Call for Sites Form

Form ID: 692

Interest in land

Other (please specify)

Specify 'other' land interest

Please Contact the Agent: Sharron Hubbard

If you are not the landowner of the site you are submitting, do you have permission to submit?

Yes

Address of site

Land South of Bedford Road, Moggerhanger. 11.7 ha

Location plan

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Current use of land

Agricultural - Arable

Adjoining use to the north

Bedford Road, Agricultural Land

Adjoining use to the south

Woodland, Agricultural Land

Adjoining use to the east

Park Road, Residential Development (built up area of village) and Agricultural Land

Adjoining use to the west

Agricultural Land

Has the site been developed previously?

Proposed primary use

Housing

Other uses proposed

Nothing chosen

Number of dwellings proposed

300 dwellings

Type of housing proposed

Family houses , Self-build/Custom build homes , Older people housing

Other type of housing

No answer given

Density proposed

3o dwellings / ha

Proposed tenures

Market housing - Owner occupied , Market housing - Private rented housing , Affordable Housing - Affordable rent , Affordable Housing - Shared ownership

Other tenures proposed

No answer given

Permanent or transit?

No answer given

Site privately owned?

Nothing chosen

Number of plots proposed

No answer given

Proposed type of employment

No answer given

Gross floorspace proposed

No answer given

Proposed type of retail

No answer given

Net floorspace proposed

No answer given

Gross floorspace proposed

No answer given

Number of hotel rooms proposed

No answer given

Amount of development proposed

No answer given

Description

No answer given

Can suitable access be achieved for the site?

The current access is unsuitable/requires improvement

Where will the site’s access point(s) be?

Two potential access points have been shown on the accompanying site location plan, identifying how access could be obtained from the site from Bedford Road (A603) to the north, subject to visibility splays being achieved.

Is the site available for development now?

Yes

Is the site currently subject to a planning application?

Is the site currently being marketed?

Are you aware of any issues that might affect the viability of developing the site?

1-5 years (2024/25-2028/29)

100 to 500 dwellings

6-10 years (2029/30-2033/34)

100 to 300 dwellings

11-15 years (2034/35-2039/40)

No answer given

16+ years (2040 onwards)

No answer given

What year, post adoption of the plan, would you expect development to start on site?

Development could start on the site within the first five years of the Local Plan period, approximately in 2025. The site could be brought forward on a phased basis with development anticipating completion by 2030-31.

The council has declared a climate emergency. How the proposal will respond to climate change

Any scheme at the site shall be accompanied by a sustainable urban drainage strategy and seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout development. Renewable energy will be considered as part of the design process of the proposed dwellings.

Attachments

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Site size (ha)

11.73

Site size threshold

Nothing chosen

Overriding constraint?

Nothing chosen

Stage1 conclusion

Nothing chosen

Stage 2 Assessment of suitability, availability & achievability

Nothing chosen

Stage 2 conclusion

Nothing chosen

1a. Within or adjoining UAB SPA or built form of a small settlement

Nothing chosen

1b. Accessible on foot to a food store?

Nothing chosen

1c. Accessible on foot to a primary school?

Nothing chosen

1d. Accessible on foot or by bus to a major employer?

Nothing chosen

1e. Outside, adjoining or within the air quality management area?

Nothing chosen

2a. Within or adjoining site of nature conservation importance

Nothing chosen

2b. In an area where protected species are known or likely to exist?

Nothing chosen

2c. Potentially able to achieve a net gain in biodiversity?

Nothing chosen

2d. Able to link into the green infrastructure opportunity network?

Nothing chosen

2e. Likely to impact on an area currently providing ecosystem services.

Nothing chosen

3a. Proposing a renewable energy scheme or extra energy efficiency standards?

Nothing chosen

3b. Within or adjoining the urban area, a defined settlement policy area or the built form of a small settlement?

Nothing chosen

3c. Accessible on foot to a food store?

Nothing chosen

3d. Accessible on foot to a primary school?

Nothing chosen

3e. Accessible on foot or by bus to a major employer?

Nothing chosen

4a. Likely to impact on designated or nondesignated heritage assets or their settings? For more detailed assessment see HELAA supporting document. www.bedford.gov.uk/LocalPlan2040

Nothing chosen

5a. Likely to increase future economic and employment opportunities?

Nothing chosen

6a. Proposing a main town centre use in, on the edge or outside of a town centre?

Nothing chosen

7a. Within 400m of an existing open space or proposing open space within it?

Nothing chosen

7b. Within 800m of a sports facility or proposing a sports facility within it?

Nothing chosen

8a. Likely to have a significant adverse impact on the surrounding landscape?

Nothing chosen

8b. Within the existing settlement form?

Nothing chosen

9a. On previously developed land?

Nothing chosen

9b. On best and most versatile agricultural land ie grades, 1, 2 or 3a?

Nothing chosen

10a. Within a groundwater source protection zone?

Nothing chosen

11a. At risk of flooding?

Nothing chosen

12a. Likely to provide a mix of housing, including affordable housing?

Nothing chosen

12b. Able to address a particular housing need?

Nothing chosen

13a. Within 800m of a facility where cultural or social activities can be accessed?

Nothing chosen

14a. Likely to encourage social cohesion?

Nothing chosen

14b. Likely to help make the area safer? +

Nothing chosen

15a. Within or adjoining the urban area, a defined settlement policy area or the built form of a small settlement?

Nothing chosen

15b. Accessible on foot to a food store?

Nothing chosen

15c. Accessible on foot to a primary school?

Nothing chosen

15d. Accessible on foot or by bus to a major employer?

Nothing chosen

15e. Connect highway without constraint?

Nothing chosen

15f. Highway or junction capacity issues

Nothing chosen

Highway comments. For more detailed assessment see HELAA supporting document. www.bedford.gov.uk/LocalPlan2040

No answer given

Contaminated Land

Nothing chosen

Environmental Health note

No answer given

Mineral Safeguarding Area

Nothing chosen

Site assessment conclusions

The site is not located within Bedford Borough.