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Representation ID: 31206

Received: 22/07/2016

Respondent: Cambridge GRT Solidarity Network

The document fails to address how open space will be a community resource, positioned as it is three-quarters of the way down the development, considered primarily as a water run-off area, despite the suggestion of using ditches, swales and ponds to deal with minor surface water issues. At the consultations, people expressed the desire for the open space to be directly accessible from Mill Rd, and to be well integrated throughout the built environment. The area allocated for 'Mill Park' is smaller than any of the current listed open spaces on Fig13 and does little to increase the ratio of open space to housing density. More green spaces could be accommodated and safe play areas for children provided throughout the site if the development was car-free.