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Residents across Bedfordshire can now have their say on a new plan that will help guide where materials needed to build homes and roads come from, and how waste is managed in the future.

Residents can help shape Bedfordshire’s new Minerals and Waste Plan, looking ahead to 2050. Consultation starts 12 October.

Residents are being asked to delay taking old fridges and freezers to Central Bedfordshire's Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) while a specialist recycling facility clears a backlog following its planned maintenance work.

In March 2026, the government published the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026. These introduce a new plan-making system.

Residents are being invited to donate children’s bikes at a special collection event taking place on Monday 25 May, from 10.30am to 12.30pm, at the Sports Pavilion, Tithe Farm Road, Houghton Regis.

At a meeting of the Executive 6 January 2026, we agreed a formal timetable for the review of the Bedfordshire Minerals and Waste Plan.

The Bedfordshire authorities have agreed to undertake a joint review of minerals and waste planning policy.

We have approved 115 additional places at Chiltern School.

There is still time for parents and carers to have their say on proposed changes to two of our Home to School Transport policies.

We have launched two statutory consultations to ensure that more children and young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) have access to great education.