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Developer submits plans for 500 new Sharnbrook homes

A planning application for up to 500 new homes in Sharnbrook has been submitted to Bedford Borough Council. The development, located east of the village at Hill Farm, Mill Road, will...

Bedford Borough villages approve Council’s neighbourhood plans with local referendum

Neighbourhood plans written by local people and said to not just be about planning and delivering new homes but also "explain what is special about each parish", have now been...

Promoter behind Tofte Manor events says “We want to make Sharnbrook proud”

The promoter and local man behind a music festival at Tofte Manor in Sharnbrook, says he "wants to make Sharnbrook proud" and create events that have a positive impact on the...

Sharnbrook manor house music festival sparks traffic concerns

A dance music festival taking place at a manor house in Sharnbrook this weekend has raised traffic and parking concerns among residents and the local councillor. During Saturday's Labyrinth Festival...

Committee overrides massive village opposition to give permission to mother and baby unit

Councillors have overridden huge opposition in Sharnbrook to give the green light to a service for troubled new mums and their newborns. The planning committee was told that the occupiers of a converted...

Organisers await decision on holding music event at historic Tofte Manor

Organisers have denied that they are trying to override the conditions of their entertainment licence as they bid to hold a third music event at an historic venue. The licence for Tofte Manor, between Sharnbrook...

Sharnbrook father and son star in new turbo-charged TV documentary

A father and son from Sharnbrook, who took an abandoned 1930s car and lovingly restored it into a land speed record-breaker, are the stars of a new documentary series...

Letters: ‘Evil’ destruction of Sharnbrook bridleway

The lovely bridleway leading from Sharnbrook Mill to Radwell has been completely destroyed with an enormous tractor type vehicle. This was a wonderfully virus safe walk...

You may be the jewel in the crown but your lorries are ‘devastating’, councillor tells science park

A councillor made a passionate plea for his colleagues to vote against a plan that would “devastate” Sharnbrook. The owners of Colworth Science Park to the west of the village had applied to Bedford Borough Council to build an advanced manufacturing facility and a brand new national...

Two North Bedfordshire Cannabis factories shut down

Bedfordshire Police have shut down two cannabis factories in two north Bedfordshire and seized around 100 plants. The raids carried out in Bolnhurst and Sharnbrook on Wednesday and Thursday (13 and...

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