For more, better and safer cycling in and around Cambridge
A range of different local authorities want to hear your views on transport in Cambridgeshire this month. We know that many Camcycle members and supporters appreciate our help in guiding their responses, so this is the first in a series of posts looking at the surveys you are invited to fill in. This blogpost gives
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At Camcycle we look through many planning applications and write objections in cases where developers are proposing cycle infrastructure or facilities that do not meet the standards or requirements of planning rules. We normally work through the usual planning systems and try to get problems fixed through comments, feedback and discussions. However, in the case
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Sometimes a planning application comes along and you can see just how little developers actually care about sustainable transport, despite bold claims. The absurdity here is captured by this pair of photos above (inset photo courtesy of Sam Davies).
Once built out, 400 more homes from this and another green belt site will depend
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Like shopping hubs across the region, Cambridge Retail Park (CRP) wants to increase footfall and build customer confidence as we emerge from the lockdown period. However, it seems less concerned with the safety of those walking and cycling to access its shops.
Last December, we reported that CRP was seeking to overturn the planning condition
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The Glebe Way cycleway at the northern edge of Histon, connecting to Cottenham, is under threat from county planning application S/0101/18/CC for a new Primary School in Histon on Buxhall Farm land. The application has promised to rip open a new driveway through the cycleway, placing dropped kerbs and give-way markings to give priority
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We have just submitted a formal letter of objection to application S/3440/18/OL, the Bourn Airfield outline planning application. The objection focuses primarily on the shortcomings of the walking and cycling network within the site, and also the poor and relatively meagre proposal for a single walking/cycling improvement along the A1303 – Madingley Road.
One of
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We have written a response to the Old Press + Mill Lane consultation regarding the redevelopment of the University sites around Mill Lane, Granta Place and Trumpington Street.
Check it out: PDF document: Camcycle letter responding to Old Press + Mill Lane consultation
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We have placed a formal objection to the proposed redevelopment of the old Romsey Labour Club on the junction of Mill Road and Coleridge Road. We object to the design of the cycle parking, in particular the access down steps to the parking in the basement. We feel the staff at the proposed nursery should
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