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Representation ID: 9779

Received: 27/07/2022

Respondent: Mr Marc Abbott

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I am opposed to the plan for 2100 homes to be built in “Wixams South and Wixams East” sites that are actually in Wilstead!

Considering the actual size that Wixams will eventually become, I do not understand the need to build on green land around Wilstead. The infrastructure is already struggling to cope with what is currently here. The roads are in a terrible state, trying to get to Bedford is a nightmare because the roads can’t cope with the constant flow of HGVs thanks to the amount of industrial warehouses/units that have been built in Wixams.

The schools are already at capacity, there are no additional amenities being proposed like a doctors surgery, dentist etc. There are only proposals for yet more houses that are not affordable.

The proposed houses will disrupt life for the people that already live here, not to mention the wildlife that will be displaced and destroyed. Wilstead should be left as a village and not eventually overtaken by the Wixams development.

In the last few years we have had a new estate built on the back of Whitworth Way, which has cause the crime rate to increase, including a drugs raid on one of the houses.