Object
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 53300
Received: 02/10/2020
Respondent: Old Chesterton Residents' Association
The open space provision is below the standards adopted by the City Council in its adopted policy for such provision. Creating a large residential community with no real playing field is short-sighted given that Chesterton is already under-provided with such space with one small recreation ground to serve both East and West Chesterton. It would appear that the two recreation grounds in Arbury and Kings Hedges, St Albans Road and Nun's Way might soon suffer the fate of Chesterton's original Brown's Field Recreation Ground and be eaten away by development as was the original Chesterton Village Green by Fallowfield Estate.
The Cowley Triangle is likely to become a dog latrine and whilst the Linear Park is a nice idea it appears too narrow to provide little more than a green promenade. The future residents of North East Cambridge deserve better. There should be at least one larger open space to allow organised field games for children and adults located close to where they live. There is no point in allowing provision off-site, even if a suitable area of land actually existed, as people need open spce that is near to where they live and accessible.
The open space provision is below the standards adopted by the City Council in its adopted policy for such provision. Creating a large residential community with no real playing field is short-sighted given that Chesterton is already under-provided with such space with one small recreation ground to serve both East and West Chesterton. It would appear that the two recreation grounds in Arbury and Kings Hedges, St Albans Road and Nun's Way might soon suffer the fate of Chesterton's original Brown's Field Recreation Ground and be eaten away by development as was the original Chesterton Village Green by Fallowfield Estate.
The Cowley Triangle is likely to become a dog latrine and whilst the Linear Park is a nice idea it appears too narrow to provide little more than a green promenade. The future residents of North East Cambridge deserve better. There should be at least one larger open space to allow organised field games for children and adults located close to where they live. There is no point in allowing provision off-site, even if a suitable area of land actually existed, as people need open spce that is near to where they live and accessible.