You and Your Community
Local information about Bedfordshire | Planning, Conservation and Development

New Developments
Bedfordshire is expected to grow considerably in forthcoming years.  Links to some of the larger individual projects are given below but you may also find it useful to look at Regional Planning and Planning Guidance and Development Plans pages on this web site.

• Eco-town consultation for Mid Bedfordshire. Ecotowns are intended to be "new towns which are exemplar green developments of up to 20,000 homes. They will be designed to meet the highest standards of sustainability, including low and zero carbon technologies and good public transport".
   
• Elstow Garden Villages (The Wixams). This new development will be one  of the largest new communities to  be built in the UK. The Wixams is located just three miles south of Bedford, between the A6 and the B530. The development site is centred around the industrial and storage site, which is commonly referred to as the Elstow Storage  Depot.
   
• Marston Vale.  Strategy for the Marston Vale.  Includes 15,000 new homes and community facilities.
   
• NATS - Terminal Control North proposed changes to airspace.  Information about proposals to change routes affecting the Chilterns and Luton area.
   
• National Institute for Research into Aquatic Habitats (NIRAH). 
   
• Shape your Future. Luton and South Bedfordshire growth plans.  Find out more and have your say.