Call for Sites Form

Form ID: 822

Interest in land

Other (please specify)

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

Yes

Address of site

Land between Hookhams Land and Ravensden Road, Salph End, Renhold 19.65 ha

Location plan

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Current use of land

Agricultural

Adjoining use to the north

See attached docs

Adjoining use to the south

See attached docs

Adjoining use to the east

See attached docs

Adjoining use to the west

See attached docs

Has the site been developed previously?

Proposed primary use

Housing

Other uses proposed

All other types

Number of dwellings proposed

Up to 400

Type of housing proposed

Family houses , Self-build/Custom build homes , Other

Other type of housing

Land for a 2FE primary school

Density proposed

30-40dph

Proposed tenures

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

Other tenures proposed

Mix to meet local plan requirements

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

Land for a 2FE primary school

Can suitable access be achieved for the site?

Suitable access is achievable

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

Via the existing dwelling to be demolished at 25 Hookhams Lane and onto Ravensden Road to the north.

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)

330

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

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?

After 1 year

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

All relevant measures set out in current policy 51S can be addressed. A sustainability and energy statement can be provided in due course.

Attachments

File: Enclosure 2C TA Addendum.pdf

File: Enclosure 5A Heritage Statement PT 1.pdf

File: Enclosure 5C Heritage Addendum Note.pdf

File: Enclosure 3B DAS PT2 Update.pdf

File: Enclosure 4A LVIA PT1.pdf

File: Enclosure 3A DAS PT1 Update.pdf

File: Enclosure 4B LVIA PT2.pdf

File: Enclosure 1 Parameters Plan.pdf

File: Enclosure 9 Flood Risk Assessment.pdf

File: Enclosure 8 Arboricultural Assessment.pdf

File: Enclosure 5B Heritage Statement PT 2.pdf

File: I&O Executive Report.pdf

File: Enclosure 6 DBA.pdf

File: Enclosure 2A TA Pt1.pdf

File: Enclosure 2B TA Pt2.pdf

File: Call for sites redacted

File: Enclosure 1 Appeal Decision Salph End.pdf

File: Call for Sites addendum_Redacted.pdf

File: Enclosure 2 Archaeology SoCG_Redacted.pdf

File: Enclosure 4 Agricultural Significance Statement.pdf

File: Enclosure 3 ALC Report_Redacted.pdf

File: Enclosure 5 Highways SoCG_Redacted.pdf

Site size (ha)

19.64

Site size threshold

Above

Overriding constraint?

Site not in accordance with the emerging development strategy

Stage1 conclusion

Exclude from further assessment

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

? The site is within or adjoining a defined settlement policy area or within the built form of a small settlement.

1b. Accessible on foot to a food store?

++ A site accessibility score of 8 is recorded where 8 is 0 – 10 minutes’ walk.

1c. Accessible on foot to a primary school?

+ A site accessibility score of 6 is recorded where 6 is 11 – 20 minutes’ walk.

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

x The site is within 10 minutes’ walk of a bus stop with an infrequent bus service (less frequent than hourly each day) which enables travel 8am6pm Monday to Friday to a major employer.

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

+ The site is not within or adjoining the air quality management area.

2a. Within or adjoining site of nature conservation importance

x The site is within or adjoining a site of nature conservation importance

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

x Protected species could be affected.

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

? Uncertain or insufficient information

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

+ The site is within or adjoining the green infrastructure opportunity network and able to enhance the network.

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

+ Opportunity area for 3 or more ecosystem services covers less than 25% of the site.

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

0 No renewable energy generation scheme included and efficiency standards that meet normal standards.

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

? The site is within or adjoining a defined settlement policy area or within the built form of a small settlement.

3c. Accessible on foot to a food store?

++ A site accessibility score of 8 is recorded where 8 is 0 – 10 minutes’ walk.

3d. Accessible on foot to a primary school?

+ A site accessibility score of 6 is recorded where 6 is 11 – 20 minutes’ walk

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

x The site is within 10 minutes’ walk of a bus stop with an infrequent bus service (less frequent than hourly each day) which enables travel 8am6pm Monday to Friday to a major employer.

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

x The proposal has the potential to cause harm to heritage assets. This harm may range from low to high. There may be options to avoid, reduce or mitigate this harm and where sites have not been ruled out altogether for other reasons, further assessment will be undertaken to more fully explore impacts on significance and options for harm reduction and mitigation. This further assessment may ultimately lead to the conclusion that the site should not be allocated.

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

0 Proposal is not employment related.

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

0 Proposal does not include a main town centre use.

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

+ The proposal includes or is within 400m walking distance of a publicly accessible open space that includes an equipped children’s play area of at least 200m2 .

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

+ The proposal includes or is within 800m of a publicly accessible sports facility.

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

0 The proposal is likely to have a neutral effect on the landscape.

8b. Within the existing settlement form?

+ The site adjoins a defined settlement policy area or the built form of a small settlement.

9a. On previously developed land?

x The site is not previously developed land as defined in the NPPF.

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

x All or a majority of the site is best and most versatile agricultural land as defined in the NPPF.

10a. Within a groundwater source protection zone?

+ The site is not located in a source protection zone.

11a. At risk of flooding?

+ The site is within flood zone 1 (areas that have been shown to be at less than 0.1% chance of flooding in any year).

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

+ The site is likely to provide a mix of housing and include affordable housing.

12b. Able to address a particular housing need?

+ The development will meet identified housing needs eg elderly, care, travellers.

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

+ The site is within 800m of a facility where cultural or social activities can be accessed.

14a. Likely to encourage social cohesion?

0 Neutral.

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

+ The development is likely to increase public surveillance or increase activity.

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

? The site is within or adjoining a defined settlement policy area or within the built form of a small settlement.

15b. Accessible on foot to a food store?

++ A site accessibility score of 8 is recorded where 8 is 0 – 10 minutes’ walk.

15c. Accessible on foot to a primary school?

+ A site accessibility score of 6 is recorded where 6 is 11 – 20 minutes’ walk

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

x The site is within 10 minutes’ walk of a bus stop with an infrequent bus service (less frequent than hourly each day) which enables travel 8am6pm Monday to Friday to a major employer.

15e. Connect highway without constraint?

+ No access constraints

15f. Highway or junction capacity issues

+ No capacity issues

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

The site is located on the west side of Ravensden Road in Renhold village approximately 3.5 miles north of Bedford town centre. Access to the site is feasible via Ravensden Road, which is a 30mph speed limit road. Roads around the site do not experience traffic congestion. The closest bus stop is located 350m south of the site. There is an existing footway on Hookhams Lane and opposite the site on Ravensden Road. Cycling is possible on-road. A Transport Assessment will be required to identify the impact of traffic and satisfactory facilities for both pedestrians and cyclists. The proposal will require a road to adoptable standards in accordance with Bedford Borough Council's highway standards in terms of accommodating the carriageway/footway widths and the required radius kerbs.

Contaminated Land

Nothing chosen

Environmental Health note

backs near to large school though there is part of golf course between, and school or employment planned on site would need to be considered as noise sources

Mineral Safeguarding Area

Site does not fall within the boundary of a MSA.

Site assessment conclusions

The site has been excluded from further assessment at Stage 1 because its location is not in accordance with the development strategy.

Supporting documents

File: Arboriculture Assessment

File: Call for sites form 2020

File: Covering letter redacted

File: DBA redacted

File: Flood Risk redacted

File: Heritage addendum

File: TA addendum

File: TA part 1

File: TA part 2

File: Biodiversity Calculator Assessment