Object

Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 Plan for Submission

Representation ID: 9314

Received: 28/07/2022

Respondent: Mrs Linda Banks

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

Not enough health services - Doctors and the hospital!
Traffic problems - the roads are busy enough
Swimming pools - this needs to be considered as schools have got rid of their pools and children need to learn to swim
Fields to grow food - Council to run farms for educational needs to show children how to grow good quality food, More food needed for increased population.
PLEASE stand up to the Government and accept some building evenly distributed in all areas of the county but certainly not the amount that has been proposed!

Full text:

I obviously realise that you have to allow some building, however this area, in particular Wootton where I live has been totally changed from a village to nearly the size of a town! There is also more building planned for Wootton so we certainly do not need anymore housing in this particular plot of land.
We have had some infrastructure but the main problem is the doctors. Our health centre is the same size as it was when I moved here 21 years ago and the population has, like I have stated grown considerably, with this new development and all the other areas planned to be built on there will not be room for anymore people to be seen. This is the same for all the areas where the building is to take place we do not have the medical services. In addition the hospital cannot cope now and with the population growing with this building and all the other proposed developments, then I dread to think what will happen to peoples health.
The roads also with the increased traffic will not be able to cope and it will make it harder for everyone to move around.
I also strongly object to houses being built on this area as it was a farm and surely we will need areas to grow food if the climate carries on changing. The council could take the farm over and run it with trips from local schools to see how animals are looked over and food grown to make them interested in good quality healthy food.
I also cannot understand why more building isn't being considered in the north of the county? Why is it not being looked at there?
I therefore strongly object to any building in this particular area.