Figure 4 shows an indicative Household Recycling Centre location at the boundary with the A14 alongside an area for an inert waste recycling facility. Whilst we welcome the inclusion of this facility, and more importantly the footnote that states that 'the Household Recycling Centre could also be located on B2, B8 and sui-generis land in the vicinity of Cowley Road', we are concerned that at present the new entrance to serve this facility is in very close proximity to the Jane Coston Bridge and also crosses protected verge land. Such issues, alongside permeability into the site by pedestrians and cyclists, still need careful consideration.

The County Council is currently reviewing the strategic waste service provision of Household Recycling Centres. At present the allocation for a Household Recycling Centre, allocated through the adopted Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Minerals and Waste Site Specific Proposals Plan, is intended to provide essential waste infrastructure which will be needed when the time limited Household Recycling Centre at Milton closes. This will be the only facility in the Cambridge area and must continue to be taken into account in future development scenarios.

We welcome the acknowledgement to the role of Anglian Water's Water Recycling Centre and the odour issues that need to be taken into account. We also welcome the acknowledgement to noise issues in relation to the A14 and the mineral and waste operations, all of which need to be taken into account when planning compatible uses in the future that do not prejudice the existing and planned operations.

Paragraph 6.14 discusses landscaping and enhancement for high quality development. However, reference to existing screening landscape on the site also needs to be taken into account, particularly alongside the boundary with the A14. Furthermore, existing waste uses also need to be considered in the context of landscaping, so this should be acknowledged within the issues and constraints going forward. In particular when the heights of buildings are being considered the consideration of views onto such activities also need careful consideration and should be acknowledged at this early stage.

o 6.7 - The need to provide leisure/community opportunities for the Nuffied Road area is supported as this area is a deprived area and these services/facilities can help improve health and social cohesion.
o 6.8 - The aim for modal shift welcomed but this needs to be an evidenced based figure of 24% i.e. the number of Cambridgeshire people who work less than a set distance from work who travel by car, also what are the current background levels.

The County Council supports the redevelopment of the area. With the new station, busway and proximity to the A14 and A10, the site is probably better linked than any other on the Cambridge fringe. The station will markedly improve accessibility into the area and could divert many longer trips onto rail, particularly on the Ely, Royston and Saffron Walden corridors. There is an excellent opportunity through the AAP to make sure that the local transport network from the station makes these trips as easy as possible for those going to the Science Park, Regional College, or to the other major employment sites in the area. At the same time, new employment in the area will have the opportunity to take advantage of the excellent transport links, particularly by rail, guided bus, walking and cycling. It is also fair to say that early development around the station would also improve the attractiveness of rail and bus trips into the whole area.

However, there is a need for a very careful consideration of how this growth can fit into the local transport network, and a particular focus on what level of growth might be possible to manage, given the constraints of that network. Some very high levels of new jobs are under discussion. Even at the lowest level, the number of new jobs is equivalent to around three new Cambridge Science Parks. If the transport network and peoples travel patterns remain as now, we do not need to model to know that the local road network will not cope with this.

The City Deal transport programme has obvious potential to help address this issue. Several work packages are likely to provide new sustainable transport capacity in the area:

* Milton Road bus corridor
* A10 north corridor transport package - rail, Busway, pedestrian / cycle networks, A10 improvements
* Eastern Orbital public transport - Science Park to Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Work to further develop the Milton Road corridor is likely to commence early next year (subject to Member consideration). Work on the other two packages has yet to be programmed. However it will not be possible to complete the work in time to meet the timescales envisaged for the AAP. The level of growth under consideration in the area is likely to require a more radical approach to transport in the area and potentially in the wider city than is currently under consideration.

To put this into context, at the levels of growth under consideration, even very low mode shares of car use similar to those that are targeted in the CB1 development around Cambridge Station will cause very severe problems on the local road network. The Highways Agency has not accounted for growth at the levels under consideration in its planning of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme. There is often a commercial imperative to produce development in areas with similar levels of parking to that historically seen. In this case, that would be wholly counterproductive, as the road network would not have the capacity to get people to these parking spaces. Growth at the levels under consideration will demand a wider consideration of how the current and new employment uses operate in transport terms, and quite possibly, how the wider city, fringes and employment catchment operate.