Object
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 53308
Received: 02/10/2020
Respondent: Mrs Jane Clarke
The density of development is too great for this site on the edge of the city. High rise development is unpopular in this country and is totally inappropriate for a city such as Cambridge which is very low-rise. You are trying to cram the maximum number of units you think you can get away with on to this site and are just creating a slum. I can foresee it will end up as a socially disadvantaged area distant from the rest of the city. I can't imagine anyone would want to live in close proximity to industrial units let alone on top of them. If this were to be similar to Orchard Park it might just about work. The open space is laughable for this density of development. Go back to the drawing board and start again. In the current time of Covid no-one wants to live in this sort of area. It looks like inner London with none of the advantages of being in the capital.
The density of development is too great for this site on the edge of the city. High rise development is unpopular in this country and is totally inappropriate for a city such as Cambridge which is very low-rise. You are trying to cram the maximum number of units you think you can get away with on to this site and are just creating a slum. I can foresee it will end up as a socially disadvantaged area distant from the rest of the city. I can't imagine anyone would want to live in close proximity to industrial units let alone on top of them. If this were to be similar to Orchard Park it might just about work. The open space is laughable for this density of development. Go back to the drawing board and start again. In the current time of Covid no-one wants to live in this sort of area. It looks like inner London with none of the advantages of being in the capital.