2.2.26
Object
Mill Road Depot Draft Planning and Development Brief SPD
Representation ID: 31029
Received: 21/07/2016
Respondent: Cambridge Association of Architects
This declaration is ignoring the character of the specific industrial site, if not wipes it out in favour of the generic residential and commercial uses. It is understood that residential and commercial uses attract revenue, however, the industrial character, as mentioned in section 2.2.2 should be acknowledged in this paragraph, otherwise it will be lost.
As to the guidance of this document, it should recommend an interpretation of this character - both in townscape and architectural articulation (such as scale, materiality, rhythm etc)
This declaration is ignoring the character of the specific industrial site, if not wipes it out in favour of the generic residential and commercial uses. It is understood that residential and commercial uses attract revenue, however, the industrial character, as mentioned in section 2.2.2 should be acknowledged in this paragraph, otherwise it will be lost.
As to the guidance of this document, it should recommend an interpretation of this character - both in townscape and architectural articulation (such as scale, materiality, rhythm etc)
Object
Mill Road Depot Draft Planning and Development Brief SPD
Representation ID: 31200
Received: 22/07/2016
Respondent: Cambridge GRT Solidarity Network
(i) para 2.2.26 fails to mention the Mill Road Conservation Area Appraisal's identification (p55) of the former Library as a Building at Risk. This is a key issue directly relevant to the Depot site. Why is it not even mentioned, let alone addressed, anywhere in the draft SPD? The unsubstantiated claims by Council officers in a recent Local Plan Hearing that the former Library is no longer at risk, are contrary to all evidence: see Appendices 1 and 2.
(ii) para 2.2.26 does not mention the "Overlarge advertising hoarding on the side elevation of 'Emporium' No. 117 Mill Road, opposite the Free Library" (Mill Road Conservation Area Appraisal, "positive negative and neutral issues" p44). This hoarding disfigures the entrance to the whole site.
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