Object
Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 Plan for Submission
Representation ID: 9140
Received: 23/07/2022
Respondent: Mrs Caroline Brady-Watts
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
This development would take away important green spaces
The roads would be unable to cope with traffic
The village already has problems with flooding,this would be worsened
There is no doctor facilities,so local ones would be overwhelmed
And the gap between Wixams and Wilstead would be lost
Wilstead is a rural village,not a Wixams extension,it could not cope with such large developments
Please leave our village as a village,and not ruin the countryside
Firstly I feel labelling this as land south of Wixams is very misleading,this is Wilstead
I think this was done deliberately to make people feel this is an extension of a new development
This is in fact ,part of a development which would almost triple the size of Wilstead
Also it has been labelled as a key service area,we are not.
There are no doctors facilities,one general store,which is also the post office
On Cotton End Road,one of the main roads through the village,there is a bus service once a week
The road through the village are not designed to cope with any more traffic
We have already had a number of accident on Cotton End Road,and traffic speed Is awful
This development would spoil the village feel,lose important green spaces,and over stretch facilities for the area
It would also merge Wixams and Wilstead ,losing the separate village identity of Wilstead