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Representation ID: 8896

Received: 30/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Peter Mills

There is a preferred option that I consider to be the most suitable strategy for Bedford Borough Council to employ when going forward to the next stage of the Local Plan process. As part of the preferred strategy, it is clear that should a new settlement be required in order to meet the Council’s Local Housing Needs Assessment (LHN), dated May 2021, then the proposed settlement of Thurleigh or Little Barford is considered more appropriate. The alternative site at land west of Wyboston (Dennybrook (site 977)) is considered the least preferred option and should be discounted as a sustainable location for development by Bedford Borough Council.

4.6 100 word summary
If a new settlement is required then Twinwoods as there is a significant proportion of brownfield land, should be the preferred option, or Little Barford as it is close to the East West rail station.
Dennybrook should be discounted because there is a risk of coalescence with St Neots, the local roads are unsuitable, the traffic modelling was inadequate, it would engulf existing hamlets and fundamentally change the rural nature of the parish, it would use high quality agricultural land and it is too far from the proposed E-W rail station to be sustainable.