Support

Representation ID: 8977

Received: 01/10/2021

Respondent: South Cambridgeshire District Council

This response to the Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 – Draft Plan Strategy Options and Draft Policies Consultation is made by Greater Cambridge Shared Planning on behalf of Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council.
We support the broad approach that Bedford Borough Council has taken to developing the emerging spatial strategy in terms of considering carbon emissions and natural capital as integral components to inform the preferred approach – this approach matches with the Themes in our emerging Greater Cambridge Local Plan, which reflect our Councils’ commitments to addressing the climate crisis and biodiversity emergency.
Given that the South Cambridgeshire and Bedford Borough boundaries do not adjoin we consider it unlikely that the Plan would have direct impacts on our districts. However, given the possible growth at new settlements in the north-east of Bedford Borough linked to East West Rail, we would like to highlight at a high-level potential strategic cross-boundary matters of relevance (under the Duty to Cooperate) between Bedford Borough and South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge (noting that Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire are producing a joint plan: strategic cross-boundary matters affecting one district will have implications for the other).