St Mowden Properties has submitted plans to the Bedford Borough Council for a retail-led regeneration scheme in the centre of Bedford, Southern England. The proposals include the development of 117,348 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail space comprising a department store, a 130-room hotel as well as a new bus station, Property Week reported. St Mowden, which signed the development agreement in late 2005, said in a statement that construction of the scheme is expected to begin in 2008.