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Bedford Council probe catches ex-housing officer illegally subletting property

A Bedford Borough Council Fraud Investigation has helped identify a £15,000 social housing fraud after a former housing officer was found to be subletting his social housing property...

Bedford housing association achieves highest gradings from regulator

Bedford local housing association, bpha, announce their achievement of the highest consumer grading from the regulator of social housing. Bpha provides homes and services...

Bellway buys 42 acres in Bromham and plans to build over 300 homes

Housebuilder Bellway has purchased 42 acres of land in Bromham with plans to construct over 300 new homes, set aside space for a new GP surgery, and invest millions in Bedford Borough...

Bedford Borough landowners invited to put forward development sites for Local Plan 2050

Bedford Borough Council is calling on local people, landowners and businesses to suggest potential plots for housing, retail and renewable energy to help shape the area's growth up to 2050...

Wixams site manager wins top national housebuilding award

Andrew Webb, site manager at the Tilia Homes development in Wixams, has received a prestigious NHBC Pride in the Job Award recognising excellence in housebuilding...

Warnings A1 ‘won’t be fit for purpose’ under Tempsford new town plans

Councillors have warned plans for up to 40,000 homes around Tempsford could overwhelm roads, reshape nearby towns and permanently change the area around Biggleswade and Sandy...

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...

Council moves to create new 2050 Local Plan amid fears of “uncoordinated development”

Bedford Borough Council is set to launch a new Local Plan to 2050 after the collapse of its previous strategy left the borough without an up-to-date development framework...

Tempsford new town plan faces warning from Lords over leadership and infrastructure

A House of Lords report says places like Tempsford will fail unless ministers provide clear leadership, early infrastructure and meaningful local engagement. Plans for a new town at Tempsford...

New town at Tempsford among government plans for the biggest housebuilding push in 50 years

Seven proposed new towns, including Tempsford and the eastern expansion of Milton Keynes towards Central Bedfordshire, could “kick-start the biggest housebuilding push in more than 50 years”, according to the government...