Comment

Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 Plan for Submission

Representation ID: 9328

Received: 28/07/2022

Respondent: Mr Eric Benton

Representation Summary:

The Wilshamstead Neighbourhood Plan accepted that there would possibly be a need to accept additonal housing once the new Local Plan had been approved.

Full text:

Whilst no additional housing was proposed in the Wilshamstead Neighbourhood Plan it should be recognised that contingency to consider addiitonal housing was included as follows:
"it is likely that Service Centres such as Wilstead will be expected to provide additional housing in years to come. The majority of respondents to the [NP] Questionnaire considered that no development should take place in the Parish (50%) but accepted that infilling in the existing built up area could be less unacceptable (36%) as opposed to the use of greenfield sites outside the current built up area (2%).
"This NP does not seek to allocate sites currently given that there is no requirement in the current Local Plan 2030 for it to do so. However, in the future, should new housing be required in the Parish by the Borough Council, the Neighbourhood Plan is likely to be reviewed "