Following demands from CPRE Bedfordshire at the Public Examination of their Local Plan currently underway in Bedford, BBC have released the latest update of their Forward Housing Trajectory for the full Local Plan period to 2030. This shows, as CPRE Bedfordshire has long predicted, that BBC has a massive surplus (or contingency) of over 1,000 …
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The Government and Local Authorities have acted together to create yet another QUANGO – “The Central Growth Board”. It will enable them to push through massive developments along the Oxford – Milton Keynes – Bedford – Cambridge Corridor without the consent of local people, crushing local democracy. The Mayor of Bedford, Dave Hodgson and the …
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To find out more, come to our public meeting which will be held at the Chellington Centre nr Carlton, at 16.00 on Sunday 18th March 2018, speakers will be Gerry Sansom CPRE, Derek Bliss and Cllr Alison Field-Foster.
To find out more, come to our public meeting which will be held at the Sharnbrook Upper School at 20.00 on Monday 26th February 2018.
The Bedford Borough Council has extended the deadline for the 2035 consultation from 5 March 2018 to 29 March 2018.
There is an article on BBC News today about the Colworth development being built on unspoilt countryside. To view this article click here
The Hanson Brickworks site should be earmarked for ‘sustainable housing’ according to the local regeneration firm. Read the Bedford Today article here
Over 700 residents have expressed shock over plans to build thousands of new houses to the north of Bedford. The proposals, slipped out quietly in the Mayor of Bedford’s Local Plan on 2ndJanuary, would see the building of 4,500 houses by Lee Farm in Sharnbrook, generating thousands of extra car journeys every day. The plans …
A new campaign group made up of local Councillors and residents – “Keep North Beds Green” – has been set up to oppose the building of thousands of new houses north of Bedford. The Mayor of Bedford is expected to finalise his Local Plan in January 2018 and is recommending the building a New Town …
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