Consultation dates for your diary July 2024

It’s been a while! We’ve had local elections (and a General Election). In the meantime there’s been work between Railpen and local councillors on two developments in the area.

Cambridge Retail Park

This is the current location of Currys, Boots and other stores on Newmarket Road in Cambridge and extends down to Pure Gym, and around Henley Road.

We attended the Shaping Abbey event run by Greater Cambridgeshire Partnership on 16th June at Cambridge United’s Abbey stadium and viewed the publicity for the Retail Park on Newmarket Road which forms the consultation for this key development. We had the same concerns as we did for the Beehive over height, biodiversity, traffic and urban heat islands. We observed how vast Abbey is and how Railpen’s plans affect all areas of the city.

Railpen are seeking feedback on the plans on a dedicated website before they submit the planning application.

Beehive

Railpen decided to amend the plans for The Beehive following the 200+ comments and feedback from Cambridge Past, Present and Future, Camcycle and others. Thank you to those who commented on the planning application, it shows that it does make a difference.

The latest newsletter from Railpen has shared details of consultations starting on 17th July including an online webinar. Near neighbours will should have a letter and here is a link with dates (also pictured below).

If you are a business in Abbey there is another consultation on 18th July, more details from Abbey in Cambridge’s Facebook page.

In summary, these are consultations and how much of the comments will be reflected in the planning application is unknown.