Object

Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 Plan for Submission

Representation ID: 9333

Received: 28/07/2022

Respondent: Mr Eric Benton

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

The location of this site is key to retaining segregation of the two distinctively different communities - Wixams and Wilstead. Development in this area places a huge risk to Wilstead being subsumed as part of Wixams. Only the A6 separates the area from the Longmeadow Drive area of Wilstead.
The naming of this site as "Land South of Wixams" should be changed to "West Wilstead" as it lies within the Wilshamstead Parish. This is misleading and will have led to Wilstead residents thinking the the development does not affect them

Full text:

The location of this site is key to retaining segregation of the two distinctively different communities - Wixams and Wilstead. Development in this area places a huge risk to Wilstead being subsumed as part of Wixams. Only the A6 separates the area from the Longmeadow Drive area of Wilstead.
The naming of this site as "Land South of Wixams" should be changed to "West Wilstead" as it lies within the Wilshamstead Parish. This is misleading and will have led to Wilstead residents thinking the the development does not affect them