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Cambridge Northern Fringe East AAP - Issues and Options
Representation ID: 29448
Received: 18/01/2015
Respondent: Zoë Conway Morris
CB1 consists of very tall buildings which have a dwarving effect on the 'Historic Centre' of Cambridge effectively making it into a ghetto. Developments of this kind at other points on the margins would emphasise this effect. What we really need are buildings for human beings which make them feel part of a community rather than constantly threatened by over-powering edifices. As for tall 'land-mark buildings', there are quite enough of these in other parts of the city (the Mark, Botanic House, Fire Station) - why not give us something which encourages a sense of well-being and belonging: human sized?
I live in the area and do not wish to see Cambridge further destroyed by terrible planning decisions.
CB1 consists of very tall buildings which have a dwarving effect on the 'Historic Centre' of Cambridge effectively making it into a ghetto. Developments of this kind at other points on the margins would emphasise this effect. What we really need are buildings for human beings which make them feel part of a community rather than constantly threatened by over-powering edifices. As for tall 'land-mark buildings', there are quite enough of these in other parts of the city (the Mark, Botanic House, Fire Station) - why not give us something which encourages a sense of well-being and belonging: human sized?