3.5

Object

Representation ID: 8163

Received: 03/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Ross Thomson

I had understood that delivery had to be constant ie. approx. the same number per year. We believe it is important that there is no risk that the Borough could be perceived not to be delivering their housing targets thereby increasing the risk of speculative developments.

Object

Representation ID: 8202

Received: 03/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Bernadette Yockney

I had understood that delivery had to be constant ie. approx. the same number per year. We believe it is important that there is no risk that the Borough could be perceived not to be delivering their housing targets thereby increasing the risk of speculative developments.

Object

Representation ID: 8261

Received: 03/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Daniel Francis

Staploe Parish Council had understood that delivery had to be constant ie. approx. the same number per year. We believe it is important that there is no risk that the Borough could be perceived not to be delivering their housing targets thereby increasing the risk of speculative developments.

Object

Representation ID: 8305

Received: 03/09/2021

Respondent: Miss Erin Francis

Staploe Parish Council had understood that delivery had to be constant ie. approx. the same number per year. We believe it is important that there is no risk that the Borough could be perceived not to be delivering their housing targets thereby increasing the risk of speculative developments.

Object

Representation ID: 8347

Received: 03/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs K Francis

Staploe Parish Council had understood that delivery had to be constant ie. approx. the same number per year. We believe it is important that there is no risk that the Borough could be perceived not to be delivering their housing targets thereby increasing the risk of speculative developments.

Object

Representation ID: 8399

Received: 03/09/2021

Respondent: Axis Land Partnership

Agent: Strutt and Parker

Paragraph 3.5 of the draft options consultation document suggests that a stepped
trajectory approach could be followed, which would mean maintaining the existing supply
under the 2030 plan until 2030, and then increasing delivery thereafter for the remaining
10 years. This is not considered to be an appropriate strategy and would be clearly at
odds with the policy requirement set out in Policy 1 of the adopted plan, the whole purpose
of which was to recognise the need for increased housing delivery based on the
application of national planning policy. Furthermore, following such a strategy would not
only stifle potential economic growth, but will exacerbate housing affordability, which is
clearly acknowledged as a significant issue not only for Bedford Borough but also the
wider Oxford – Cambridge Arc.

Object

Representation ID: 8451

Received: 03/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Theodore Cassell

I had understood that delivery had to be constant ie. approx. the same number per year. We believe it is important that there is no risk that the Borough could be perceived not to be delivering their housing targets thereby increasing the risk of speculative developments.

Object

Representation ID: 8481

Received: 27/09/2021

Respondent: Richborough Estates

Agent: Fisher German LLP

The proposal to utilise a stepped trajectory, referenced at 3.5 of the draft Plan, is not supported and not considered sound. Whilst the Council point to difficulties in achieving the uplift against the current housing requirement, this is primarily due to the approach to reduce the adopted Plan period, to a functional period up to 2030, despite the concerns of the development industry at the time. It is to us entirely inappropriate that these reported difficulties can be used as justification to delay current housing needs to later in the Plan period. This approach is particularly considered problematic in that, as detailed previously, housing needs will increase further; this, combined with stepping the trajectory to deliver increased numbers later in the Plan period will only further compound delivery. We have not seen any specific evidence which to us leads to the conclusion that a higher quantum of housing cannot be delivered in the short term and we are aware of a number of sites, including land east of Newton Lane, Turvey, which are available and can make an immediate contribution to the Council’s housing land supply. On this basis, there is no justification for a stepped trajectory to be utilised.

Object

Representation ID: 8548

Received: 03/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Claire francis

Staploe Parish Council had understood that delivery had to be constant ie. approx. the same number per year. We believe it is important that there is no risk that the Borough could be perceived not to be delivering their housing targets thereby increasing the risk of speculative developments.

Object

Representation ID: 8620

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Henry Zwetsloot

Staploe Parish Council had understood that delivery had to be constant ie. approx. the same number per year. We believe it is important that there is no risk that the Borough could be perceived not to be delivering their housing targets thereby increasing the risk of speculative developments.

Object

Representation ID: 8687

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: Mr J Francis

Staploe Parish Council had understood that delivery had to be constant ie. approx. the same number per year. We believe it is important that there is no risk that the Borough could be perceived not to be delivering their housing targets thereby increasing the risk of speculative developments.

Object

Representation ID: 8779

Received: 29/09/2021

Respondent: Staploe Parish Council

Staploe Parish Council had understood that delivery had to be constant ie. approx. the same number per year. We believe it is important that there is no risk that the Borough could be perceived not to be delivering their housing targets thereby increasing the risk of speculative developments.

Object

Representation ID: 8814

Received: 28/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Nicola Gooch

I had understood that delivery had to be constant ie. approx. the same number per year. We believe it is important that there is no risk that the Borough could be perceived not to be delivering their housing targets thereby increasing the risk of speculative developments.