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.
We've written to the government calling for significant investment in the local road network, highlighting the importance of roads to residents, businesses and communities across the area.
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.
Three drivers have been convicted at Luton Magistrates' Court for misusing Blue Badges following our enforcement activity between March and May 2026. All 3 cases were heard on 25 September 2026.
Residents and local businesses can get behind the wheel of an electric car, explore e-bikes and discover ways to cut energy bills at a free green living event in Leighton Buzzard this October.
We carried out a day of targeted enforcement to tackle the misuse of Blue Badge permits and so help residents and visitors with disabilities or severe mobility issues, to access shops, services and community facilities more easily.
Are we heading in the right direction? That's the question we are asking, as it invites residents to have their say on transport plans shaping how people travel for years to come.
Central Bedfordshire Council will begin its annual summer surface dressing programme from 22 June, to enhance 11 priority roads across the region to improve road conditions and extend their lifespan.
In March 2026, the government published the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026. These introduce a new plan-making system.
