¶ HAS20 Summary (400 Houses + New School)
Analysis of the available information on the HAS20 development site as detailed on the previous pages on this site has shown that the resulting Outline Planning Applicaion falls short on highway and pedestrian safety, particularly in relation to Station Road.
This is also backed up by the experts at the council who have raised these concerns in response to the Development Brief, these comments have been quoted on the Development Brief page.
Safe pedestrian and vehicular access to the new "Two Form Entry" (2FE) Primary School and adequate parking for drop of and collection are key policy requirements for HAS20 in the local plan and also mandated by the Planning Inspectors who examined HAS20 in the local plan.
[OPINION] The safety of Children and parents walking to the new Primary School should be of primary importance, it is important the everybody in the village submits their objection to this Outline Planning Applicaion before the deadline on the 28th of Janurary.[/OPINION]
Please review the available information on this site to help form your objection. Please be aware that only access related matters are going to be decided on, other matters will not be treated as valid planning objections at this stage.
Objections must be submitted by the 28th of Janurary, they can submitted via the Council Planning Portal listing here:
http://plantech.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/PLANTECH/DCWebPages/acolnetcgi.gov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=626906
If you wish to object but have little time to go into detail, a Template Objection Letter can be found on the HAS20 Documents page.
¶ Submitting your objection
Council Planning Portal Instructions:
Visit the above Planning Portal link and Click on the "Consultation" tab as shown below:
At the bottom of the consultation page, under the title "Public Representations", use the "click here" link.
On the next page next to "If you do not have a reference number" use the "click here" link.
You should then see the "Application Comment Form" where you can enter your address and your comments.
Note: it is better to prepare your comments before hand and then copy and paste them into the comments box due to its small size.
Comments can also be emailed to the case officer who's email address is listed on the main planning portal link above.