Policy 7: Legible streets and spaces
Support
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 51787
Received: 27/07/2020
Respondent: Encompass Network
It looks like a beautiful and functional design, aimed at pedestrians and cyclists over cars.
It looks like a beautiful and functional design, aimed at pedestrians and cyclists over cars.
Comment
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 53221
Received: 01/10/2020
Respondent: Mr Jon Pavey
Green roofs must be encouraged.
Particularly on the taller buildings- but perhaps not the tallest - the opportunity to create public realm space at height, with trees and landscaping for amenity and leisure use should be incorporated into the policy.
Policy should set a target for the maximum length of frontage in each of the four centres where only the minimum 2m public realm outside the footway is provided - to ensure there is good provision of sites with more than the minimum for ground floor activities to spill out.
Green roofs must be encouraged.
Particularly on the taller buildings- but perhaps not the tallest - the opportunity to create public realm space at height, with trees and landscaping for amenity and leisure use should be incorporated into the policy.
Policy should set a target for the maximum length of frontage in each of the four centres where only the minimum 2m public realm outside the footway is provided - to ensure there is good provision of sites with more than the minimum for ground floor activities to spill out.
Object
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 53474
Received: 03/10/2020
Respondent: Mrs Laurie Woolfenden
Not enough detail on how Milton Country Park access and capacity can be increased. Size is finite and insufficient for this increased number of residents.
Same applies to Chesterton Fen.
Cowley Triangle – green space cannot compensate for private space loss in high density blocks.
Green space cannot compensate for loss of greenbelt caused by relocation of WWTP.
Not enough detail on how Milton Country Park access and capacity can be increased. Size is finite and insufficient for this increased number of residents.
Same applies to Chesterton Fen.
Cowley Triangle – green space cannot compensate for private space loss in high density blocks.
Green space cannot compensate for loss of greenbelt caused by relocation of WWTP.
Comment
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 54500
Received: 05/10/2020
Respondent: Cambridge Cycling Campaign
Streets that prioritise pedestrian and cycle movements will help create strong, healthy and social communities and it is important that all key streets and spaces within the site conform to the strategic layout for walking and cycling.
Clear kerb-separation between the carriageway, cycleway and footway will prevent conflict between road users and a consistent design across street types will help wayfinding, especially for those with vision impairments. Generous tree planting will create attractive, shady routes and mitigate against wind tunnels on streets with high buildings. A design which limits motor traffic to speeds of no more than 20mph will create safe spaces that support the county council’s new Vision Zero approach to road collisions. The coordinated approach to street furniture should limit obstructions to movement and enjoyment of the public space.
Streets that prioritise pedestrian and cycle movements will help create strong, healthy and social communities and it is important that all key streets and spaces within the site conform to the strategic layout for walking and cycling.
Clear kerb-separation between the carriageway, cycleway and footway will prevent conflict between road users and a consistent design across street types will help wayfinding, especially for those with vision impairments. Generous tree planting will create attractive, shady routes and mitigate against wind tunnels on streets with high buildings. A design which limits motor traffic to speeds of no more than 20mph will create safe spaces that support the county council’s new Vision Zero approach to road collisions. The coordinated approach to street furniture should limit obstructions to movement and enjoyment of the public space.
Object
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 55620
Received: 29/09/2020
Respondent: Historic England
Legibility is important in any new community. The use of existing landmarks and key views into an out of the development can be an important aspect of this design process. A criterion should be added to specifically highlight the opportunities for key views to be used to enhance legibility within the development e.g. to church spires and other landmark buildings that may be seen from within the site.
Trees and landscaping play an important role in helping to protect and enhance the setting of the City. Reference should be made to this in the policy.
Suggested Change:
Add criterion to protect key views or landmark buildings e.g. churches to increase legibility
Add criterion in relation to role of trees, landscaping and green infrastructure in protecting and enhancing the setting of the wider City and historic environment.
Support
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 55671
Received: 02/10/2020
Respondent: St John's College
Agent: Savills
The requirement for all development proposals within North East Cambridge to contribute towards the creation of high quality, inclusive, compact, connected and attractive streets and spaces, and the focus on trees and landscaping within the policy, is supported.
Comment
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 55956
Received: 05/10/2020
Respondent: Natural England
We support requirements to integrate Sustainable Drainage System (SUDS) as part of a
comprehensive site-wide approach and for the design to provide sufficient space for trees and
planting to support biodiversity, using native species where possible. These should be ‘multifunctional’
to deliver benefits for people and wildlife.
Support
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 55968
Received: 05/10/2020
Respondent: Hawkswren Ltd
Agent: Carter Jonas
The aspiration to create high quality, inclusive and attractive streets and spaces within North East
Cambridge is broadly supported.
Object
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 55993
Received: 05/10/2020
Respondent: Turnstone Estates Limited
Agent: Carter Jonas
The aspiration to create high quality, inclusive and attractive streets and spaces within North East
Cambridge is broadly supported.
Comment
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 56092
Received: 02/10/2020
Respondent: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Agent: Carter Jonas
We would question the relevance of this policy to CSP, particularly the references to Figures 16-
18, which are seemingly more applicable to the Anglian Water / Cambridge City Council / Chesterton
Sidings areas. There is a long-established estate and street layout in the CSP, and individual
planning applications (such as one for Building 140) are unlikely to be able to
much influence on estate and street hierarchy changes. Could GCSP please clarify?
Comment
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 56109
Received: 02/10/2020
Respondent: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Agent: Carter Jonas
We would question the relevance of this policy to CSP, particularly the references to Figures 16-
18, which are seemingly more applicable to the Anglian Water / Cambridge City Council / Chesterton
Sidings areas. There is a long-established estate and street layout in the CSP, and individual
planning applications (such as one for Buildings 270 and 296) are unlikely to be able to
have much influence on estate and street hierarchy changes. Could GCSP please clarify?
Comment
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 56125
Received: 02/10/2020
Respondent: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Agent: Carter Jonas
We would question the relevance of this policy to SJIP, particularly the references to Figures 16-
18, which are seemingly more applicable to the Anglian Water / Cambridge City Council / Chesterton
Sidings areas. There is a long-established estate and street layout in the SJIP, and individual
planning applications (such as one for Vitrum) are unlikely to be able to have much influence on estate and street hierarchy changes. Could GCSP please clarify?
Comment
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 56141
Received: 05/10/2020
Respondent: U+I PLC.
Agent: We are Town
While the style and character of the diagram is great – appealing and visually friendly – the level of detail and prescription
on street design and dimensions are yet again very prescriptive and appear very fixed. This level of detail is normally
expected in a design code not in an AAP Framework diagram. If this diagram and annotation are for illustrative purposes
we would welcome it but it is vital that this is stated somewhere clearly and well visible.
Also it is important to note that not all primary streets will look and be designed the same, equally for secondary and
tertiary streets. Widths need to respond to the height and scale of the building as well as their function in the hierarchy.
At present, all seem to require frontage-to-frontage distances of 21m, which would make all streets feel the same
regardless of hierarchy. Moreover within the current approach to the Core Site masterplan design only Cowley Road is set
to meet a 21m distance, whilst even some primary streets within the scheme would not do this in order to create streets
that are pedestrian priority rather than vehicular.
Figure 18, page 85: 3m wide terrace gardens in front of ground floor homes – This is very prescriptive and detailed and
may well not be appropriate for all typologies on secondary streets.