Object

Plan for submission evidence base

Representation ID: 9319

Received: 28/07/2022

Respondent: Bedfordia Developments Ltd and Marcol Industrial Investment LLP

Agent: Lichfields

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

The Local Plan is not legally complaint owing to failure to comply with the duty to co-operate and fails to meet the tests of soundness. The Council has not co-operated effectively with neighbouring authorities regarding strategic cross-boundary impacts (including transportation) of the proposed new settlement at Little Barford and the transport evidence (BBTM) is not consistent with national policy (NPPF Paragraph 73c) with serious concerns over the application of the BBTM results to the site selection process.

Full text:

The Local Plan is not legally complaint owing to failure to comply with the duty to co-operate and fails to meet the tests of soundness. The Council has not co-operated effectively with neighbouring authorities regarding strategic cross-boundary impacts (including transportation) of the proposed new settlement at Little Barford and the transport evidence (BBTM) is not consistent with national policy (NPPF Paragraph 73c) with serious concerns over the application of the BBTM results to the site selection process.