Emergency Services:
I can find no provision for these in the plan. If the new town is considered to be self-sustaining and the major settlement in the area would it not make more sense for the new town to host the emergency and civic services?

Social responsibility for an ageing population:
Very little mention and nothing stipulated. What thought has been given to enabling this?

Education:
Choices are available at primary school level without the need to travel out of the town. Please could choices be assured at secondary level perhaps as a free school, a school with religious ties or a private education. A significant number of families in the local area do not currently get their first choice of secondary school. Addition of the first wave of New Town children to an area with several oversubscribed schools will make the situation worse. Building schools earlier in the plan would be of benefit to the new town and also many neighbouring communities. (Please explain: If 9,000 homes are estimated to give 15 forms of secondary school entry and there are an additional 3 forms expected from the existing village why is only 2 x 8 form entry planned?)
Please provide at least one 11- 18 educational institution to give the option for maintaining continuity on transition to further education rather than having to change establishments.

Local shops:
How do you ensure a good range of facilities? Are shop units built and let to anyone or do you invite expressions of interest from, for example, a bakery, a newsagents, a convenience store, a café etc....

Tourism:
Tourism could have a positive effect on the local economy. Is there scope to promote visitors/ecotourism to the Fen by providing camping or similar on the eastern outskirts of the development?

Station:
For existing station users outside of Waterbeach village, primary access should be via new town with secondary access for existing village residents only to avoid additional traffic on Bannold Road.

Cycleways:
To improve safety for all, cyclists should have their own cycleway which does not share roads or footpaths but has it's own distinctive design and runs alongside roads and footpaths. Perhaps similar to a Dutch model.

Car parking:
I would like to see a design which encourages people who have chosen to drive to find a safe place to park and then walk a short distance to their destination rather than parking as close as possible and using their hazard warning lights if it is not a safe place!

Footpaths:
A refuse collection plan that does not require bins to be put out on the path would help those with pushchairs and mobility scooters to use footpaths more easily. Developing roads where it difficult to mount the kerb and park across the pavement would also be of benefit to pedestrians.

A10:
Clearer plans are needed. More joined up approach between county transport development and district housing development vital for both short and long term success. It feels like housing developments are being planned before knowing that there is a commitment to improving major highways.

Density of housing:
Too much for a Fen edge town. Developers should bring their numbers back down to 8,000 - 9,000.
Height of housing is not in keeping with fen edge location and should be reduced to 1-2 storey in most areas with some 2 -3 and a small amount of 3-4 in built up areas perhaps with a couple of 6 storey buildings. The number of dwellings proposed should be reduced to reflect this.
Reduce the number of dwellings in order to get housing density right and provide necessary buffer between new settlement and Denny Abbey. i.e. because the open space around Denny Abbey has been considered to count towards the statutory open space provision the remainder of the site is lacking in it's share of open space and should not be made to feel further overcrowded by increasing the housing density from that indicated in the local plan.

Housing style:
Height of housing and urban style not in keeping with fen edge location and neighbouring settlements. Would be very disappointed if house styles matched those seen in the proximity of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Retention of Village identity:
The existing Waterbeach Community is likely to integrate better with the new community if it feels it's own identity is not under threat. Please provide a clearer physical divide (in the form of green space) between the existing development and the new all he way along the southern boundary. This could be set in from the land boundary towards the south eastern side to allow for existing housing on the former barracks area. It will also strengthen the bounds circlular amenity route.

Independent identity for the New Town:
It will feel less like the new town is going to swallow up the village if you give it it's own name and stop calling it 'waterbeach new town'. The two should be able to function independently and sit happily side by side.

Development to meet local need:
How do we ensure this development is used to meet local housing needs and not promoted to Londoners as a commuter town?