<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-GB"><div class="m_-1254215906084378025WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dear all,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">We are hearing widespread concerns about the preservation of the River Cam and its frontage of ancient and beautiful water meadows. The river and its beautiful frontage is loved and enjoyed by young and old, by town and gown. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Singing on the River 21st June 2015 <br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7uS1PR-RW0&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=I7uS1PR-RW0&feature=youtu.be</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7uS1PR-RW0&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00b050">Planning Committee tomorrow, 10 am Guildhall, Doubletree Hilton Ability Group’s application (17/1351/FUL)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00b050"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Magnate Andreas Panayiotyou Ability Group’s application to remove the <b>Doubletree by Hilton’s glass pyramid and replace it with a clad structure containing ten bedrooms and “a small (45sqm) leisure facility” </b>(presumably for the use of hotel guests only).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Since 2010 Panayiotyou’s company has submitted seven planning applications for additional bedrooms to the hotel.  Two are outstanding, but only one has been passed because on each occasion residents have argued that the proposed plans are ugly and inappropriate for such an important and historic River frontage. Jane Singleton of RAON will be speaking for city residents against this application. Support appreciated. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00b050">Scudamores application 17/1864/FUL <br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00b050"></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This will vastly increase the size of Scudamore’s river frontage. Even though the deadline has passed it is still worth commenting. We understand Case officers will still take comments. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00b050">Ditton Meadows Fence Enclosure- Wed Jan 10, 6.00 – 7.30pmBarnwell Baptist Church Chisholm Trail and Abbey Chesterton Bridge LLF <br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00b050"></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">This is an open meeting.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Gonville and Caius College, the owners of Ditton Meadows are insisting on an ugly chicken wire fence as a planning condition for the Chisholm Trail. The meadows are currently open to the public, and this seems to contradict a key argument for the Trail that it would give people more access to open space amenity. Residents are concerned that enclosing the Meadows and fencing off cattle like this as a “landowner deal” sets a precedent for other Greenways and cows on other open spaces. Water vole habitats on Coldhams Commons have already been destroyed by GCP contractors- a criminal offence now under investigation. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">FeCRA raised the need for sensitive landscaping on the Chisholm Trail with the Planning Inspector <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.fecra.org.uk/docs/Dear%20Planning%20Inspector.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.fecra.org.uk/docs/<wbr>Dear%20Planning%20Inspector.<wbr>pdf</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.fecra.org.uk/docs/Dear%20Planning%20Inspector.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Local Blogger Richard Taylor has also drawn attention to the extent and ugliness of the fencing,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://twitter.com/RTaylorUK/status/939562464664047618" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://twitter.com/RTaylorUK/<wbr>status/939562464664047618</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://twitter.com/rtayloruk/status/939561174554894342?refsrc=email&s=11http://planning" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://twitter.com/rtayloruk/<wbr>status/939561174554894342?<wbr>refsrc=email&s=11http://<wbr>planning</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color:black"></span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Would this be acceptable for Grantchester Meadows, Sheeps Green, Coe Fen or Midsummer Common</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">? <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Once Ditton Meadows are enclosed the public loses access to large areas of the meadows.<b> The path is the only right of way.</b> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black" lang="EN">It is shocking that all these details are only emerging as a planning condition via the planning process and that even now the public still does not have the information about the fence and the Trail. This is a civic project, we should all have been able to see and contribute to these plans during development.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black" lang="EN"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black" lang="EN"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN">1)    Ditton Meadows is not common land & has no open access rights </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN">2)    There is no other right of access except on the footpath to the rail footbridge</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN">3)    All other access is via permissive path only, including all existing cycleways</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN">4)    NE agri-environment access agreement expires 2019</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN">People and animals have shared Cambridge meadows for 1000 years. Why separate them? 'Ditton' means ditch. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN">wooden jetty originally in the plans for the Bridge is also to be replaced with a steel jetty and unspecified surfacing for Abbey Chesterton bridge - further urbanising Ditton Meadows</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN">You can submit representations on the planning application at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://t.co/tCFhYjpIdr" title="http://planning.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/swift/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=C/5005/16/CC/C4&theTabNo=3" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue" lang="EN">http://planning.<wbr>cambridgeshire.gov.uk/swift/<wbr>apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.<wbr>DisplayUrl?theApnID=C/5005/16/<wbr>CC/C4&theTabNo=3 …</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://t.co/tCFhYjpIdr" title="http://planning.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/swift/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=C/5005/16/CC/C4&theTabNo=3" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue" lang="EN"></span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1f497d">See also: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="http://idox.cambridge.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=P0MXYWDX0A700" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://idox.cambridge.gov.uk/<wbr>online-applications/<wbr>applicationDetails.do?<wbr>activeTab=summary&keyVal=<wbr>P0MXYWDX0A700</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="http://idox.cambridge.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=P0MYFQDX0A700" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://idox.cambridge.gov.uk/<wbr>online-applications/<wbr>applicationDetails.do?<wbr>activeTab=summary&keyVal=<wbr>P0MYFQDX0A700</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Key contacts:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:Emma.Fitch@cambridgeshire.gov.uk" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Emma.Fitch@cambridgeshire.gov.<wbr>uk</span></a>  <span style="color:#1f497d">Business Manager, County Planning</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1f497d"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1f497d">Gonville & Caius Senior Bursar</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1f497d">: Dr David Secher </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:senior.bursar@cai.cam.ac.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">senior.bursar@cai.cam.ac.uk/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Best wishes,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Wendy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Wendy Blythe,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chair, FeCRA</span><br></p></div></div></div><br></div>