Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 Plan for Submission

Object

Representation ID: 10016

Received: 29/07/2022

Respondent: St Modwen Logistics

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

These representations are made on behalf of St Modwen Logistics. St Modwen Logistics own and manage Thurleigh Airfield, an established business park and existing allocation, classified as Protect and Enhance and subject to Policy 70 of the Local Plan 2030 (adopted January 2020).

St Modwen Logistics request that, for clarity, Local Plan Policy 70 which is to be saved, is updated to reflect the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020. This means removing reference to Class B1 which has been revoked and these business uses have now been amalgamated into the new Class E – Commercial, Business and Service Uses.

These changes are already recognised and reflected in the Emerging Local Plan 2040 text at paragraph 6.12 “The remaining policies of Local Plan 2030 remain appropriate and do not need replacement. However, many of them make reference to Class B. These should now be read as meaning Classes B2, B8 and business uses within Class E.” However, St Modwen request for consistency the saved policies are also updated in line with these changes.