[Members] Town and gown slam Silver Street toilet plans; Cambridge to lose its cows; Consultations on Pace Investments plans for 104-112 HIlls Road

[Wendy Blythe]

Dear all,

I need to correct the information we just gave you about the real cows
going from Cambridge's green spaces. The owner says she has reconsidered
and will continue to keep them on the meadows for the time being but this
is not written in stone as the complaints have been hard to deal with.  She
points out that the cows are grazing on Cambridge's flood plains just as
they have done for huncreds of years and that this helps with the
management of the flood plains. Support for her cows being on the meadows
would however really be appreciated.

Wendy

<https://formationarchitects.co.uk/projects/botanic-house-cambridge/>

*Update 3 March, 2020*

*Town and gown residents slam Silver St toilet plans*

*Planning Committee meeting tom**orrow Wed, 4 March 12.30, Guildhall*

Planning Application 19/1350/LBC Silver Street Toilets

https://democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/documents/s49164/191350LBC%20-%20Report.pdf

Town and gown residents have raised significant concerns with us about the
application. There are issues which do not seem to have been addressed in
the officer report. See link.

https://www.fecra.org.uk/docs/Silver%20St%20toilets%20letter.pdf

If you share these concerns we suggest you email:

City Council Leader Lewis Herbert lewis.herbert at cambridge.gov.uk

Planning Committee Chair Martin Smart  martinandrewsmart at icloud.com
Vice-Chair mikesargeant at ntlworld.com

Executive Councillor for Planning katie.thornburrow at cambridge.gov.uk



*Cambridge to lose its cows*

At a recent meeting Cam Valley Forum reported green spaces by the river are
to lose their cows. It seems this will apply to all Cambridge’s green
spaces despite articles such as this from the *New York Times* .

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/15/world/europe/cambridge-england-cows.html

The owner of the redpoll cattle has received a lot of complaints about
cowpats.

The council will be putting a trail of plastic cows on the city’s green
spaces instead.

If you are concerned we suggest letters to the press and to councillors.
Most people are unaware that Cambridge's real cows will be going.


* Pace Investments- The future of 104-112 Hills Road and the Flying Pig *

https://www.104-112hillsroad.co.uk/

Public consultation Thursday 12 March, 4-7pm, Sat 14 March 10-2pm venue the
lobby of Betjeman House, 104 Hills Road, CB2 1LQ

The owner of Pace Investments has invested in mixed use schemes in the
past.

https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/475625

The original planning permission was for 156 apartments and mews houses of
which 63 were affordable. See the architect's website below.

https://formationarchitects.co.uk/projects/botanic-house-cambridge/

See also the section on *Employment and business growth* in FeCRA’s
Submission to the Issues and Options Consultation on the Local Plan.

http://www.fecra.org.uk/docs/FeCRA%20Submission%20Cambridge%20Local%20Plan%20Issues%20and%20Options%20Consultation.pdf

Best wishes,

Wendy


Wendy Blythe
Chair, FeCRA

www.fecra.org.uk
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