CPRE Bedfordshire Newsletter September 2021

Welcome to our September newsletter. In this issue you’ll find information about our response to the Bedford Local Plan 2040, we introduce the OxCam Vision consultation and celebrate the winners of the CPRE Bedfordshire Living Countryside Awards.

Plus look out for details of two upcoming events.

Full Response – Bedford Local Plan 2040 Consultation

The full response to the consultation includes comments shown by chapter and paragraphs from the draft plan.

The consultation closes on September 3rd 2021.

Download the full response

The results are in!

The winners of the 2021 Living Countryside Awards are:

Better places to live – Abbey Fields Roundabout Group
Connecting people and countryside – Houghton Hall Kitchen Garden
Made in Bedfordshire – Riverside Dairy
Bedfordshire Choice Award – Treewell Community Farm

The full list of Highly Commended and Commended awards can be found on our website, along with specially commissioned films featuring our winners.

Watch videos featuring our winners

OxCam Arc Vision Consultation

The Government has now launched a consultation on the Vision for its proposed Spatial Framework for the OxCam Arc. A copy of the CPRE consultation response will be available in due course. In the meantime, here are a few pointers from CPRE Bedfordshire.

AGM & Talk: Thursday 7th October, 7pm – Wootton Community Centre.

Our speaker will be Brian Kerr, “How to Value a Skylark: The Countryside in a Time of Change”.

Full details plus how to register

Neighbourhood Planning workshop

10am –4pm, Meppershall Village Hall

CPRE Bedfordshire is pleased to present a one-day workshop to bring together representatives from Parish and Town Councils in Bedfordshire to learn and share experiences of Neighbourhood Planning.

Guest speaker: Dave Chetwyn

If you have any questions or would like to register your interest please contact Lois Wright – lois.wright@cprebeds.org.uk

More details will be available via the website shortly