Ben Hunt Cambridge Southern Fringe Associate Director Development Community Forum 20 th June 2019 Jo Clark Associate Director Strategic Land Presented by: Date:
Background Highlights Emerging Reflections
1. Background & Timeline • Planning promotion through Structure Plan (2003), Local Plan (2006), Area Development Framework (2006) and working with the Council and community on these. • Outline application (2006) – key issues: affordable housing, allotment provision within the development. Local Plan compliant so development west of Brook only. • Planning permission (2010) – planning conditions – various site-wide strategies required eg play, art, drainage, nature conservation, phasing, plus Design Code
Area Development Framework
Cambridge Southern Fringe
2. Some Highlights • Strategic works including wetland • Spine road with semi-mature trees • Hobson’s Square • High quality architecture • Public art • Community involvement
Strategic Works – Before the housebuilding
Establishing the Setting
Public Realm – Involving Local People
120 acre Country Park
Country Park
Public Art – Bird Screens
Hobson’s Square – Public Art PHOTOS TO BE INSERTED
Public Art – Community Building
Hobson’s Square – Researching the materials
Hobson’s Square – Early establishment
Hobson’s Square today
Public buildings
3. Emerging features & facilities Play Strategy – ongoing and skate park to be built in summer-autumn
Emerging features and facilities
Emerging – Community Garden
Community Garden
Community Garden
More public art and strategic cycleway
Update on Residential Travel Plan WSP has been delivering a Residential Travel Plan (RTP) at Great Kneighton for past seven years. The RTP’s aim is to reduce number of single occupancy car trips by residents and visitors of the development. To encourage sustainable travel every new household can apply for: o Four weeks free bus travel and o One years free Zipcar membership & £50 driving credit Uptake of the free bus travel offer has been strong with 25% of 25 households applying. The Zipcar has recently been relocated to Hobson Square. This move has been positive with a number of bookings made already. Annual monitoring surveys show the development to be exceeding the RTP’s mode share target for single occupancy car travel ( 26% of residents commute via car VS a target of 32% ).
2018 Travel Survey Results Undertook travel survey in November / December 2018. 237 responses Bicycle is the most common mode of travel for the majority of journey purposes. Main issues raised: o Cost, frequency, reliability 26 and restrictive operating hours of bus services. o Safety of cycle routes Results provided to Cambridgeshire County Council. Next survey in Autumn 2019.
Transfer of Travel Plan to Residents • To ensure longer term benefits of the Travel Plan continue, we are now seeking a phased transfer of responsibility for the Residential Travel Plan to a residents association or community group over the next two years. • The Travel Plan Coordinator role would involve: o Providing residents and visitors with advice on sustainable travel options. o Monitoring residents travel patterns through annual surveys. o Reporting back to Cambridgeshire County Council’s travel planning team on any sustainable travel planning issues. 27 • The hand over would be upon occupation of the final dwelling (end of WSP’s current contract). • If you or your organisation would be interested in taking on this responsibility, please contact your Travel Plan Coordinator: Email: Edward.Shortridge@wsp.com Tel: 01223 558 050
Housebuilding Update Delivery of high quality, coherent urban design with sense of place and good connectivity to the wider area both in terms of integration to existing community and more widely. Over 1,000 completions by Countryside, with a further circa 270 units to be delivered. Delivery of Public Open Space, including many play areas, across all phases. Legal Agreements being progressed for adoption of roads and drainage. Ongoing liaison with Cambridgeshire Highways and Anglian Water respectively. Handover of public open spaces. Ongoing liaison with Cambridge City Council. Novo development – handover of POS complete. Immanent land transfers for POS across Abode (southern developments) Transfers for Aura (northern developments) being progressed this summer. Parcel 8 – final house-building parcel work ongoing
Parcel 8 – Final Housebuilding Phase
Parcel 8 – Final Housebuilding Phase Key Facts Two phases of mixed tenure dwellings including 40% affordable housing, 967m 2 commercial (retail) space and public open space. First occupations February 2019. Show house opened in May 2019. First private occupations from July 2019. Four commercial units – possible uses include restaurant and supermarket. Marketing activities ongoing and construction in progress. Project completion is anticipated to be late 2022.
Clay Farm/Great Kneighton, Cambridge
4. Reflections Very proud of what we have all achieved here, one of our ‘landmark schemes’ which we take a lot of people to and residents enjoy living in this vibrant community •Success very much a result of close collaborative working between developer and Councils, City and County Councils. Plus positive inputs from resident groups including Trumpington Residents Association. •But, what have we learnt, would we do anything differently?
Reflections Open space provision – at Clay Farm the majority of open space – the country park – is separate from the housing (show on plan) rather than integrated. Fantastic space
Reflections Community facilities – provided relatively late in the day due to central position, required as best relationship to existing Trumpington and construction activity/agreed phasing starting from ‘both ends’ ie off Long Road and Addenbrooke’s Road Connections to and from Trumpington village
Reflections – Lessons Learnt
Reflections Design of housing – quite homogenous at Clay Farm (and somewhat across the Southern Fringe). A function of the Design Code? A strong design-led local planning authority? Elsewhere on our large sites today tend to provide more of a mix of designs. Multi award winning
Award Winning Architecture - Abode
Award Winning Architecture - Aura
Country Park - Wildlife GREAT KNEIGHTON COUNTRY PARK - BIRDLIFE
Final thoughts • A master developer committed to delivering high quality communities • A development team committed to the project and involved long-term • A collaborative approach with Cambridge City Council • Early investment in community and physical infrastructure and landscaping • Attention to detail – high quality materials • A good relationship with Trumpington Residents Association • Involvement of existing local communities • Success of Cambridge Southern Fringe Community Forum
Thank you
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