Land surrounding Eastern Way, Eastern Way, Heath and Reach
Description
Outline Application: hybrid application comprising of part FULL for 2 wind turbines with associated accesses and hard standings, solar arrays; and associated infrastructure (to include substation and transformers); provision of a roundabout and junction amendments between the A5 (Watling Street) and Eastern Way; new access and road from Shenley Hill Road; new roundabout, revised junctions, accesses and improvements along Mile Tree Road; new roundabout and access to the north of Eastern Way. Part Outline for a mixed use scheme including up to 3,600 residential units (including affordable housing and specialist accommodation for older people); new employment and industrial floorspace and ancillary facilities; community infrastructure (including Narrow Gauge Railway terminus and museum); education facilities (including a secondary school and primary schools); healthcare provision; local centre uses (to include retail, community and employment uses); sports hubs (including sports provision); green infrastructure and landscaping works (to include a country park, formal and informal open space, amenity space, woodland and ecological areas); electrical vehicle charging facilities; transport mobility hubs; drainage works (including foul and surface water drainage infrastructure); vehicular and active travel infrastructure; ground remodelling, engineering and demolition works. Environmental Impact Assessment application with all matters reserved except access
Central Bedfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #46 out of 292. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).
