Cambridge Northern Fringe East AAP - Issues and Options

Support

Representation ID: 29697

Received: 02/02/2015

Respondent: Brookgate

Agent: Bidwells

Brookgate support the provision of a new Heavy Goods Vehicle access parallel and to the north of Cowley Road for industrial, minerals and waste activities only. This vehicle access strategy will significantly reduce heavy good vehicle movements from Cowley Road, allowing the flexibility to create a safer walking and cycling environment for CNFE residents and employees along the Cowley Road corridor.

Comment

Representation ID: 29698

Received: 02/02/2015

Respondent: Brookgate

Agent: Bidwells

Strategic traffic modelling work is required to identify the highway capacity improvements required on the Milton Road corridor and access to the site. Priority needs to be given in the City Deal to funding transport schemes that improve the accessibility of the CNFE site.
Area-wide travel planning should be given greater importance in reducing existing vehicular travel demand by extending the existing Travel Plan Plus scheme. The County Council also needs to undertake further assessment work to understand the impact of the new railway station on the potential for modal shift from car to rail trips in the local area.

Object

Representation ID: 29699

Received: 02/02/2015

Respondent: Brookgate

Agent: Bidwells

Brookgate object to the current proposed surface car parking layout. The consented layout doesn't make best use of the site. It would be difficult to extend or to construct a multi-storey structure on the footprint given the site's shape and proximity to the Bramblefields reserve.
Better location for a surface car park is adjacent to the existing main railway line, north ofnew station building. A conventional rectangular footprint could be used, being more efficient in terms of the number of spaces and providing flexibility to convert to a multi-storey car park if sufficient future demand arises.

Support

Representation ID: 29700

Received: 02/02/2015

Respondent: Brookgate

Agent: Bidwells

Brookgate support the location of a surface car park that makes best use of the overall site. As discussed in response to Q37a, it is recommended that the surface car park is constructed adjacent to the existing main railway line to the north of the new station building as per redevelopment Option 2a (appended to this submission). The surface car park could be laid out in a conventional rectangular footprint which is more efficient in terms of the number of spaces and provides flexibility to convert to a multi-storey car park if there is sufficient future demand.

Comment

Representation ID: 29701

Received: 02/02/2015

Respondent: Brookgate

Agent: Bidwells

The car parking at the Station should be for station users only. The car park should not be operated as a 'park and ride' site for the CGB.

Comment

Representation ID: 29702

Received: 02/02/2015

Respondent: Brookgate

Agent: Bidwells

Brookgate support the use of car parking standards across the whole area that are more restrictive than the car parking standards policy set by the Cambridge City Council car parking standards, to reflect the highly sustainable location. The current policy however forms a useful starting point in discussions over car parking levels.

Support

Representation ID: 29703

Received: 02/02/2015

Respondent: Brookgate

Agent: Bidwells

Brookgate support the use of more restrictive car parking standards across the whole area to reflect the highly sustainable location. Transport modelling work will assist in determining the appropriate levels of car parking taking into account the site accessibility and proposed land-uses. It should be recognised that car parking levels particularly for commercial development should not be set too low as it may make development unattractive to potential tenants, particularly given the high car parking levels consented on adjacent establish commercial development sites. The under-provision of car parking could also lead to off-site overspill parking.

Object

Representation ID: 29704

Received: 02/02/2015

Respondent: Brookgate

Agent: Bidwells

Brookgate object to a 'tiered' approach to car parking standards based on the proximity to the station. The success of the whole AAP will in part be based on linking the benefits of the new station and the extension of the CGB with the whole AAP site through a variety of sustainable transport measures including encouraging walking, train/cycle, shuttle buses and other innovative solutions which will allow the whole allocation (and the wider area) to shift from car dominated transport to other modes.

Comment

Representation ID: 29705

Received: 02/02/2015

Respondent: Brookgate

Agent: Bidwells

A balanced approach is required recognising the accessibility of the site by non-car modes but also the need to provide appropriate levels of operational car parking. Further modelling work should be undertaken to inform the car parking standards for each of the land-uses proposed on the CNFE site.

Support

Representation ID: 29706

Received: 02/02/2015

Respondent: Brookgate

Agent: Bidwells

Brookgate support the Cambridge City Council cycle parking standards. The standards have been successfully used on the CB1 development, a similar highly sustainable transport hub.