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Monthly column: Building a housing system that works for people again

Housing is not just part of the cost-of-living crisis: it is the cost-of-living crisis. Strip everything back, and the pressures people feel in their daily lives so often come down to one...

Monthly column: Let’s make Tempsford a healthy and safe new town

The government has indicated that Tempsford is a preferred site for a new town. The ambition is to create a new town of 40,000 homes on the A1 site, on the Oxford-Cambridge corridor...

Concerns over speculative planning applications as Local Plan 2050 is prepared

Concerns have been raised about speculative planning applications in Bedford borough while the council prepares a new Local Plan. The issue was discussed at a meeting...

Bedford Borough Council begins work on new Local Plan 2050

Bedford Borough Council has approved plans to begin work on a new Local Plan to guide housing, jobs, transport and infrastructure up to 2050. Local plans set out where new homes...

Plans submitted to turn Grade II* listed house in Cardington into SEND school for 50 pupils

A Grade II* listed Cardington house could become a special educational needs (SEND) school after plans were submitted to Bedford Borough Council. The application proposes...

Monthly column: What a load of rubbish

Hello, I am Councillor Nicola Gribble, representing Renhold and Ravensden, a lovely rural ward just north of Bedford town. I am a first-time councillor, elected in May 2023, and I am...

Council considers planning application for new house on patch of land in Goldington

Bedford Borough Council has received an application for Permission in Principle for a single dwelling house on land in Parklands, Brookfield Road, Bedford. The applicants said this land was...

Bedford Borough Council faces questions over £5.9m housing fund plans

Bedford Borough Council has not clarified how a £5.9 million housing grant, which government guidance says forms part of a wider programme that includes Afghan resettlement, will be...

Monthly column: A little humour mixed with hard reality

April Fool’s Day saw amusing stories, including one which said that Bedford Park was due to be covered by an O2-style canopy! However, the contrast between light-hearted April...

Lurke Street car park closed for emergency repairs

Drivers wishing to use Lurke Street car park in Bedford town centre today are advised to park elsewhere while emergency repairs are carried out. The car park was closed at...