Creating great places to live - new Local Plan

A header image for the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan webpage. The image features a scenic view of a vibrant green park with trees, walking paths, and people enjoying outdoor activities, set against a clear blue sky. The text on the image reads, "Creating Great Places to Live - New Local Plan.

The Local Plan sets out a vision and framework for the future development of the area. 

We need enough homes and jobs for everyone, and to plan carefully for these to make sure they are built in the right place, with the necessary facilities and services, while protecting the environment as much as possible. 

Without a Plan, the development will still happen, but we’ll have much less control over where it happens and how it happens.  

Three golden threads will run through our new Local Plan: 

  • sustainability - limiting the impact on the environment and giving back to nature as much as possible
  • accessibility - designing inclusive places for everyone to live life to the fullest
  • health and wellbeing – designing places to have a positive impact on our physical and mental health.

Call for sites

We are currently in the process of updating the Local Plan for Central Bedfordshire, and as part of this there will be a need to allocate sites for new homes and jobs, and potentially supporting infrastructure. 

Find out more and submit a site

Read more about each of the six themes which form our new Local Plan