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Bidwell West, Houghton Regis North, Central Bedfordshire

Size:

166 hectare

Type:

mixed use scheme – up to 1,850 dwellings, employment land, local centre, including retail and community facilities, public open spaces with associated sports pitches and natural wildlife areas.

Brief:

Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access – permission granted May 2015; BE1 Architects were also commissioned to produce a comprehensive Design Code.

Outline planning permission was granted in Nov 2015 for a scheme containing a major scale development on a site which forms part of, and benefits from the approved Houghton Regis North Framework Plan.

The site presents a unique opportunity to deliver a self-sufficient community, benefitting from enhanced natural features and supported by new on-site facilities to sustain the proposed development.