Local Plan 2040 Draft Plan - Strategy options and draft policies consultation

Object

Representation ID: 5607

Received: 06/09/2021

Respondent: Milton Ernest Parish Council

The Parish Council note the paper - Bedford Borough Transport Model - New Settlements and the A6 and wish to make the following observations.

The community of Milton Ernest has to endure increasing numbers of vehicles travelling through the heart of its village. It remains the only significant settlement between Luton and Finedon that has not received any form of mitigation for the ever-increasing volume of traffic using the A6 corridor.

Increased noise, pollution and negative impact on social well-being continues to blight the lives of our community. There is no regard within the mentioned report on the impact upon the community, simply whether the road network has the capacity to take even greater numbers of vehicles, should either Colworth or Twinwoods be developed.

Even without the potential ‘new settlement’ developments, current housing growth, on all sides of the village, creates greater and greater number of vehicle movements both day and night, which need to be mitigated.

Milton Ernest Parish Council recognise the Borough’s need to deliver growth, however, the impact and needs of those most affected by such growth can not be overlooked or simply dismissed. We therefore recommend further discussion and inclusion of the alleviating mitigation measures mentioned within the report, whether or not either site is approved for development. And most definitely before any such development commences.