4.5.6
Object
Mill Road Depot Draft Planning and Development Brief SPD
Representation ID: 31022
Received: 13/07/2016
Respondent: Mrs Ros Greensmith
Paragraph 4.5.5 and 4.5.6 Community and other non-residential uses
Any planning application will need to be informed by the range of uses already put forward for the site in the Local Plan. It is not the role of the SPD to start introducing other uses at this stage and without consultation with the community. See my other representation 31003 as to why the Women's Resources Centre has been included as part of Site R10. Why is it that space can be found to re-accommodate this use when their lease has expired yet the garages can't be re-accommodated within the site?
Paragraph 4.5.5 and 4.5.6 Community and other non-residential uses
Any planning application will need to be informed by the range of uses already put forward for the site in the Local Plan. It is not the role of the SPD to start introducing other uses at this stage and without consultation with the community. See my other representation 31003 as to why the Women's Resources Centre has been included as part of Site R10. Why is it that space can be found to re-accommodate this use when their lease has expired yet the garages can't be re-accommodated within the site?
Object
Mill Road Depot Draft Planning and Development Brief SPD
Representation ID: 31052
Received: 21/07/2016
Respondent: Cambridge Association of Architects
Additional uses and allocations proposed.
The CAA has been in contact with local artists and arts trusts such as Digswell Arts and Wysing Arts centre, where senior figures expressed potential interest in the single storey coach houses for use as studios to let. Such activity may enrich the environment and should not clash with the residential environment (see existing Cambridge Artworks community on 5 Green's Road).
An uplift in apartments to meet the 167 unit target.
Additional possible uses should also be considered, such as small health surgeries to provide quite and supportive services to the community, as well as local coffee shops which encourage social life around them (Hot Numbers, Stir for e.g)
Ground floor units for retail/services/office may be allocated at the bottom of the taller buildings along the Chisholm trail and Eagle Foundry Walk. This may offset build cost, while providing a mix of use into the depth of the site.
Object
Mill Road Depot Draft Planning and Development Brief SPD
Representation ID: 31084
Received: 22/07/2016
Respondent: Dr Alexander Reid
I suggest it would be in the creative spirit of the Mill Road area to preserve some or all of the coach houses as rented creative workspace, including affordable artists' studios operated by a charity such as Digswell Arts. The southern coach house (at the Mill Rd end) could become a café/gallery, creating an inviting entrance to the site.
I suggest it would be in the creative spirit of the Mill Road area to preserve some or all of the coach houses as rented creative workspace, including affordable artists' studios operated by a charity such as Digswell Arts. The southern coach house (at the Mill Rd end) could become a café/gallery, creating an inviting entrance to the site.
Object
Mill Road Depot Draft Planning and Development Brief SPD
Representation ID: 31101
Received: 21/06/2016
Respondent: Ms Caroline Wilson
What happened to the idea that the coach houses could be let as studio space/small business units which is just the kind of facility that Mill Road needs - instead this site is jam packed with only houses and flats.
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Object
Mill Road Depot Draft Planning and Development Brief SPD
Representation ID: 31114
Received: 13/07/2016
Respondent: ms beverley carpenter
Not agree. Mixed use zone? Community node? Unclear - we need community building not in private use. Community use building demanded at consultation none proposed.
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Object
Mill Road Depot Draft Planning and Development Brief SPD
Representation ID: 31207
Received: 22/07/2016
Respondent: Cambridge GRT Solidarity Network
The Councils also need to assess the space needs of the existing community-related uses, most particularly the Women's Resources Centre and the present and future occupants of the former Library.
There is also a need for an assessment of the major gaps in current community provision in the area, and the outcome of this assessment to be reflected in the community provision on the site.
Appendix 1:
The following community aspirations were stated at a public meeting:
*Green space
*Creative community Space - multi functional and flexible.
*A Space for community and teaching kitchens
*Space to enable a maintenance hub for cyclists, along with a teaching and learning facility
*Affordable workshop, gallery and storage Space for local artists
*Safe space for the homeless. A space to offer the homeless room to breathe and to be able to start to build lives for themselves.
*A strong message from the community is to emphasise the call to develop and take part in community teaching and learning.
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