Lidlington News

by John Guinn | 17/06/2019 | Central Bedfordshire Council, Lidlington, Marston Moretaine, Marston Valley | 0 Comments

Central Bedfordshire Council’s (CBC) Local Plan is currently at the public hearing stage of its examination. These hearings are to be held over five weeks between 21 May and 26 July 2019. The Marston Valley development was discussed on Hearing Day 7 (13 June 2019).

by John Guinn | 01/05/2019 | Brogborough, Kempston Hardwick, Lidlington, Ridgmont, Stewartby, What's On | 0 Comments

Take a step back into Bedfordshire’s past at a special one-day Brickworks Exhibition at Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre on Saturday 4th May from 10:00 – 4:00. Free entry!

by John Guinn | 30/04/2019 | Kempston Hardwick, Lidlington, Millbrook, Ridgmont, Stewartby, Transport | 0 Comments

New Class 230 D Trains have come into service on the Marston Vale Line (Bedford – Bletchley). The train, which has been developed by Vivarail, will provide extra capacity and a more comfortable journey for passengers on the Line. The Marston Vale Line is the first route in the country to benefit from these ground-breaking new trains!

by John Guinn | 09/04/2019 | Brogborough, Cranfield, Houghton Conquest, Hulcote and Salford, Kempston Hardwick, Lidlington, Lifestyle, Marston Moretaine, Millbrook, Ridgmont, Stewartby, Wootton | 1 Comment

Amanda Norman has set up a hedgehog rescue centre at home to help poorly hedgehogs in and around the Wixams area.

by John Guinn | 15/03/2019 | Lidlington | 0 Comments

Kirsten Moore, a first-year apprentice in the local authority’s Public Health Stop Smoking Team, has triumphed to become joint-winner of the PPMA* Apprentice of the Year 2019

by John Guinn | 21/02/2019 | Brogborough, Cranfield, Houghton Conquest, Lidlington, Marston Moretaine, Millbrook, Stewartby, Wootton | 0 Comments

At a Rookery South Community Energy Initiative (RSCEI) presentation to Cranfield Parish Council Councillor Robert Morris, ward councillor for Cranfield and Marston Moretaine, urged residents to sign up to the scheme.

He said:
“I strongly recommend that people apply for the scheme

“Because every penny that comes from this means that it’s a penny less that Covanta will have in their pockets.

“You are, technically, giving them a bloody nose by taking the money.”

by John Guinn | 18/02/2019 | Cranfield, Lidlington | 0 Comments

Plan:MK given the green light by Inspector
Green space, original MK design principles, and affordable homes underpin next chapter in MK’s growth.

Plan:MK, the local plan setting out how Milton Keynes will grow until 2031, has been found ‘sound’ by a government Inspector; a crucial milestone before the plan can be adopted.

by John Guinn | 18/02/2019 | Central Bedfordshire Council, Lidlington, Marston Moretaine, Marston Valley | 0 Comments

Lidington homes would leave the village due to Central Bedfordshire Council’s Local Plan.

This was the claim made by the Lidlington Action Group at January’s Full Council Meeting. Lidlington Action Group told Central Bedfordshire Council that people’s homes would leave rural village and be part of a mini Milton Keynes if Local Plan goes ahead.

by John Guinn | 15/02/2019 | Central Bedfordshire Council, Cranfield, Lidlington, Marston Valley | 0 Comments

The Lidlington Action Group (LAG) was represented at Central Bedfordshire Council’s January meeting (17 January 2019).

LAG is opposed to the 5,000 new homes that the Marston Valley development would bring to the village. The group isn’t calling for the whole scheme to be scrapped, only to be reduced in size.

It proposes that a smaller development of 1,800 houses would protect the identity of existing villages and be more sustainable.

by John Guinn | 08/02/2019 | Lidlington, Politics | 0 Comments

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s objective for housing in England is to: “support the delivery of a million homes by the end of 2020 and half a million more by the end of 2022 and put us on track to deliver 300,000 net additional homes a year on average”.