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Community Campaign — Kempston Rural
Kempston Rural is a delicate ecosystem and a small community of ~330 homes. A proposed development off Green End Road would more than double our size, destroying our countryside forever.
We recognise housing targets exist. We support appropriate, proportionate growth. A modest infill development of 20–30 homes would perfectly align with the character and capacity of Kempston Rural.
But 420 homes is an invasion of scale.
The material planning reasons why this site is unsuitable.
All traffic feeds into Gibraltar Corner. This could generate 700–900+ additional vehicle movements per day on roads not built for it.
Read more →No shop, no pub, no GP, and limited transport. Adding 420 homes to ~330 existing is not organic growth — it is structural transformation.
Read more →Fields and hedgerows act as wildlife corridors. Large-scale development will fracture these habitats permanently.
Read more →Replacing permeable farmland with concrete significantly increases surface runoff. Rural ditch capacity is a serious concern.
Read more →The site is open agricultural countryside, not brownfield. It will remove the green buffer and urbanise the landscape.
Read more →Wootton has doubled in size. Planning must consider the cumulative impact on the area, not treat this application in isolation.
Read more →Write your own personalised letter. Individual objections carry far more weight than petitions.
Planning officers value local detail. Add your observations about traffic, drainage, or impact on your life.
Traffic, scale, and ecology are material considerations. Property values or preference are not.
The sheer number of individual objections is recorded in the officer's report. Every voice matters.
Register to be notified the moment the application is submitted and the objection window officially opens.
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