Plans For The Area
The A5-M1 Link Dunstable Northern Bypass is a proposed two-lane dual carriageway running east from the A5 north of Dunstable to join the M1 at a new Junction 11a south of Chalton. This proposed road would help to relieve Houghton Regis town centre of traffic. The planned completion date for this scheme is the end of 2016.
Woodside Connection(for the reference link, scroll to item 9 of the agenda). A proposed relief road by Central Bedfordshire Council would take traffic from the Woodside Industrial area (situated in the south of Houghton Regis) to the proposed M1 junction 11a. The Local Transport Plan puts a timescale of 2017 for the completion of this road.
A Luton-Houghton Regis guided busway is under construction.
Houghton Regis North Framework Plan. A proposed north of Houghton Regis urban extension of 6,950 homes and 83 ha of employment land by 2026 with potential for a further 4,050 homes and 17 ha employment land after that. In addition, further development is proposed within the existing urban area.(for the reference link, scroll to item 8 of the agenda). Within the Framework Plan, the Houghton Regis Development Consortium are planning for 5,150 homes, employment, retail, infrastructure, community, facilities and leisure on open farm land situated to the north of Tithe Farm estate and to the east of Parkside estate.
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