.6 This response also includes further information in relation to the land at Bedford Business Park, with the enclosed illustrative Masterplan (Appendix 2) demonstrating how the land would deliver substantial employment and economic opportunities in accordance with national policy.