7:30 pm, Fawcett School, 31 March 2010
updated 25 February 2010
The March meeting will include the AGM of the Association and a presentation about the plans for Trumpington Meadows. February meeting discussed the County Council's recycling proposals and other issues such as progress with the CGB route. For more information, contact the Chairman, Graham Bass, chair@trumpingtonresidentsassociation.org. If you would like to join the Association, please complete the membership form.
Clay Farm and Glebe Farm Planning Inquiry
updated 3 March 2010
The developer of the Clay Farm and Glebe Farm sites, Countryside Properties, lodged appeals on the planning applications, on the grounds of 'non-determination'. An inquiry by the Planning Inspectorate took place in September - early October 2009. The result of the inquiry was released on 26 February 2010, with the appeals being dismissed (the Residents' Association has a copy of the report). Cambridge City Council issued a news release summarising the outcome.
Education provision
updated 6 May 2009
The County Council is planning to develop a Children's Centre in Trumpington, to serve the Southern Fringe, as a base for services in Newnham, Hauxton and parts of the Shelfords as well as Trumpington. This should open in 2011. The Association was represented at a stakeholders meeting held on 5 May 2009, when the services and geographic coverage were discussed. Children's Centres provide support to families with children under five. For more information, contact Jo German, the Children's Centre Development Manager.
The County Council is also planning an extension to Fawcett School, new primary schools at Trumpington Meadows and Clay Farm and a new secondary school at Clay Farm. As part of the consultation process, it produced a background document, with information about existing educational provision, forecasts for future needs, details of the new educational facilities, the statutory process for establishing these facilities and a comments sheet.
With respect to the Trumpington Meadows primary school, the meeting of the County Council Cabinet on 2 December 2008 agreed to grant condition approval to the bid from the Fawcett Federation Group. Anne Kent has provided a copy of the Fawcett Federation bid (1.3 MB PDF file). Rob Lewis from the County Council has provided a proposal summary.
On 21 January 2009, the Joint Development Control Committee discussed a report on the provision and maintenance of public access to the community facilities to be co-located within the Trumpington Meadows school. The capital investment and initial running costs for these facilities is being funded by the developer, through the section 106 agreement. It was a contentious discussion, with some councillors seriously concerned at the lack of detail about the access arrangements and the long-term revenue implications of the community facilities, but the committee eventually agreed to accept the report.
A second competition concerns the new Secondary School. Rob Lewis reported: in response to planned developments around Trumpington, the County Council plans to open a new Secondary School to serve both the existing and new communities in Trumpington. The competition process launched in April 2008 led to three proposals for running the new school being submitted to the County Council. Full details of the proposals can be found on the County Council's website and the proposal summary is available here (100K PDF file).
The Council held a drop in session and public meeting on 16 September 2008. The decision on the preferred bid was then referred to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator which issued its decision in December 2008. The City of Cambridge Education Foundation (currently responsible for Parkside and Coleridge) has been selected to run the school from September 2012.
Trumpington boundary
updated 2 February 2009
The development of Trumpington Meadows has been complicated by the area being administered by both Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council. The majority of the Trumpington Meadows site is currently in South Cambridgeshire (Haslingfield parish). The City Council and District Council are considering whether to make joint proposals to the Boundary Commission for a review of the boundary. The City Council Civic Affairs Committee discussed this on 16 April 2008 and agreed to recommend the proposed boundary revision to the City Council. The District Council Electoral Arrangements Committee also discuss it on 16 April 2008, when concerns were expressed that there had been insufficient consultation with the parish councils. Since the, the District Council has agreed to sign a joint letter with the City Council to the Boundary Commission.
Trumpington Pavilion, King George V Playing Field
updated 1 February 2010
See the pages about the Pavilion. The Association is administering Trumpington Pavilion on behalf of the City Council. The building officially opened on 14 November 2009, see a report and photos of the opening weekend. including a video of the opening by Steve Kimberley
Contact the manager, Roger Randall: email: pavilion@trumpingtonresidentsassociation.org, tel.: 01223 847433; mobile: 07545 641691
Addenbrooke's Access Road
update26 November 2009
The completion date for the Addenbrooke's Access Road is mid 2010. The road is being constructed in two phases: from Hauxton Road to a roundabout beyond Shelford Road and from the roundabout to Addenbrooke's Hospital. The first phase has been completed, apart from work on the junctions with Hauxton Road and Shelford Road. The Addenbrooke's 2020 developers are constructing a boulevard to link with the Access Road, to be completed by May 2010. The M11/A10 junction will also be upgraded before the new road is opened, with traffic signals and some widening. Landscaping work will take place after the road is open.
The plans for public art along the road include a Time Line Tree wood carving with significant dates in Trumpington's history and a metal tree to be placed to the east of the railway line. See the public art page for photographs and a report on the Time Line tree. The metal tree was originally to have been placed in Trumpington, where the Residents' Association felt it was inappropriate.
The Residents' Association objected to a County Council proposal for a 40mph limit on the new road between Hauxton Road and Shelford Road, as did groups like the Cambridge Cycling Campaign. At the meeting of the Cambridge Traffic Management Area Joint Committee on 26 January 2009, the proposal was rejected, with the committee in favour of a 30 mph limit. This has been referred back to the County Council Cabinet, as it is against County policy. The Local transport and Addenbrooke's Hospital pages have more information.
Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
updated 14 August 2009
The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway is being constructed through Trumpington, from the Park & Ride site to Addenbrooke's Hospital, the railway station and city centre. Work started in the Trumpington area in April 2007, with the construction of an underpass on Long Road, a bridge over the railway to Addenbrooke's Hospital and clearance in the old railway cutting. Major work continues on the Hills Road railway bridge. The track is currently being installed from Trumpington to the station (see photos). Ken Fletcher and Peter Dawson have updated a summary of work in the railway cutting between Shelford Road and Hauxton Road (Excel file, updated May 2009), including the protection of the gas pipeline which runs in the cutting. It had been planned to start further tree clearance work in late April, but this has been deferred until August, after pressure from Anne Kent and residents. The expected completion date for the route to the Park & Ride site is now March 2010.
Peter Dawson has also reported on plans for public art, including a time capsule to be developed with the Trumpington Local History Group and placed at one of the Trumpington bus stops. The artist is Oliver Hein, who says that he is one of four artists working on the public art scheme for the Cambridge Guided Busway. 'My project has the title GEMS: a sculpture made of old oak and solid glass, combined with video footage, about the villages along the busway as well as the city of Cambridge. It is all about the people who live in the towns and villages along the new busway and the city, their favorite places in their neighborhoods, the places they regard as their `gems´ and that they would like to show to other people as part of the permanent video sculpture, which will be located at Trumpington Park & Ride terminal.' If you would like to contribute to the project or comment on the idea, please contact Oliver Hein through Diana Johnston.
The Local transport and Addenbrooke's Hospital pages have more information.
Clay Farm/Showground development
update 16 December 2009
The outline planning application for the Clay Farm/Showground development was approved by the Joint Development Control Committee on 14 May 2008: the report to the Committee has extensive information about the application, the responses from statutory bodies, local residents and others and the conditions which were approved by the Committee. The updated planning application is available on the Clay Farm Web site.
In May 2009, Countryside submitted a planning application for the spine road through the site. The original application is on the Clay Farm Web site and the Association has a set for local reference and has submitted its response, including concerns about the provision for cyclists. We have now received a revised application and submitted a further short response.
The City Council, NHS Cambridgeshire, Countryside Properties and others are discussing plans for the community centre to be located in the Clay Farm local centre. The Association was represented at a workshop to review the plans on 30 September 2008. The Clay Farm page has information about the application and the Association's responses and the latest planning news is at top of this page.
Trumpington Meadows development
updated 16 October 2009
The outline planning application for Trumpington Meadows was approved at the Joint Planning Committee on 20 February 2008. Further issues were discussed at meetings of the Committee on 11 June 2008 and 12 May 2009, including development of the country park and the S106 arrangements. Permission to proceed with the outline application was given in October 2009, after the S106 agreement was completed. The City Council and District Council have information about the application on their Web sites and a full set of documents has been given to the Residents' Association. The Trumpington Meadows page has further information.
Glebe Farm development
update 10 March 2010
The outline planning application for Glebe Farm was submitted to the City Council on 11 March 2008. An amended application was submitted on 11 August 2008, a copy of which is held at the Pavilion: the Association responded with some remaining concerns. This application was approved by the Joint Development Control Committee on 2 October 2008. Countryside Properties gave a presentation about the detailed design to the June 2009 meeting of the Association. They submitted a full application in December 2009 (printed copy held at the Pavilion): the Association response was submitted in January 2010, with the main concern being phasing. The Council received amendments to these palns on 8 March 2010 and is inviting further comments by 23 March: the Association has a copy of these amendments. There is a Glebe Farm Web site with details about the outline and full application. The Glebe Farm page has more information.
Household Recycling Centre
updated 15 February 2010
At its meeting on 13 October 2009, the County Council selected an area of Green Belt to the south of the Addenbrooke's Access Road, between Hauxton Road and Shelford Road, as its preferred location for the Southern Fringe recycling centre. In a public question at the beginning of the Council meeting, the Association stated its continued disagreement with the preferred location. Councillor Caroline Shepherd presented an amendment to the Waste & Minerals Plan asking the Council to take this issue out of the plan so that it could be revisited and our question followed up, but the amendment was rejected. The timetable is:
• there is a statutory six week consultation period on the plan as approved, commencing on 15 February 2010; the Association has a copy of the papers for members to consult;
• in June 2010, it will be submitted to the Secretary of State, incorporating any changes the Councils wish to make in light of the pre-submission consulation;
• in (probably) November 2010 there will be an "Examination in public", when unresolved objections to the approved plan will be considered by an independent Inspector;
• the plan will be adopted (as amended by the inspector) in 2011.
Addenbrooke's Hospital development
updated 25 June 2008
The outline planning application for the Addenbrooke's 2020 Vision (06/0796/FUL) and the full application for the Medical Research Centre (07/0651/FUL) were approved by the City Council Planning Committee on 7 November 2007. The Addenbrooke's 2020 application proposes up to 215,000 sq.m. of floorspace for clinical, biomedical and biotech research and development (there are extensive details about the proposal and its impact on the area in the report to the Planning Committee). The Medical Research Centre development relates to the replacement of the current Laboratory of Molecular Biology facility within the Addenbrooke's site, totalling 25,209 sq.m. of floorspace (see the report to the Committee). This received government funding in June 2008. The extended site will be served by the Guided Busway and the Addenbrooke's Access Road. The Addenbrooke's Hospital page has more information.
A further housing development to the south east of Addenbrooke's, the Bell School site, received outline planning permission on 11 June 2008. This will consist of around 350 dwellings and accommodation for 100 students.
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