{"id":6248,"date":"2025-04-09T19:49:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T19:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/6248\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T19:49:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T19:49:23","slug":"new-bedford-gateway-employment-development-in-the-works-near-wyboston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/6248\/","title":{"rendered":"New &#8216;Bedford Gateway&#8217; employment development in the works near Wyboston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedfordindependent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wyboston-Employment-Development-Apr2025-LDRS.jpg\" data-caption=\"Approximate boundary for the proposed Bedford Gateway Screenshot Google My Maps Map data (C)2025 Imagery (C)2025 Maxar Technology Image: LDRS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wyboston-Employment-Development-Apr2025-LDRS-640x480.jpg\"   alt=\"Approximate boundary for the proposed Bedford Gateway\" title=\"Wyboston Employment Development Apr2025 LDRS\"\/><\/a>Approximate boundary for the proposed Bedford Gateway Screenshot Google My Maps Map data (C)2025 Imagery (C)2025 Maxar Technology Image: LDRS<\/p>\n<p>An employment development near Wyboston is being drawn up by Prologis UK, who have asked Bedford Borough Council for a scoping opinion.<\/p>\n<p>This is a formal step that helps define what environmental impacts must be assessed before a full planning application is submitted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedfordindependent.co.uk\/newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Email-new-v2.0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24100\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The proposal, called Bedford Gateway, covers nearly 35 hectares of land west of the A1.<\/p>\n<p>The developer proposes a phased construction between 2026 and 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The scoping opinion does not grant planning permission, but it sets the terms for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) \u2013 a legal requirement for developments of this size.<\/p>\n<p>The EIA will explore how the project could affect air quality, biodiversity, traffic, noise, flood risk, and local wildlife, including bats and great crested newts.<\/p>\n<p>Prologis will be required to address these topics in detail before submitting a formal application.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available on Bedford Borough Council\u2019s planning portal, reference 25\/00694\/EIASCP.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and community groups will have the chance to comment later in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">By John Guinn<br \/>Local Democracy Reporter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Approximate boundary for the proposed Bedford Gateway Screenshot Google My Maps Map data (C)2025 Imagery (C)2025 Maxar Technology&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3092],"tags":[3535,51,3536,897,3537,16,15,3538],"class_list":{"0":"post-6248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-bedford-borough-council","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-eia","11":"tag-jobs","12":"tag-prologis-uk","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wyboston"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114309743557212735","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}