CBC Design and Access Statement - Papworth Hospital

The Expansion of Cambridge Biomedical CampusDesign and Access Statement• the proposed development integrates with and improves the existing CBC;• quality facilities are included in the proposals;• the proposals have been brought forward following best practice in urban design as outlined inCABE's document 'By Design – Urban Design in the Planning System';• sustainable development principles have been followed (outlined in paragraph 3.5); and• an integrated and accessible system of open spaces based on the Boulevard, Piazza and Circuswill be created in the new development.In July 2005 'Shape Cambridge' organised a young persons' workshop relating to the developments inthe Southern Fringe. The 'Making Neighbourhoods' workshop was held at Coleridge Community Collegeand involved 30 pupils from Coleridge and Parkside Schools. A week later students presented theirideas to City Council Members, officers and developers. Developers representing the CBC expansionattended this presentation to receive feedback from the workshop. The information and feedback is allpart of the iterative design process which has been undertaken by the developer, to ensure that wherepossible ideas are incorporated and concerns are allayed.A further public consultation exercise was undertaken in October 2005, which included an exhibition onthe Cambridge Southern Fringe Area Development Framework- Draft for Public Consultation.During 2006AAR ExhibitionThe County Council ran a 3 day exhibition on 17th, 18th and 20th February 2006 to display the details ofthe imminent application for the access road (submitted on 24th February 2006). A display board wasprepared showing the broad master plans for Clay Farm and CBC expansion in relation to the accessroad and a representative from the developer team attended the session on 17th February to answerany questions. There was a great deal of interest in the proposals.During this exhibition, and progressing afterwards, were very constructive discussions with the CountyCouncil to incorporate transportation matters into the key considerations of the proposal. In particular theintegration of the CGB was a key issue, the route of which has only been properly coordinated as aresult of a close working with the County Council.April 2006On the 6 th April 2006 a presentation was given to key interested parties including the developers, thelandowners, professionals within biotech and clinical research in Cambridge, the Eastern Region BiotechInitiative and a number of City and Council Councillors. The attendance was approximately 30 peopleand the event was primarily as an information exercise with some questions and answers after thepresentation to ensure that key interested parties were keep updated of the proposals.A second event in April, on the 7 th April 2006 from 9:00 to18:30, was a preview event to the publicdisplaying the details of the CBC expansion and Clay Farm proposals. This event took place atAddenbrooke’s Hospital and was advertised in the Cambridge News as a public meeting and for anyinterested person or party to attend. Also individual letters were sent to the same stakeholders that theCity Council contacted to attend their previous related events, some 200 names.The event took the form of an exhibition with knowledgeable representatives, to field questions, availablethroughout the whole event. Approximately 500 people were recorded as attending the event. There wasgenerally wide spread support for both proposals with a small handful of people having reservations, inparticular to the new road and CGB scheme.June 2006A presentation was made by Coutryside Properties plc, Liberty Property Trust and Cambridge UniversityHospitals NHS Foundation Trust at the Guilldhall, Cambridge on the 20 th June. All Councillors of CCC,SCDC and CCoC were invited to attend. The three issues which attracted most questions were onparking, sustainability and affordable housing.Other ConsultationThe stakeholder consultation events and workshops were held to ensure that from an early stagestakeholders and the public could have a say and an input into the developing proposals. Further to this,regular updates on the current position have been made to South Area Committee and a feed back loopestablished through planning officers to ensure that the views of the Committee and public opinion arerelayed to the developers so that all comments are properly considered and where possible overcome inthe emerging design process.In addition, there has been meetings with various Council officers and a number of departments onnumerous occasions for more than two years covering such matters as urban/landscape design,highways and drainage, with the aim being to agree as many aspects of the proposals as possible withthe City and County Councils prior to submission of the planning applications. The Southern Fringeproposals were tabled at South Area Committee on the 20 th November 2003, 27 th April 2004 and 2 ndSeptember 2005 to inform and seek endorsement on the progress of the various applications comingforward on the Southern Fringe. The Applicant has also taken part in the CCC Southern FringeMembers Reference Group, for example Mr Roger Cutting presented an item on Addenbrooke's Hospitaltravel arrangements.40