'Our town is a dumping ground for new builds': Locals blast plans for 416-house estate on fields pushed through by Labour that will see neighbours 'stare' down at them
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Residents in a quiet town are up in arms after a massive housing development for more than 400 homes was approved despite the council rejecting it. Locals in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire have claimed their community has become a 'dumping ground for newbuilds'.
![[Neighbours have cited concerns over the scheme's impact on local infrastructure and said the town already lacks doctors at GP's]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/12/14/93029387-14185571-image-a-2_1734015415457.jpg)
They are furious at the plans for 416 new homes on a 43-acre site and say the scheme will cause havoc on local roads and put further strain on already busy doctors' surgeries. The plans, put forward by Hallam Land Management, were rejected by Central Bedfordshire Council in August last year.
![[The plans will see see up to 416 homes on the 43-acre site in Biggleswade, Beds]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/13/11/93116677-14185571-image-a-24_1734088563167.jpg)
However, they were later given the greenlight as part of Labour's plan to build 1.5million new homes across Britain over the next five years. Fuming resident Nicola Haynes said other towns need to be targeted for development. She told MailOnline: 'The mother of two said: 'I do think that other towns and villages should take their fair quota because we can't get appointments or dentists, and the schools are full to the brim.
![[David Ford, 74, said: 'I was at the council meeting when the public was allowed to attend and [the planners] got absolutely hammered by the councillors and by residents']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/12/14/93029391-14185571-image-m-7_1734015535702.jpg)
'I'm not one of these Nimby (Not in my backyard) protestors but I just think we've had so much of the new estates being built in the last six to seven years, it's been continuous and it's just too much. 'It just seems like Biggleswade is the dumping ground for new builds.'.
![[Ms Haynes added: 'The roads are gridlocked so building more houses is not going to help the situation. We keep on being told that will be dealt with but it's just not.']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/12/14/93029393-14185571-image-a-5_1734015525007.jpg)
The plans put forward by Hallam Land Management which have been fought by councillors will see up to 416 homes on the 43-acre site in Biggleswade, Beds. Neighbours have cited concerns over the scheme's impact on local infrastructure and said the town already lacks doctors at GP's.
![[Mother-of-two Nicola Haynes, pictured, a resident for over 20 years, said there has been a barrage of newbuilds around the town and neighbours are saying they have had enough]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/12/14/93029405-14185571-image-a-8_1734015572348.jpg)
