CBC Design and Access Statement - Papworth Hospital

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The Expansion of Cambridge Biomedical CampusDesign and Access StatementAdditionally, since November 2005 on a generally monthly basis the development partners have beenattending Addenbrooke's Delivery Group meetings. These were set up as a result of CambridgeshireHorizons establishing a Southern Fringe Project Board, the purpose being to:• co-ordinate planning and infrastructure delivery for the Southern Fringe development;• ensure that all relevant authorities and agencies are fully engaged in supporting and informing thedecision-making processes, so that planning applications can be determined to an agreedtimetable in line with the Development Plan;• and to ensure that supporting infrastructure is funded and provided on time.Further to this, Delivery Groups were set up for each site, the overall aim of which is 'To develop andnegotiate outline/full applications, related S106 agreements and reserved matters submissions'.Representatives were present from the Cambridge City Council (CCC), Cambridgeshire County Council(CCoC) and South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) and the Applicants.Points raised by participants Response in design terms Further detailsAgree. Consideration inDevelopment should terms of layout and impactrespond positively to site on the green corridor haveDesign Statement.been taken into account.Agree. CBC will be a newgateway to Cambridge forExcellent opportunity to railusers. Views to the sitedevelop a gatewayfrom the rail corridor haveDesign Statement.been considered. Highquality design is proposed.Topic groups have also now been set up covering: education, community facilities, urban design,housing, transport, waste and recycling, landscape and open space, drainage and planningobligations/conflict resolution. These include representatives from the CCC, CCoC and SCDC, and theApplicants.The Applicants are confident that the open and transparent discourse which has taken place over thisperiod has not only benefited the scheme proposals, but also laid a good basis for a continued cooperativerelationship between the Applicants and the public to ensure that the development proceeds ina positive manner with wide and general support.Pre-application discussions are critically important and benefit both developers and local planningauthorities in ensuring a better mutual understanding of objectives and the constraints that exist. In theBoulevard planting and goodopen spaces should beprovidedAgree. CBC's main accessroad will be a Boulevard.The Circus and Piazza willbe high quality open space.In particular the 'Circus' wasa specific element that arosethrough public consultationthat has been absorbed as akey design principleDesign Statement.course of such discussions proposals can be adapted to ensure that they better reflect communityaspirations and that applications are complete and address all the relevant issues. Local planningauthorities and applicants should take a positive attitude towards early engagement in pre-applicationdiscussions so that formal applications can be dealt with in a more certain and speedy manner and thequality of decisions can be better assured.The main comments arising from stakeholder consultation and how these have been responded to aretabulated below.The development must be ofthe highest quality andinnovatively designed.Agree. Individual buildingswill come forward at a laterstage, but it is envisagedthat these will be of highquality and use innovativedesign, especially in the fieldof reducing energyDesign Statement,Planning Statement.requirements.41
The Expansion of Cambridge Biomedical CampusDesign and Access StatementPoints raised by participants Response in design terms Further detailsPoints raised by participants Response in design terms Further detailsAgree. The buildings are setAgree. These currentlyThe buildings should notoverpower the greencorridor.back from the west andsouth boundary, and stepdown in height towards theboundary to ensure they donot overpower the greenVisual ImpactAssessment, DesignStatement, PlanningStatement.Use sustainabledevelopment principles.include biodiversityconsiderations, cycling andwalking access, promotion ofpublic transport andprovision of renewableES, SustainableDevelopmentStatement, Designand AccessStatement.corridor.energy sources.Consideration should begiven to Sustainable UrbanDrainageAgree. Provision is made forthis in the Masterplan.ES, DesignStatement, PlanningStatementPartly agree. Over thewhole of the Southern FringeArea a range of uses areLighting should besensitively designed.Agree. The LightingStrategy indicates howlighting proposals are to beconsidered, and theemphasis is very much onensuring safe use of the siteand at the same time thatthere is a minimum amountof luminance level to achievea safe environment andminimum light pollution.Lighting strategy,Design and AccessStatement, ES, VisualImpact Assessment,Design Statement.Provide a mix of uses.proposed. The CBC is acluster development ofbiomedical, biotechnical andclinical research, withinwhich a number of facilitiesto support the new andexisting campus areproposed. It would not beappropriate to dilute thecluster further as thepotential synergy betweenclinical application andES, PlanningStatement.biomedical and biotechnicalAgree. Walking and cyclingresearch may beThe scheme should seek toroutes are proposed throughES, Planningcompromised..encourage walking andcycling.the site to ensure that itstitches into the widernetwork.Statement, DesignStatementProvide a new quality edgeto the City.Agree. The edge of thedevelopment steps down tothe west and southVisual ImpactAssessment, DesignStatement, Planning42
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