Southern Fringe Community Forum Thursday 11 June 2015 Planning Update • Mike Ovenden – Principal Planner (Cambridge City Council)
Southern Fringe Community Forum
Thursday 11 June 2015 Planning Update
• Mike Ovenden – Principal Planner (Cambridge City Council)
• Overview of the Southern Fringe
• Sport and outdoor recreation
• Community facilities
• Shops and amenities
• Education
• Construction progress
• Applications over the coming months …
• Currently being considered
• What to expect over the next 12 months
• Questions
Provision of recreation
• Set out in Southern Fringe Area Development
Framework (2006)
• Requirement assessed on formula per 1000 people
• On site provision where possible
• Pooled provision /contributions where appropriate
• Sports provision focused on Clay Farm Secondary
School (dual use)
Southern Fringe:
• Trumpington Meadows
• Glebe Farm
• Clay Farm
• Bell School
Open Space
Requirements
Standard Site Requirement Provision
Outdoor Sports
Facilities
1.2 Ha per 1,000 3.2 ha Tennis court.
Primary school
provides MUGA,
games court, 2 junior
pitches
Indoor Sports
Facilities
1 sports hall per
13,000
1 swimming pool per
50,000
0.2 ha Primary school:
Provision for
Children and
Teenagers
0.3 Ha per 1,000 0.8 ha 1.73 ha kickabout
area, 2 LEAPS, 14
LAPs
Informal Open
Space
1.8 Ha per 1,000 4.8 ha 60 ha country park
Allotments 0.4 ha per 1000
people
1 ha 1 ha
Trumpington Meadows recreation provision
Open Space
Requirements
Standard Site Requirement Provision
Outdoor Sports
Facilities
1.2 Ha per 1,000 0.8 Off-site
Football Pitch 0.88 Ha per 1,000 0.6
(minimum size of
normal pitch is .93
Ha)
None
Cricket Pitch 0.14 Ha per 1,000 0.09 None
Rugby Pitch 0.10 Ha per 1,000 0.07 None
Hockey 1 pitch per 25,000 0.03 of one pitch None
Tennis 3 courts per 3,000 0.67 of one court None
Bowling Greens 1 green per 11,000 0.06 of one green None
Indoor Sports
Facilities
1 sports hall per
13,000
1 swimming pool per
50,000
0.05
0.01
Off-site
Off-site
Provision for Children
and Teenagers
0.3 Ha per 1,000 0.2
0.2
Informal Open Space 1.8 Ha per 1,000 1.2 1.2
Allotments 0.4 Ha per 1,000 0.27 0.27
Glebe Farm recreation provision
Open Space
Requirements
Standard Requirement Provision
Outdoor Sports Facilities 1.2 Ha per 1,000 6.28 Ha 6.36 Ha
Football Pitch 0.88 Ha per 1,000 4.55 ha 6.11 Ha
Cricket Pitch 0.14 Ha per 1,000 0.71 ha None
Rugby Pitch 0.10 Ha per 1,000 0.49 ha None
Hockey 1 pitch per 25,000 0.16 ha 0.80 Ha *
Tennis 3 courts per 3,000 0.31 ha 0.25 Ha
Bowling Greens 1 green per 11,000 0.07 ha None
Indoor Sports Facilities 1 sports hall per
13,000
1 swimming pool
per 50,000
0.39 of a Hall
0.10 of a Pool
Shared use of Secondary
School Sports Hall
Commuted payments
Provision for Children
and
Teenagers
0.3 Ha per 1,000 1.54 ha 2.90 ha
1 NEAP 0.1 ha
7 LEAPs 0.28 ha
LAPs to be agreed 0.50 ha (estimate)
Provision for Teenagers Approx 2 hectares
Informal Open Space 1.8 Ha per 1,000 9.23 ha 47 hectares
Green Corridor 41 ha
Within Development area 5 ha
Allotments 0.4 Ha per 1,000 2.05 ha 2 ha
In Green Corridor 1 ha
Within Development area,
locations to be agreed
1 ha
Clay Farm recreation provision
Provision was the subject of viability assessment as
part of the 2009 Public inquiry
Open Space
Requirements
Standard (hectare per 1000
people)
Site requirement (
347 dwellings)
Provision
Indoor and
outdoor sports
Contribution Off site
Children and
teenagers
0.3 0.23 0.23
Informal open
space
1.8 1.39 1.54
Allotments 0.4 0.31 0.32
Total - 1.93 hectares 2.09 hectares
Bell school recreation provision
All southern fringe sites will deliver the
quantity of recreation facilities required by
the planning permissions
Sports facilities
Clay Farm Trumpington Community College On site delivery Autumn 2016 • Focus of formal southern fringe
sports provision • Flood-lit all weather sports pitch • Two tennis/netball courts • Grass pitches : 3 senior and 1
junior
Sport Provision at Trumpington Meadows Primary School • Multi-use games area and
changing rooms • For hire • Kick about area in Country Park
Outdoor Recreation Trumpington Meadows Country Park
• Now open • Balancing ponds • Pedestrian/cycle paths • Public art • Links to Byron’s Pool
Smaller play areas are distributed within the built up areas
Clay Farm Green Corridor • Balancing ponds • Playing fields • Allotments • Pedestrian/cycle
paths • Public art • Consultation
event
Allotments
Trumpington Meadows • 0.9 hectare - delivery Autumn 2015 Clay Farm • 2 hectares - delivery Spring 2016 Glebe Farm • 0.27 hectare - delivery 2016
Bell School • 0.32 hectare – delivery 2017/8
Community
Trumpington Primary School • 2 Community rooms
• School hall and activity studio for hire
• Open and available Clay Farm Community centre • Library • Multi-use hall/community
rooms • Café • Youth facility • Community meeting rooms • Health centre • Touchdown space for social
services • Open – Summer 2016
Shops and amenities Hobson’s Square
• High quality public space • Public Art Bronze House • Due to open June 2016
Quad (Viridio) • 4 x retail units fronting Hobson’s Sq • Delivery 2016
Parcels 8a and 8b • 960 sqm retail space • Delivery 2017
Trumpington Meadows local centre • Retail units • local recycling centre (as at Glebe, Clay and Bell) • Green link to Country park • Delivery 2016
Education in the Southern Fringe
• Trumpington Meadows Primary School – Open 2013
• Trumpington Community College – Due to open Sept
2015 (Parkside) 2016 (Clay Farm)
• Fawcett School Extension – under construction
• Clay Farm primary school – detailed planning application
required, phased for 2018
Construction Progress
Occupations (May 2015)
• Southern Fringe Total 1175
• Trumpington Meadows 338
• Clay Farm 589
• Glebe Farm 248
Construction underway at Bell School with occupations from late
2015
The next 12 months
Current Planning Applications
• Spine road TM
• 8a & 8b Clay Farm - 251 dwellings & 960 sqm retail
• 9a, 9b Clay Farm – 49 dwellings
• Glebe 3 – 30 dwellings
Future planning applications
• Bridges over Hobson’s Brook
• TM local centre
• TM Riverside apartments