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