Council and democracy
Home > Council and Democracy > Agenda and minutes
Venue: Council Chamber, The Guildhall, Market Square, Cambridge, CB2 3QJ [access the building via Peashill entrance]. View directions
Contact: Sarah Steed Committee Manager
No. | Item | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Introduction by Chair to Forum Minutes: The
Chair outlined the role and purpose of the Development Control Forum. She stated that no decisions would be taken
at the meeting. |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Apologies To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies
were presented on behalf of Councillors Hipkin,
Price, Smart and Turner. |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Declarations of Interest Members are asked
to declare at this stage any interests that they may have in an application
shown on this agenda. If any member of the Committee is unsure whether or not they
should declare an interest on a particular matter, they should seek advice from
the Head of Legal Practice before the meeting. Minutes:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Application and Petition (C/5007/16/CC / Land between Coldham's Lane and River Cam, through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures and Ditton Meadows Cambridge) Application
No: C/5007/16/CC Site
Address: Land between Coldham's Lane and River Cam, through Coldham's
Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures and Ditton Meadows Cambridge Description: Phase 1 of the Chisholm Trail, a
north-south pedestrian and cycle path from the River Cam to Coldhams’s
Lane broadly parallel to the railway line. Including widening of the walkway
beneath River Cam railway bridge, new underpass under Newmarket
Road, bridge across Coldham’s Brook, replacing
culvert with bridge on Coldham’s Common, new paths
and improvements to existing paths Applicant: Cambridgeshire County Council Agent: Ralph Lewis, Atkins Address: Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road, London, NW1 3AT Lead Petitioner Against:
Resident of Brampton Road, Cambridge Lead Petitioner Support:
Resident of Perne Road, Cambridge Case Officer: Elizabeth
Verdegem Text of Petition Against the application Title: Save our rivers and meadows Lite Statement: We the undersigned petition the council to -
for the submitted application for the north Chisholm Trail that we ask for the
application to be withdrawn, and that they request the applicant
: 1. recognises the significant environmental, social and landscape
impacts of the present application; 2. confirms that they do not believe there
is evidence that cycling benefits outweigh these impacts; 3. supplies
additional information to be presented to address deficiencies; 4. explores the
alternatives, such as the Cheap as Chips Trail 5. submits
an Environmental Impact Assessment for the Chisholm Trail to allow
consideration of in-combination and cumulative effects with other projects; 6. applies at least “No net loss” approach to biodiversity
within this scheme. Justification: Explanatory text We the undersigned object to the Chisholm
Trail application as submitted. We ask that the application be withdrawn and
the noted requests made of the applicant. We believe that their location in two highly
sensitive river valleys will irrevocably degrade this meadow landscape, and adversely
affect the character of eastern Cambridge. We assert that it is inseparably intertwined
with that of the Abbey-Chesterton Bridge and its effects cannot be considered
separately and requires an EIA. We reach our position on it being contrary
to policy, on our experiences of issues with the process and the obvious
overlap of the two projects. The following are informative to this, and do not
require a response. Contrary to policy We note the present application is contrary
to Cambridge City Council development control policies and the National
Planning Policy Frameworks, in particular but not exclusively that: Minutes: Description: Phase 1 of the Chisholm Trail, a north-south pedestrian and cycle path from
the River Cam to Coldhams’s Lane broadly parallel to
the railway line. Including widening of the walkway beneath River Cam railway
bridge, new underpass under Newmarket Road, bridge
across Coldham’s Brook, replacing culvert with bridge
on Coldham’s Common, new paths and improvements to
existing paths Applicant: Cambridgeshire
County Council Agent: Ralph Lewis,
Atkins Address: Euston Tower, 286 Euston
Road, London, NW1 3AT Case officer: Elizabeth
Verdegem Text
of Petition Against the application: Save
our rivers and meadows Lite: We the undersigned petition the council to -
for the submitted application for the north Chisholm Trail that we ask for the
application to be withdrawn, and that they request the applicant : 1.
recognises the significant environmental, social and landscape impacts of the
present application; 2. confirms that they do not believe there is evidence
that cycling benefits outweigh these impacts; 3. supplies additional
information to be presented to address deficiencies; 4. explores the
alternatives, such as the Cheap as Chips Trail 5. submits an Environmental
Impact Assessment for the Chisholm Trail to allow consideration of
in-combination and cumulative effects with other projects; 6. applies at least
“No net loss” approach to biodiversity within this scheme. Justification: We the undersigned object to the Chisholm
Trail application as submitted. We ask that the application be withdrawn and
the noted requests made of the applicant. We
believe that their location in two highly sensitive river valleys will
irrevocably degrade this meadow landscape, and adversely affect the character
of eastern Cambridge. We
assert that it is inseparably intertwined with that of the Abbey-Chesterton
Bridge and its effects cannot be considered separately and requires an EIA. We
reach our position on it being contrary to policy, on our experiences of issues
with the process and the obvious overlap of the two projects. The following are
informative to this, and do not require a response. Contrary
to policy We
note the present application is contrary to Cambridge City Council development
control policies and the National Planning Policy Frameworks, in particular but
not exclusively that: 1. it has an adverse effect on protected and
priority species e.g. otters and bats ; 2. its footprint of close to 5ha has an
adverse effect on protected sites and priority habitats e.g. 4 Local Wildlife
Sites and floodplain grassland; 3. it constitutes inappropriate development in
a Green Belt; 4. it has an adverse effect on the landscape
and character of the area, including the setting of the Riverside and
Stourbridge Common and Fen Ditton Conservation Area; 5. it constitutes inappropriate development in
a floodplain and increases flood risk; 6. the design quality of the bridges and
scheme are poor; 7. it involves the development on contaminated
land near Ditton Walk ; 8. it will have adverse impacts on heritage
e.g. the Round House, Leper Chapel and quiet enjoyment of the area e.g. the
Bumps course and rowing; 9. its construction will have significant social impacts ... view the full minutes text for item 16/4JDCCF |