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Representation ID: 9530

Received: 11/07/2022

Respondent: Beverley Bartram

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Duty to co-operate? Not specified

I object to the Bedford Local Plan 2040.
I believe the huge amount of new dwellings proposed for Wilstead VILLAGE will completely ruin the rural nature of Wilstead and the expected 5600 additional residents it will bring will massively overload the meagre services that currently exist.
The only medical facility we have is a small time chemist so for certain all doctors practices within the local area will come under even greater strain to meet the additional demands meaning current residents will also have to wait even longer with the consequences this will inevitably have on their well-being.
ALL local school settings are already bursting at the seams and even if more come on stream it will mean a further increase in car journeys to and from the village with ever more speeding vehicles and the dangers faced by all other road users and pedestrians alike.
Add the increase in pollution from traffic to the destruction of wildlife habitats caused by the building activities and the result is a damaging and damaged environment that
nobody, Including new residents, elected for when either they chose or choose to live in a village like Wilstead with its thriving community identity.
Building out on the extremities as planned will serve only to divide the village populations further fragmenting the cohesive spirit that bonds existing villagers and village life!
We are a community of around 3000 people so converting us into a huge and scattered one of 8000 plus will shatter the spirit, and not be in any way sympathetic to the precious rural character of this great little village.