1.8

Object

Representation ID: 5712

Received: 07/09/2021

Respondent: Miss Hannah Hambleton-Jewell

1.8 In February 2021 the government published a policy paper entitled 'Planning for sustainable growth in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc: an introduction to the spatial framework'. It explains why the government is committed to developing a spatial framework for the Arc; what it will mean for growth, spatial planning and infrastructure provision in the area; and how government will work with communities and local partners to develop it. The intention is to '…develop a long-term Spatial Framework for the Arc that will support better spatial planning, provide a blueprint for better-targeted public investment, give investors and businesses greater long-term certainty over growth plans, and allow communities to shape the long-term future of places across the region. The nature and content of the Spatial Framework will be subject to the outcome of both detailed consultation and sustainability appraisal' (para 2.1). A first public consultation is planned for summer 2021 which is two years later than initially intended in the joint declaration.

As stated earlier I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 5751

Received: 07/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Gillian Tagg

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which I believe should be retained. I believe that any large-scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 5835

Received: 08/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Norman Hoy

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 5903

Received: 08/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Tom Tagg

HMG are two years late in holding their public consultation on the Spatial Framework for the Arc. In the meantime, rather than BBC prepare their Local Plan 2040 in alignment with the Arc strategy, they are being forced by HMG to plan in isolation. This is crazy, as there are too many significant unknowns at this time (see 1.1).
For BBC to advance this Local Plan review in this way risks a potential waste of time and tax-payers money, and some or all of the work will have to be repeated when the Arc strategy and other major issues become clearer.
Alternatively BBC are likely to make incorrect decisions and locate developments in the wrong parts of the borough.
These are major decisions that will have a lasting impact on the borough and the lives of the residents forever.
As a result, BBC Local Plan 2040 focusses only on Bedford Borough. Fully integrated planning across all of the Arc is required so that developments and infrastructure improvements are made in the correct places and the burden of these is fairly shared across the Arc. The BBC Plan period should align with the Arc Plan period.

Object

Representation ID: 5953

Received: 08/09/2021

Respondent: Staploe Parish Council

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development within the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. I strongly believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Support

Representation ID: 5995

Received: 08/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Christina Farmer

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 6089

Received: 09/09/2021

Respondent: Jen Giles

Staploe Parish Council do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 6137

Received: 09/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Sandie Tusting

Staploe Parish Council believe this should be grounds for an extension to the Local Plan Review. However, we do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained.

Object

Representation ID: 6138

Received: 09/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Sandie Tusting

Staploe Parish Council certainly do not want policies or plans to be deemed out of date but feel that it should be possible to argue that a plan adopted in 2020 to 2030 which was required to be reviewed immediately after adoption because of the need to align with the arc should be granted an extension now that the arc has been delayed.

Object

Representation ID: 6193

Received: 09/09/2021

Respondent: Peter Coles

Staploe Parish Council do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 6285

Received: 10/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Paul Zwetsloot

Staploe Parish Council do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Support

Representation ID: 6337

Received: 10/09/2021

Respondent: Messrs A Porter, H Fowler, W Salsbury Ltd

Agent: DLP Planning Limited

Other Material Considerations (Notably Ox-Cam Arc Spatial Framework)
Emerging Oxford Cambridge Arc Spatial Framework
The proposed Oxford-Cambridge Spatial Framework will have the status of national policy and is intended to form a material consideration for plan-making alongside the National Planning Policy Framework.
The government is currently seeking view on priorities for the Framework as part of consultation on the document ‘Creating a Vision for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc’ (until October 2021). The latest consultation proposals set out that it will aim to guide sustainable planning and investment decisions under four policy pillars:
• the environment;
• the economy;
• connectivity and infrastructure; and
place-making.

The current consultation follows publication of an initial policy paper in February 2021 setting out the approach to developing the Framework. Paragraphs 2.10 and 2.11 of the policy paper set out in terms of the strategy for housing and planning in the Arc the role of the Framework will not be to make site allocations or to include detailed policies set elsewhere in national policy or better left to local plans (including for example, setting out the housing requirement). However, the policy paper emphasises the importance of meeting housing needs in full (including the delivery of affordable housing) and therefore relies on the calculation of minimum annual local housing need in accordance with the standard method as its starting point. Opportunities to increase levels of development above this minimum starting point are clearly anticipated as part of the Framework’s aspirations to support economic development and ensure a balance between the delivery of new jobs and homes (see paragraph 2.6).
Paragraph 3.8 of the policy paper sets out that the government expects:
local planning authorities to continue to develop local plans before the publication of the Spatial Framework. These changes will sit alongside wider planning reforms, and as we take forward our response to the ‘Planning for the Future’ consultation, we will outline transitional arrangements and the role of the Spatial Framework within any new system.”

he development of the Spatial Framework will be supported by two further public consultations: Towards a Spatial Framework (Spring 2022) and Draft Spatial Framework (Autumn 2022). It is the government’s intention to commence implementation of the Spatial Framework throughout 2023, meaning its policies are expected to be in place as a material consideration at the same point the Bedford Local Plan 2040 is undergoing Examination.

Object

Representation ID: 6399

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: Ms Donna Thompson

Staploe Parish Council do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 6414

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Steven Kent

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 6522

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Susan Trolley

Staploe Parish Council do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 6581

Received: 14/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Aiden Farmer

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 6652

Received: 14/09/2021

Respondent: Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust

Beds GOVET is aware that the spatial framework for the Oxford Cambridge Arc and the East West rail route are still in the process of being finalised. The spatial framework for the Arc will not be available until January 2023. As a result, it is difficult to make judgements about the LP2040 plan without detailed information on the strategy of the Oxford Cambridge Arc or the EW Rail route in Bedfordshire.

Object

Representation ID: 6703

Received: 14/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Elizabeth Froude

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 6741

Received: 14/09/2021

Respondent: Ms S Kelly

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 6793

Received: 15/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Damian Smith

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 6841

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Joanna Ibbett

As above. I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 6880

Received: 15/09/2021

Respondent: Master Corey T Farmer

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 6973

Received: 16/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Robert Tusting

Staploe Parish Council believe this should be grounds for an extension to the Local Plan Review. However, we do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained.

Object

Representation ID: 7010

Received: 17/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Robert Tusting

Staploe Parish Council do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 7061

Received: 09/09/2021

Respondent: June Coles

Staploe Parish Council do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 7108

Received: 09/09/2021

Respondent: Stephen Coles

Staploe Parish Council do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 7188

Received: 17/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Peter Knight

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 7275

Received: 01/09/2021

Respondent: Miss Laura Jones

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 7335

Received: 02/09/2021

Respondent: Miss Becky Browning

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which I believe should be retained. I believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 7392

Received: 02/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Simon Goodship

I do not agree that there should be extensive new housing development in the Oxford Cambridge arc. Much of it is rural and with productive agricultural land which we believe should be retained. We believe that any large scale allocations over 2,500 homes should not be permitted until the Oxford Cambridge arc has developed its spatial strategy.