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Declarations of Interest |
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Pre-Application Briefing by the Developer - Mercers Row, Land At 6-7, 8, 9-11, 13, 14, 16 Mercers Row Cambridge Approx: 10:00 am – 11:30 am Purpose of
Briefing: Site Context: The application
site is located within the development framework of Cambridge. The application
is located at 6-7, 8, 9-11,13, 14-16 Mercer’s Row Cambridge. The site is
included as part of a wider protected industrial site under Policy 41 of the
Local Plan. The site is bound by the railway line to the east, over the railway
line lies some residential properties. The site is an
industrial area within the city. However, the area is surrounded by the
Riverside and Stourbridge Common Conservation Area. The Chapel of St
Mary Magdalene (known locally as the Leper Chapel) is a grade I
listed building to the south of the site, and the Barnwell Junction
Station Platform Building, a building of local interest (BLI) and therefore, a
non-designated heritage asset (NDHA) is to the east. Both the Listed
building and the NDHA are in the conservation area. Stourbridge Common
is also a designated Protected Open Space, Green Belt and a City Wildlife,
County Wildlife and Local Nature Reserve. The application site is located
within flood zone 1 (low risk) there is no surface water identified on
site. The Barnwell Pastures City Wildlife Site and Site of Local Nature
Conservation Importance are situated to the east of the site on the other side
of the railway line. The site lies
within Flood Zone 1. It is situated just outside the Cambridge Air Quality
Management Area, the boundary of which is Stanley Road, which runs parallel to
Garlic Row. The site itself
comprises the existing DS Smit Recycling Report (Sui Generis use) and an area
of open storage to the north this is planned to be delivered as part of phase
1. As part of phase 2 to the south of the site lies a children’s nursey (use
class D1) and the surrounding the site is a variety of B1, B2 and B8 use
classes. The surrounding
industrial units are all of a similar age, and generally dated. They include a
wide range of uses including a children’s soft play unit, car showrooms and
self-storage, highlighting the aged nature of the units, which are no longer
fit for the purposes of modern commercial and industrial users. Vehicular,
cycle and pedestrian access to the Site is from Mercers Row, which is accessed
from Swanns Row, leading to Newmarket Road (A1134).
Newmarket Road provides access to the major road network (Junction 35 of the
A14). Egress from the Site is from Garlic Row, which again leads to Newmarket
Road. The closest
residential areas are located to the south-west of the Site, along Garlic Row,
which are located approximately 240m from the Site. Vehicles leaving the site
must pass these residential properties at present to access Newmarket Road. |
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Councillor attendance Whilst any subsequent planning application relating to this site will be
determined by the Planning Committee, all Councillors are invited to attend and
take part in this pre-application developer presentation. Purpose
of the meeting These meetings allow developers an early
opportunity to present proposals for future planning applications to elected
members of the Council. The process allows Councillors to feed into
the process at an early stage and raise any questions or concerns that can then
be addressed by the developer prior to a formal planning application being
submitted. Whilst the meetings will be held in public,
they do not form part of the formal decision making process. All planning
applications will be determined in line with formal processes as adopted by
Cambridge City Council. Format of the Meeting For each Briefing: ·
Introduction by the Head of
Planning Services or a Senior Planning Officer – up to 10 minutes ·
Presentation by the
developer of the proposal – up to 30 minutes ·
Opportunity for Members to
ask questions, raise issues, seek clarification, comment on the apparent
positive and less positive aspects of the proposal – up to 40 minutes During this part of the meeting it is important that
Councillors who may ultimately make the decision on any subsequent planning
application do not feel unduly constrained by what they can ask or raise.
However they should avoid expressing views that might give any appearance that
they are approaching the proposal with a closed mind. The discussion should not
be used for negotiations with the developer. These should take place with
officers separately from the meeting. Members of the public must refrain from
entering into the discussion at the meeting. · Summing up – up to 10 minutes A Planning Department representative will take notes of the
meeting, which will be a summary of the proceedings. Nothing said by
Councillors at the meeting will in any way be binding on the Committee that
subsequently determines the application. The notes will be uploaded to the City
Council’s website upon completion. |
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Land At 6-7, 8, 9-11, 13, 14-16 Mercers Row Cambridge Transcript PDF 331 KB |