Comment
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 52570
Received: 13/09/2020
Respondent: Mrs Margaret Starkie
You have said that the Spatial Framework is not a masterplan but rather a high-level strategic diagram which identifies key development requirements that will help inform and guide subsequent developer masterplans and future infrastructure projects which are brought forward within the plan area. There is therefore no guarantee over the development period that the grand vision will be adhered to. In the current economic situation there is no guarantee that developers will be able to meet these criteria, leaving a waste land site and causing turning a green belt into a brownfield with the relocation of the WWTP.
The maps show areas which may be affected by the huge increase in housing and infrastructure but, though Fen Ditton and Fulbourn are shown, the village of Horningsea is not and it will be heavily impacted if the WWTP is moved to Honey Hill. There is no justification in so many dwellings, necessitating very high density and high rise building in this area. You will need to "create" jobs while the jobs already exist to the east of Cambridge (ARM) and the south at the biomedical complex. There is no guarantee that companies will want to move to this area; the hitches want to be near the university or are already catered for in the Science Park. Does that mean it will be an area of car repair and other workshops? If so the workers are going to need vans and lorries and it won't be carbon neutral.
You have said that the Spatial Framework is not a masterplan but rather a high-level strategic diagram which identifies key development requirements that will help inform and guide subsequent developer masterplans and future infrastructure projects which are brought forward within the plan area. There is therefore no guarantee over the development period that the grand vision will be adhered to. In the current economic situation there is no guarantee that developers will be able to meet these criteria, leaving a waste land site and causing turning a green belt into a brownfield with the relocation of the WWTP.
The maps show areas which may be affected by the huge increase in housing and infrastructure but, though Fen Ditton and Fulbourn are shown, the village of Horningsea is not and it will be heavily impacted if the WWTP is moved to Honey Hill. There is no justification in so many dwellings, necessitating very high density and high rise building in this area. You will need to "create" jobs while the jobs already exist to the east of Cambridge (ARM) and the south at the biomedical complex. There is no guarantee that companies will want to move to this area; the hitches want to be near the university or are already catered for in the Science Park. Does that mean it will be an area of car repair and other workshops? If so the workers are going to need vans and lorries and it won't be carbon neutral.