Request for planning permission: Entertainment Resort Complex, Bedford
Applies to England
Consultation description
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has received a request from Universal Destinations & Experiences to grant planning permission for an Entertainment Resort Complex and associated development at the former Brickworks and adjoining land, Kempston Hardwick, Bedford. The request is accompanied by a statement referred to as an Environmental Statement.
MHCLG has been asked to consider granting planning permission by making a Special Development Order for the Proposal under Section 59 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
The request for planning permission is accompanied by a statement referred to as an Environmental Statement and other documents. These documents set out the Promoter’s assessment of the impact of the proposed development on, for example, the environment.
You are invited to comment (make representations) on the Environmental Statement, and the other documents, plans, and drawings that accompanied the request for planning permission.
Documents, plans and drawings
This consultation will begin at 12:00 BST on 3 July 2025 and end at 12:00 BST on 31 August 2025. Any comments (representations) submitted after this date may not be taken into account.
We strongly encourage responses via our online consultation portal, Citizen Space.
If you cannot respond online, you can send written comments to:
MHCLG
c/o Mott MacDonald
4th Floor
Mountbatten House
Grosvenor Square
Southampton, SO15 2JU
For any enquiries about the consultation please contact: MHCLG@mottmac.com
If you are responding in writing, please make it clear which documents you are commenting on and if you applying on behalf of an organisation or representative group, providing its name and address.