My objection to the planned 300 housing development is that as it is within the parish of Wilstead and as such is that it will have a direct effect on Wilstead itself. It is too large for the village’s facilities to cope with. Wilstead should not be designated as a Key Service Centre as it has no doctor, no dentist, no small supermarket. It has a small village primary school and a small general store/post office which is the right size for the village population as it stands. Wilstead is reliant on Bedford for services. This is a problem as I usually have to use the bus service which is very poor. Anyone with an appointment in Bedford cannot rely on a bus to get them there on time.

With all the other developments planned south of Bedford in addition to this there will be an enormous increase in traffic through Wilstead on a road system not designed to take anything more than local (Wilstead population size roughly as it is) traffic. There is already a dangerous junction at Wilstead cross roads for pedestrians due to a recent change in the layout. The danger to children, elderly and other pedestrians will increase enormously with this increase not to mention fumes noise and general pollution.