Parking Standards for New Developments Draft (Nov 2022)
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Parking Standards for New Developments Draft (Nov 2022)
Parking Standards for New Developments Draft (Nov 2022)
Representation ID: 16047
Received: 04/01/2023
Respondent: ERTA
Dear XXXXX XXXXX,
I am now responding to your draft parking standards for Central Bedfordshire Council in regard to the New Developments Draft (Nov 2022).
The ERTA's main interest is regarding protection of lands in order to foster a new railway station (alias Ampthill Parkway station)between Flitwick and Bedford(and also south of the proposed Wixams) on the Thameslink route. This would help mop up traffic and parking issues emanating from developments across a wider geographic area upwards of 70, 000 population plus the feed off the M1 via A507 to Flitwick. The configuration of roads at Flitwick with a triple stack car park does not lend to easy road spill proliferation whilst congestion, hazards and delays are likely amidst the chaos of turning out and commuting growth. Wixams will deal with populations imminent and north of including parts of North Bedfordshire via bypasses, so all at and south of Wixams including the extensive Marston Vale, in bids to get rail to London will commute south - landing at Flitwick. Ampthill could share the load and more evenly distribute the growth in the Central Beds area as well as regenerate and inform sustainable footfall, spend and cycling/walking options in and around Ampthill as a place in its own right.
Not all have or want to be tied to cars and parking with no spare land is an acute issue only to be exacerbated in coming years.
Elsewhere, reviewing parking at local stations on Marston Vale line should be avoided. Developing is sprawling fast and so we need a commitment to protect lands and work with us to nurture the ground-level conditions for an Ampthill Parkway Station. In leisure terms, the scope is Wrest Park to the east and Woburn to the west and all in between.
Better cycle provision for central Flitwick to/from central Ampthill should also be looked at.
Please see our website for details of the Ampthill-Flitwick Forum next February. https://ertarail.co.uk/events/ .
Yours faithfully,
Dear XXXXX XXXXX,
I am now responding to your draft parking standards for Central Bedfordshire Council in regard to the New Developments Draft (Nov 2022).
The ERTA's main interest is regarding protection of lands in order to foster a new railway station (alias Ampthill Parkway station)between Flitwick and Bedford(and also south of the proposed Wixams) on the Thameslink route. This would help mop up traffic and parking issues emanating from developments across a wider geographic area upwards of 70, 000 population plus the feed off the M1 via A507 to Flitwick. The configuration of roads at Flitwick with a triple stack car park does not lend to easy road spill proliferation whilst congestion, hazards and delays are likely amidst the chaos of turning out and commuting growth. Wixams will deal with populations imminent and north of including parts of North Bedfordshire via bypasses, so all at and south of Wixams including the extensive Marston Vale, in bids to get rail to London will commute south - landing at Flitwick. Ampthill could share the load and more evenly distribute the growth in the Central Beds area as well as regenerate and inform sustainable footfall, spend and cycling/walking options in and around Ampthill as a place in its own right.
Not all have or want to be tied to cars and parking with no spare land is an acute issue only to be exacerbated in coming years.
Elsewhere, reviewing parking at local stations on Marston Vale line should be avoided. Developing is sprawling fast and so we need a commitment to protect lands and work with us to nurture the ground-level conditions for an Ampthill Parkway Station. In leisure terms, the scope is Wrest Park to the east and Woburn to the west and all in between.
Better cycle provision for central Flitwick to/from central Ampthill should also be looked at.
Please see our website for details of the Ampthill-Flitwick Forum next February. https://ertarail.co.uk/events/ .
Yours faithfully,
