Query: Is the "land at East of Parkside" double-counted within CBC's Local Plan 2018 which is now out for consultation?
Answer: It's confusing. And I've spent hours on this.
Houghton Regis North Framework Plan
states that "This will be a residential-led, mixed-use scheme of about 7,000 dwellings and 40 hectares of employment land together with its supporting infrastructure."
1. Plans in the North Framework Plan Area; Bedford Rd cuts the Framework into 2 parts. Site 1 and Site 2.
1.1 Site 1 Includes
HRN1 -"HRN1 will deliver 5,150 new homes " CB/12/03613
Map for HRN2:
This map excludes land east of Parkside from HRN1 and the Taylor Wimpey site.
Site 1: East of Parkside last application was a scoping opinion for 385 homes CB/16/04030
Site 1: Taylor Wimpey Regents Place 169 homes CB/14/03056
Site 1: total 5704
1.2 Site 2 Includes
HRN2 scheme outline for 1850 homes CB/15/00297/OUTThen add
A: Tillia Park on edge of quarry 140 homes SB/07/01448
B: Persimmon Kyngshouton 62 homes CB/14/03047
C: Bury Spinney 100 CB/16/02086
D: Land south of The Bungalow 50 homes CB/17/02512/OUT
Makes a total of 2202
[ The Orchard 6 (excluded from the Local Plan) ]
[ Other pockets of land, not all being considered for Local Plan known as Bidwell Vision. See my Houghton Regis Places map and side links that pop up when you click an area ( this includes land north of A5-M1 link north west of Bedford Rd roundabout) ]
Add the numbers for the two sites up.
5704 + 2202 = 7906
Site Assessment
East of Parkside was NOT included in the preliminary site assessments (link)
However, it does appear in The Local Plan Appendix A: List of new sites which pass assessment as NLP546.
LATEST PLAN
Houghton Regis North Strategic Allocation (plan document p86)
"A figure of around 7,000 new homes could be accommodated; approximately 4,600-5,600 on site 1" "and approximately 1,500-1,850 on site 2."
Total calc for what the plan talks about is 6100 - 7450 on both
The Local Plan talks about adding these land allocations:
HAS28 Bidwell Gospel Hall (Dell Mount) - 25 homes
HAS29 Land East of Houghton Regis - 355 homes
25+ 355 = 380
Finally,
If Land east of Parkside is double counted, take away the figure CBC have used, i.e 355 from 7906, then add the 25 from Gospel Hall = 7576 which is beyond the number 6100 - 7450 that the Plan talks about.
The bottom line. What I would like to have seen in the plan is a simple table showing the numbers for 'Houghton Regis' that went into the plan, and then the extra numbers that are coming out of the plan.
