Greyfriars consultation
Bedford Borough Council’s emerging Local Plan 2040 (consulted on last year) includes Greyfriars as an opportunity for regeneration and the development of new homes.
The Council and bpha are able to use their own land and buildings to stimulate regeneration of key town centre locations and build high quality urban neighbourhoods.
In building new homes and replacing existing ones, bpha and the Council will want to take a long term view by providing homes that fit well into the neighbourhood, are of high quality, are environmentally sustainable and will stand the test of time.
Vision for the future of Greyfriars
After hearing your views, we have prepared the following aspirations for the future of Greyfriars. It will:
- Be delivered through working in partnership with existing residents, landowners, other stakeholders, and the wider community.
- Make the best use of the Partnerships’ assets.
- Be well-connected and safe. The site’s central location presents the opportunity to enhance safe sustainable travel to the town centre and nearby facilities.
- Be a sustainable new neighbourhood. Public land ownership means the site offers an opportunity to demonstrate sustainable design, and target net zero carbon development.
- Be diverse. The redevelopment offers the opportunity for new housing types and tenures appropriate for meeting the existing residents’ needs as well as new demand to create a mixed and balanced community.
- Be a green place. The outside space will be an integral part of the new neighbourhood and street scenes, and incorporates lessons learned from living in the pandemic.
You can find up to date information on the proposals and an opportunity to share your views on the council's website:
The good the bad and the ugly - tell us what you think about the area
We would love to hear what you think about Greyfriars. The good, the bad and the ugly.
You can use the interactive map to pinpoint areas that are are unsafe, underused and even the areas you like.
There is the ability to add comments to let us know more, as well as a short questionnaire.
Simply click on the icons to the left of the map, drag the pins onto the map and share your views.
