Comment

Representation ID: 9712

Received: 29/07/2022

Respondent: Cloud Wing UK Ltd

Agent: Avison Young

Cloud Wing strongly support the principle of the South of Bedford Area as a focus for environmental-led and sustainable growth. However, for the reasons set out in other sections of these representations Cloud Wing considers the focus of the Plan and Policy HOU12 on the delivery of an “innovation hub” at Kempston Hardwick to be unsound. This fails to recognise the importance of other sectors and locational advantages of the south of Bedford area and the Kempston Hardwick site, particularly for industrial and logistics uses. The overreliance on innovation uses also poses a threat to the delivery of the overall employment and economic needs of the area.