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North East Cambridge Area Action Plan Issues and Options 2019

Representation ID: 33445

Received: 25/03/2019

Respondent: Mr Sohrab Moini

Representation Summary:

The traffic from this development is alarming, with the nature of this development being attracting population from outside Cambridge and the prices of properties in Cambridge each house hold will have a least one car and the in the case of many of these houses becoming HMO's and the affordability of the tenants this figures will be significantly higher which all will need parking spaces and additional parking spaces for visitors.

Full text:

I attended your presentation at Nuns Way pavilion regarding the future of the North East Development of Cambridge.

It was very disappointing to see vague information without details and not honestly sharing information with public. It all seemed a done deal and the consultation felt as tick box exercise.

No feedback was collected at the presentation and I was refereed to a website and email address when I asked how can I comment which is not at all adequate for such large and long lasting development of Cambridge.

By much probing and persistence I found out that the plan is to build 5000 - 8000 houses in this area which will bring a minimum of 15,000 new residents to this area which currently lacks any infrastructure to accommodate such numbers in other scenarios we are looking at double this figure.

The plan on display did not show any of the basic information regarding planning a town which this development by it own means is a small town.

All the needs for planning and future expansion of such a development are well documented in Urban Planning guidelines which none were present for discussion and my understanding from my conversations with representatives was that it is panned to heavily rely and borrow from the neighboring residential area.

This development needs Nurseries, School's, Heath Centres, Shopping Centres, Care Homes, A small Hospital with A&E, Ambulance Stations, Police Station, Library, pubs, Clubs, Restaurants, Parking Facilities, Parks, Library, Community Centres, and many other facilities to make it a striving and self sustaining development not just flats and houses that will all depend on Cambridge City Centre or Milton Village and surroundings.

The traffic from this development is alarming, with the nature of this development being attracting population from outside Cambridge and the prices of properties in Cambridge each house hold will have a least one car and the in the case of many of these houses becoming HMO's and the affordability of the tenants this figures will be significantly higher which all will need parking spaces and additional parking spaces for visitors.

Milton Road and Kings Hedges Road are already under tremendous stress and can not cope with additional traffic. When speaking to the planning representatives they were not keen on my suggestion of connecting Science Park and the proposed development both to the motorway and a road going through the development cross the river to Fen Ditton of McDonalds roundabout connecting North to South Cambridge, the idea of passing through traffic did not go down well.

In conclusion of this consultation I had the feeling that I was just being told that many more houses on the way and the neighboring areas are expected to deal with the consequences.

I am very concerned about this development and it is the right of everyone living in the area to be presented with the Blue Print of this development and be given the true opportunity to debate and comment of the future of the North East of Cambridge which will affect all of us and Cambridge for decades if not centuries .