Eastern Leighton Buzzard Planning Application
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Proposal: Provision of an urban extension comprising of residential development of 4,400 dwellings (including affordable housing), Eastern distributor road and access; sites for lower, middle and upper schools; neighbourhood/local centres (3.7ha in total) comprising of class A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 units and community uses; 20.29 hectares of land for employment uses (comprising of class B1, B2 and B8 uses and reserve sites for energy centre and visitor information centre); formal open space extending to 17.97 ha; informal open space and parks extending to 87.59 ha, incorporating sites for children's play areas and NEAPs, LEAPs and a site set aside for an adventure playground; sites for cemetery (3.47ha) and allotments (2.7ha); biomass plant; 7.07 hectares of reserve sites for community hospital, nursing home, further education college, skills and enterprise centre, youth activities centre, park and change facility and leisure centre.
Documents relating to this application can be inspected at these offices between 8.45am and 5.15pm Monday to Thursday or until 4.45pm on Fridays or on our website: View Plans and Documents.
The application can also be inspected at the Leighton Linslade Town Council Offices (telephone 01525 631920). It is advisable to contact them beforehand to ensure that the application is available and when this can be viewed.
Comments
If you wish to comment on the application, please do so in writing by no later than 27 May 2008, quoting the application reference 08/0329. You must submit your name and address and your comments should relate to planning aspects such as amenity, privacy, design, noise, traffic, access or similar which will be taken into consideration when the application is determined. However, matters such as property values and loss of view are not planning issues.
You can enter your comments online at: http://planning.southbeds.gov.uk/plantech/dcwebpages/acolnetcgi.exe.
By entering the application reference 08/0329, click search, click on the application number and scroll down to Public Representations.
All letters received are open to public view and therefore cannot be treated in confidence. As a major application with an Environmental Impact Assessment it would normally be determined within 16 weeks.
The Council's Planning Committee will determine the application. Committee date, time and procedure will be published on our Planning Services web pages nearer the time. Any significant updates to this application will also be published on our website.
