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The main centres look well-placed for the new neighbourhood and those which surround it. BUT, where are the other community facilities which will be needed to support this community? Why is there no swimming pool (Cambridge already seriously lacks provision for children's swimming)? Where is a sports centre for all the new families?
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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. The Science park consists mainly of office blocks and some facilities but no housing is planned so there is little mix on this part of the site. Planning permission has already been granted for the Brookgate development around the station, which will not integrate with the rest.
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If the development round Cambridge central station is a model it will be high priced cafes and small expensive convenience supermarkets. As for the rest it all sounds very good until you understand that the City Council soon relinquishes interest in community center e.g. Ross Street and Arbury community center.
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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. 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 and avoid attracting drive-past visitors. There is a noticeable lack of facilities within the west of the site which will remain a business-led Science Park with no housing or even a concert venue (which could double as a conference venue).This will mean it will remain quiet at night and may feel unsafe for people walking and cycling. 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.
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If the development round Cambridge central station is a model it will be high priced cafes and small expensive convenience supermarkets. As for the rest it all sounds very good until you understand that the City Council soon relinquishes interest in community center e.g. Ross Street and Arbury community center.
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Only one location for Health facilities does not seem enough for 8000 residents. 110m2 doesn't seem very big for a town centre supermarket for instance.
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The spiritual needs of the community do not seem to be met by this list of activities. A church building is needed.
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strongly support response from Camcycle
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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. There should be a broader mix of land-use within the west of the site. The Science Park centre needs to be positioned away from the busy road junction towards the heart of that employment hub. There should also be more sports and leisure facilities within the area.
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The four new centres proposed must be very carefully planned to avoid repeating problems seen in Cambridge. Cambridge City has been dubbed a ‘clone town’, reflecting the low diversity of its shopping facilities, dominated by large chain stores (https://neweconomics.org/2010/09/reimagining-high-street). I believe that the vision for North East Cambridge should be to create a circular economy, where everyone can afford to buy essential goods locally, where money and goods circulate within the local economy rather than flowing outwards to large corporations, and where minimal waste is generated. I welcome the focus on ‘creative local businesses’ and the provision of space for market stalls. It will be important to provide good facilities with suitable access that meet the needs of traders, learning from experiences in established markets (such Cambridge Market Square).
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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.
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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 swimming pools, football pitches, etc – 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. 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 and avoid attracting drive-past visitors. There is a noticeable lack of facilities within the west of the site which will remain a business-led Science Park with no housing or even a concert venue (which could double as a conference venue). This will mean it will remain quiet at night and may feel unsafe for people walking and cycling. 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.
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Good luck with integrating new and existing (Travellers) communities around Cambridge North station. The very ambitious main district centre should be further north east based on the main road.
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Although broadly supporting the principles put forward in NECAAP, I OBJECT to your proposed ‘centres’ in NE Cambridge because of my opposition to relocating the works. You should redevelop the space around the west and southern boundaries of a modernised odour-free works noting different safeguarding is less than AW’s 400m for non-residential uses and even these distances are conservative compared to the existing situation or the Deephams Works. With a smaller growth ambition the centres should also be rescaled
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Not enough green areas, unrealistic employment projection
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A good idea overall - open space planning & design has developed a lot since the days of the 1960s - 80s where it looks great on paper and Day One only to be a run down dirty concrete ghetto a few years later. The remodeling of the central station plaza has worked well (unless you live there, are a taxi driver or car user dropping someone off) whereas the main plazas of Eddington have not - they are windy, bare, and aesthetically unappealing places to be. It is important they transition through the clock with the likely users of the hour so as not to become "dead zones" at weekends or "no-go-zones" in the evening due to itinerant youth!
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They are OK, but as with al this kind of development, there are too few of them and they will not be attractive enough to form a real local centre. People will head straight for the centre of town where there is much more variety.
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As the recent pandemic has shown it is important to provide open areas where people can walk and exercise without being in close proximity. There needs to space for the place providing food and drink to include outside seating. I don not think the current density and size of the 'centers' adequately caters for this.
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Cambridge has suffered from decling number of ammenities such as live music venues. Nothing of this sort is proposed by this as far as I can see.
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It is noted schools are located at the district centre and Cowley Road neighbourhood centre. Schools should be well connected to provide easy access. Being located within the new community means they are accessible and promote sustainable travel. The schools require good cycle and walking links from when the schools open.
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Because you have proposed such density centres will be overcrowded too. Heavy industry needs removing - housing needs clean area. I support the responses from MRRA and HPERA
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