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Need a community swimming pool
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but people need private outdoors space- consider the next pandemic.
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Need more details of these community facilities in health mental & spiritual needs
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Size of facilities are vague.
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Need more small business spaces.
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No, we need to have something for everyone and all age groups and abilities.
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I can see no new healthcare facilities.
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None of the graphics show the green/blue/black/brown bins. Are there going to be communal areas for these? Or act as slalom markers on footpaths.
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There are communities already which are negated.
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No, also because of the above reasons.
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Improved access to Milton Lake would be good.
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Comment: Is it worth including provision for places of worship?
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Need a faith building. More leisure facilities (gym, climbing walls and swimming pool) needed. Will these facilities be provided early enough? Do we need to set up a Community Council for the NEC, ready to support the new community? What can be learnt on governance from Trumpington Meadows or Orchard Park?
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The proposed provision of social and cultural facilities for workers as well as residents is welcomed.
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Refer to comments under Policy 14
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• There was talk of a concert hall, which appears to have been abandoned: Cambridge needs more venues like that and the area would be ideal. It would be good to reduce the housing and make way for more community space, which is lacking in North Cambridge. To make a really well-designed area that integrates with neighbouring ones look at it from the view of North Cambridge residents rather than the developer’s profit margin. • There are a lot of allotments in North Cambridge and long waiting lists for plots to grow fruit and vegetables. Allotments would be a great asset to the area which has very little green space and no gardens. In recent years there has been a resurgence of people growing their own vegetables and it has been proved that it helps mental health • There seems to be no provision for any nursery schools, and despite expecting approximately 19,000 residents, there are no plans to build a secondary school. Where will these students be educated? The closest school is North Cambridge Academy but it is unlikely it will have enough places for the children of NE Cambridge. Many schools in Cambridge are at, or close to, capacity and with a boom in housing they will soon be an acute shortage of schools. If by the time a new school is needed will the allocated space in case one is needed in future already be built on and will there be enough land for playing fields etc?
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Retail provision is well defined. • Detail is needed about the outdoor sports and play facilities that will be provided on the sites of the three or four schools. • There needs to be clarity on whether and where a GP surgery and pharmacy will be provided on-site. • The high proportion of flats within the new development is likely to create a higher demand for allotments than the Local Plan standard of 0.4ha/1,000 population. • It is proposed that much of the demand for open space, sporting and other public amenities will be provided off-site. Relatively little provision is being made on-site that will also address deficiencies elsewhere in the city (e.g. swimming pools). This policy has significant implications for the quality of life of current and future residents of the city. There will be transport implications too, as more people will be inclined to drive to amenities that are beyond a comfortable walking distance. Both implications need to be examined fully. • There is a concern that the plans will become overly prescriptive, resulting in a sterile, soulless living environment. The developments around Cambridge station and now emerging at Cambridge North station are examples that must not be repeated here: a meanness of public space, social segregation (in particular the Warren Close triangle), poor functional design, architectural incoherence, and a general lack of human-scale craftsmanship. • Living and working patterns are evolving rapidly. Post-COVID, home-working is likely to remain popular, but there will need to be greatly increased provision for remote-working in serviced offices and multifunctional spaces. It is essential that the Action Plan is contemporary with contemporary social trends and flexible enough to accommodate unforeseen changes over the 20 years of the build-out. • Given the high degree of uncertainty about climate adaptation and social trends over the next few decades, the Action Plan must promote highly adaptable designs of buildings and spaces.
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