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Draft Fulbourn Village Design Guide SPD

Representation ID: 167815

Received: 10/07/2019

Respondent: Homes England

Agent: Savills

Representation Summary:

No clear justification for the designation of important local landmark on Figure 16 in reference to the Ida Darwin site. We accordingly suggest that Figure 16 should be amended to remove the designation on the Ida Darwin site.

Full text:

On Figure 16, page 9 where the caption states "the countryside is lived and experienced directly from within the village", it is unclear why the Ida Darwin site has a brown circle shown on the site stating it is an "important local landmark" according to the accompanying key. There is no clear justification of what this landmark is, particularly bearing in mind the other landmarks within the village seem to be identifying discrete buildings or features. It is the case that the Ida Darwin Hospital site is made up of a number of low density mostly vacant unsightly buildings, all of which are planned to be demolished in two phases to provide for new residential development following the granting of outline planning permission in accordance with the Adopted Plan. The inclusion of a designation in the manner shown in Figure 16 seems to suggest the retention of a particular feature or indeed the retention of the site itself in its present form and clearly that is unrealistic having regard to its planning status. We accordingly suggest that Figure 16 should be amended to remove the designation on the Ida Darwin site.

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