Question 3

Yes, completely

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Neutral

The centres are spread out across the site and seemingly in places that would work based on the distribution of dwellings. It is the use of these spaces and the design that will greatly impact their usefulness and success. There is unfortunately very little information about this in the plan. There is mention of primary school and a potential secondary school as part of the centres. These should be considered separately in the same way that employment is. Though vital to the community schools need a consideration of their own. The setting would be completely different from retail, community centres and open spaces.

Neutral

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Mostly not

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Mostly yes

I question the location of the Science Park local centre at the outer western edge of the area. It will be too far from the majority of the Science Park and I am assuming the reasoning was to also serve Kings Hedges/Orchard Park residents. This should be reviwed.

Neutral

The Cowley Road and District centres are well-located on key cycling and walking routes with good access from neighbouring communities. Having a centre around the station also makes sense. However, the Science Park centre needs to be positioned away from the busy road junction. There should also be more sports and leisure facilities within the area and a broader mix of land-use within the west of the site.

Neutral

The Cowley Road and District centres are well-located on key cycling and walking routes with good access from neighbouring communities. Having a centre around the station also makes sense. I agree that no single proposal for retail or services should be permitted if it is large enough to generate need for a car park. I also think that a lot of secure cycle parking should be provided at the centres, plus shuttle bus stops and spaces for disabled car parking. There is a lack of sports and leisure facilities such as a swimming pool. The Science Park local centre should be located further away from King’s Hedges Road and the main western access road into the site to improve safety for people walking and cycling. There is a noticeable lack of facilities within the west of the site. I support Cambridge Past, Present and Future’s recommendation to relocate industrial units and the aggregates railhead to the north-east corner of the site with a separate industrial access road added alongside the A14, which would remove large amounts of heavy traffic from the main route through the district.

Mostly not

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Not at all

Cowley Road centre appears to have highest density and highest buildings but served by fewer facilities Where is the secondary school – children grow up? Little detail on what the “services” are at the Science Park centre – do “services” imply those for vehicular travel? Currently Milton Road jammed with cars. What guarantees are there that the developments will not become crime-ridden, sterile areas like that at Cambridge Station which was designed to be a similar wonderful mix?

Mostly yes

Per previous comments, the lack of any immediately local leisure-centre style facilities/gyms etc., seems a major omission for this area.

Neutral

Maybe. See my reply to first questions. Obviously pros and cons each way. I would have a market and community farm in the mix, so no, I don’t think the proposed mix is wide enough.

Mostly yes

I am so pleased to hear investment of arts hubs especially considering our government has cut so much from the Arts, but more information about this is needed please

Neutral

It depends on the sorts of businesses attracted to the area. CB1 fell very short of what was promised, as it did nothing to attract and support local independent businesses

Not at all

Without carrying out proper research into the changed lifestyles following Covid 19 you cannot know how people will be choosing to live their lives. Restaurants and bars have closed all over the county. shops have closed. Why contemplate building more restaurants that cannot make a living? Why build more shops when so many shops have gone into liquidation as shopping has moved on line? You are in danger of building a ghost town and uninhabited townscape.

Mostly not

The level of facilities is insufficient for a development of this size. Sports facilities including swimming pool should be included as well as places or worship and cultural centres.

Mostly not

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Not at all

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Mostly not

There are too many shopping areas with too few recreational or activity spaces. Each of hubs should have some activity area so the area does not become a hotel-like district where people will live but have nothing to do. Community and cultural facilities should be plenty and developed to meet needs of all age groups living in the area. There should be spaces for children, teen, young adults, elderly etc. There should be a very strong emphasis other than shop and flats. There should be ample space for running, cycling, skating, hanging out (benches), playgrounds, educational (e.g. insect house, bird feeding etc) as well as pubs, coffee shops etc. The area should not feel like a shopping mall. What would the balance be between locally owned shops and chains or franchises?

Neutral

We support the new centres being located at the junctions of strategic cycling and walking routes which will help the district’s residents access facilities safely and easily. We also support the main district centre being located on a key route from Milton to East Chesterton and close to the Busway cycleway. This will mean that the library, health centre and arts hub are easily accessible and therefore of great benefit to surrounding communities. We support the recommendation that no single proposal for retail or services should be permitted if it is large enough to generate need for a car park, but generous amounts of secure cycle parking should be provided at centres along with shuttle bus stops and space for disabled car parking. There is a lack of sports and leisure facilities such as a swimming pool – an ideal place for these would be close to the station and bus terminus to allow easy car-free access for people travelling from outside the new district. We also support Cambridge Past, Present and Future’s recommendation to relocate industrial units and the aggregates railhead to the north-east corner of the site with a separate industrial access road added alongside the A14, which would remove large amounts of heavy traffic from the main route through the district.

Neutral

It is concerning that there is no active plan for an additional secondary school. This year has seen even pupils failing to get a place at Chesterton Community College, even with a sibling already at the school, which is indicative of the pressure on current schools. Given that this development is around the size of Ely, it will need the same sort of provision i.e. not just primary schools, but also pre-schools, nurseries, a secondary school, possibly a Sixth Form college and/or Further Education college. There is no provision for any places of worship - will people be expected to commute into the city to for faith meetings? There does not appear to be a swimming pool - will parents all have to drive into the city to get their children to swimming lessons (which are already oversubscribed)?

Neutral

I wish there was a proper visual map of where these would all be. The visual pictures are covering the map, which not helpful. Seems like a lot crammed into one area.

Mostly yes

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Mostly not

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Mostly yes

Cowly road is very close to Milton road, which is usually crowded with vehicles. The cowley road centre would be better placed somewhere else with a walking access e.g. along the busway (Cambridge Regional College perhaps?)

Mostly yes

Cowly road is very close to Milton road, which is usually crowded with vehicles. The cowley road centre would be better placed somewhere else with a walking access e.g. along the busway (Cambridge Regional College perhaps?)

Neutral

I'm very concerned about these plans in light of the changes brought about by the virus that couldn't be foreseen in the planning stage: Working from home is the new normal and for a lot of people and companies it is a great success. We need to review plans in light of this fact. We don't need more offices and we can't expect purely commercial businesses to take root and thrive in a very challenging time economically. We need community businesses and spaces - Eddington's community hall is very good, with the cafe and play equipment - we need to plan for people to have good lives, not in the hope of non existent unrealisable profit for development companies or it will end up being a lot of empty unlet shells. Who would want to move to a place like that when they could live somewhere nice (probably where they live already) and work for a Science Park company from home.

Mostly yes

it would appear that they are well located but they must be built before or with the housing and not left behind for years. It is hard to say if they include the right mix of activity without knowing the plans in more details. people will need real, affordable shops, not just cafes and bars

Mostly not

I don't see a sensible-sized supermarket on the site. Do you really think people will cycle to Milton Tesco (which is already very busy as it's the only big supermarket for Milton, Waterbeach, Landbeach, Chittering, those in Fen Ditton who don't want to go into the city, Histon, Impington and even Girton) to either "pick up some bits" if it's the opposite direction they're going or to do their big shop? It will mean many more cars on the Milton Road, over the Milton Roundabout and probably queueing into Milton since the access road to Tesco is so poor. However, more positively, the Cowley Road and District centres are well-located on key cycling and walking routes with good access from neighbouring communities. Having a centre around the station also makes sense. However, the Science Park centre needs to be positioned away from the busy road junction. There should also be more sports and leisure facilities within the area and a broader mix of land-use within the west of the site. There should be more green space on the site. Or we are building the slums of tomorrow. And this would also be an ideal opportunity to build what I believe is known as a "polyclinic" where northern Cambridge GPs can refer patients for simple tests and procedures they cannot do themselves (eg X-rays, or scans, antenatal care spring to mind) instead of people having to trek to the overcrowded Addenbrooke's site where outpatients sometimes resembles a busy railway station at rush hour. I'm afraid most people who do have an Addenbrooke's appointment from the north do drive as it's so inconvenient changing buses in town etc, and a couple of hour's parking at Addenbrooke's seems a fair price to pay for a quicker less painful journey. Most of these procedures really didn't need a hospital. There could also be a minor injuries unit there or a walk-in 24 GP to take pressure off A+E. I don't think the sewage works should be relocated; if all the fine documents that Anglian Water have produced are not a pack of lies, it will be much smaller and can remain where it is using less land.

Neutral

Will there be a secondary school too? The local ones are already busy. Can the local health centres and hospitals cater for this many additional new residents? Will there be a library?