Plans to put housing all around Gibraltar corner have been objected to and rejected time and time again for good reason and nothing has changed this time.
- This should be kept a rural area, not an extension to the urban sprawl.
- The existing road network is not able to cope with the traffic it currently has, let alone if you more than double the number of houses here.
- There is not the space for buses to access the proposed site.
- Water drainage at the proposed sites is already an issue with regular flooding and burst pipes, adding hard standing and extra houses is only going to make this significantly worse.
- The land you are proposing to build on is good agricultural land which should be kept for farming.
- There is a diverse selection of wildlife on the land you are proposing to build on including deer, frogs, newts, badgers, foxes as well as many many nesting birds in the hedges and long grass.
- Existing rural villages should keep their identity, not amalgamated into one another.
- Kempston Rural has already increased in size by more than 50% since 2011 (compared to 17% for Kempston/Bedford).
- The extensive growth in Wootton, the warehouse development and the introduction of the A6 has already caused a significant increase in traffic, speed and noise along Ridge Road and Wootton Road, this would only increase that.
- The increased traffic has already deteriorated pavements, roads and utilities and has directly caused damage to the 1930's houses that line the 1930s road.
- The plan talks about creating green spaces and helping the environment, but all the plans will do is urbanise what is already a green and rural area.
- The increased amount of housing will increase noise and pollution and will affect safety in the area.
- Local residents moved to a rural location to get away from the urban environment for a reason, you are proposing on bringing the urban to us.
- Local amenities are already insufficient to deal with existing growth