Cranfield Express bang on time this morning. Well done Peter Hinson - we know you have had difficulties with the printer and IT issues lately. Hope you are getting it all sorted.
I was very struck by Anita Beal's article about proposals for new housing development at the old Central Motors with access via Flitt Leys. Anita has strong views on a range of planning issues but the most live one at the moment ( i.e it isn't done and dusted) is Flitt Leys and the 135 home development (Central Motors) by Bellways just behind.
Villagers should be aware that the Parish Council preferred Central Motors in the local development framework over the airfield site and the bit of the village which takes an interest in planning probably shared this preference. This was on the basis of 135 houses over 160. However, I have been concerned for a while that we are creating a sticky mess of roads, facilities (planned school and health centre) and housing plus retail all clustered round the Mill Road, Bedford Road, High Street junctions. The Coop is there to stay, thank goodness but the rest is in the pipeline.
So the worries about Flitt Leys are entirely justified, in my view. CBC and its predecessor authority Mid Beds ignored residents about access to Home Farm via Lodge Road. I suggest they pay closer attention to the Flitt Leys issue.
I was very struck by Anita Beal's article about proposals for new housing development at the old Central Motors with access via Flitt Leys. Anita has strong views on a range of planning issues but the most live one at the moment ( i.e it isn't done and dusted) is Flitt Leys and the 135 home development (Central Motors) by Bellways just behind.
Villagers should be aware that the Parish Council preferred Central Motors in the local development framework over the airfield site and the bit of the village which takes an interest in planning probably shared this preference. This was on the basis of 135 houses over 160. However, I have been concerned for a while that we are creating a sticky mess of roads, facilities (planned school and health centre) and housing plus retail all clustered round the Mill Road, Bedford Road, High Street junctions. The Coop is there to stay, thank goodness but the rest is in the pipeline.
So the worries about Flitt Leys are entirely justified, in my view. CBC and its predecessor authority Mid Beds ignored residents about access to Home Farm via Lodge Road. I suggest they pay closer attention to the Flitt Leys issue.
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