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Form ID: 716

Do you agree with the plan period 2020 to 2040?

I do not agree with this plan period

If you think the plan period should be longer, what plan end-date would you suggest and why?

The Plan should run to 2050 to align with adjacent local authorities and provide the optimum context for long term strategic infrastructure planning.

Form ID: 717

Which potential locations for growth do you support?

Yellow – A421 based growth , Pink – Rail growth

Can you suggest other locations?

No answer given

Form ID: 718

What infrastructure do you consider is key to the delivery of growth in Bedford borough?

East West Rail, more housing and the Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Park

Form ID: 719

Do you have any further views to add to those listed in the Town Centre Plan?

The town centre would benefit significantly from more animation and traffic on the river. The John Bunyan Community Boat is a huge tourist and visitor attraction carrying over 7,000 passengers a year.

Form ID: 720

Do you agree that the Council should produce further guidance for developers on how to respond to climate change?

I agree

If so, what should be included in it?

standards for enhancing natural capital at a very local and strategic level.

Form ID: 721

The Government is developing new house-building standards to be implemented through building regulations. Is there any local evidence or need to go beyond national standards?

Yes, in order to set the bar high and ensure future growth in Bedford is exemplar.

Form ID: 722

What do you think would encourage people to make greater use of sustainable modes of transport?

Improved and separated cycle connections including along the river.

Form ID: 723

If you think that our existing planning policies to protect and enhance the natural environment fail to cover important national or local issues, please give details.

Not enough reference is made to improved flood risk and water resource management at the strategic level, for example linking up with regional water resource planning via Water Resources East. Lack of ambition and engagement at a strategic level may mean that Bedford misses out on potential funding via the regional water resource management plan.

Form ID: 724

Is there anything else that is addressed in the new Government guidance that is not adequately covered by existing policies?

Positively planning for healthy lifestyles, limiting car use, walking, cycling etc

Form ID: 725

Do you have any other comments?

Lack of reference to the Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Park is extremely disappointing. It features in SEMLEPs Local Industrial Strategy and Economic Strategy and in EEH's draft Transport Strategy. The review of the Local Plan is a major opportunity to improve and strengthen existing policies, to develop a specific cross boundary SPD for the Waterway Park as proposed by the Environment Agency and ensure that the project is incorporated into regional water resource planning and the Oxford to Cambridge ARC.

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