<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Dear All,</span><br><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Update 15 July, 2025</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Cambridge Market Traders concerns about<span> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#00b050">the Civic Quarter plans and Market petition </font><font color="#000000">see</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">MARK OUR WORDS </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Our 1,200-year-old market survived Black Death & world wars\u2026but council\u2019s \u2018Harry Potter plan\u2019 may finally kill it</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Locals fear it will become another tourist trap after surviving intact for so long<span> (link below)</span><b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35797401/old-market-black-death-harry-potter/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35797401/old-market-black-death-harry-potter/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Cambridge Market Petition<span> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://www.change.org/p/please-help-us-to-save-cambridge-s-traditional-locals-market-and-its-traders?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=1fe45840-c555-11e7-b616-33b02da3e4fd" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">https://www.change.org/p/please-help-us-to-save-cambridge-s-traditional-locals-market-and-its-traders?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=1fe45840-c555-11e7-b616-33b02da3e4fd</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://savethemarket.co.uk/meet-the-traders" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">https://savethemarket.co.uk/meet-the-traders</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The traders have produced a bag which is now available on several stalls, see photo in Sun Report above ( contact trader Zoe Hardinge <a href="mailto:zoe@bucklesbooks.co.uk">zoe@bucklesbooks.co.uk</a> who designed the bag) together with a list of their concerns and the petition. See below:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">\u2018<i>As Cambridge Market Traders we wish for the market to keep its traditional feel and retain permanent, robust, versatile stalls as we have them now. We do not believe that the council\u2019s plans to replace the market with 36 permanent shop type kiosk and up to 55 gazebos, that will be put up and down every day will be viable and is certainly not an improvement. The council will raise rents by a minimum of 18% over the first five years of the new style market making it impossible for many businesses to survive the uncertainty, the unfit trading spaces and the rent increases,</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">WHAT CAN I DO?</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">If you are a resident of the city of Cambridge please email your city councillors and let them know you want the market to remain with a minimum of 54 traditional stalls as we have them now. Your ward councillors can be found here. Please email all three of them. If you live in the Greater Cambridge area, you can still email the city councillors also your local rep and your local MP.<span> </span> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">https://democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0</a></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Most residents and market shoppers will be unaware that the plans for Cambridge Civic Quarter include<span> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red">a full clearance of Cambridge market in 2027</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">. This has huge implications for the viability of the small businesses of Cambridge\u2019s traditional market and their regular customers.</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Civic Quarter update meeting 5-6pm tomorrow Wed 16 July Guildhall<span> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">and also online (see link below). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(91,95,199)"><a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MTJiMGMyOGYtNTcyZS00NjYxLTg2NmUtMWQ0OTJlYmI4Yzdh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22ce6ebe62-557b-4436-a19c-767eca2cd451%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22774a2eeb-400a-4911-ad48-05edae4418d6%22%7d" title="Meeting join link" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(91,95,199)">Join the meeting now</span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(97,97,97)">Meeting ID: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36)">336 375 767 242</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(97,97,97)">Passcode: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36)">GM2CV3yJ</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Members of the Cambridge Market Support Group say it is not at all clear who has received the email about the Civic Quarter meeting sent out (14 July) and the link to attend the meeting on line.<span> They say </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">supporters who have attended the previous Civic Quarter Liaision meetings did not receive information about this meeting</span><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span> </span> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The Council\u2019s current Civic Quarter project website: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/civic-quarter-liaison-group" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/civic-quarter-liaison-group</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">includes material from the most recent meeting on 25 May, but the website <b>does not</b> mention Wednesday's meeting. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The Market Support group have also learned from discussions with traders that, once again, a separate meeting for market traders will be held<span> </span><b>AFTER</b><span> </span>the Civic Quarter Liaison Group meeting. Cambridge market traders work a long day with a very early start. It is hard for them to attend meetings at the end of a working day.<span> </span> Shared discussion and input and support from market customers is vital for this iconic market to get the investment that will enable it to thrive as a traditional market that serves residents not just tourists. It is disturbing therefore that meetings with traders are being held separately from their customers and support group. The Market Support group are aware that key information has been communicated to traders, but not to the public, or even formally to members of the Liaison Group. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">It was only through talking to traders that they became aware of key issues. including the proposed full clearance of the market in 2027, contrary to the traders\u2019 expressed preference. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The Market Support Group say what is also missing is how the decant of the traders and the market will be managed? Or how essential traders (i.e. those who served the public during covid) will be supported to continue in business during the works?<span> </span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Residents who attended the first meeting called by trader Glenys Self on behalf of the traders at Great St Mary\u2019s Church remember that the Leader of Cambridge City Council Lewis Herbert assured </span><span style="font-size:14.666667px">attendees </span><span style="font-size:11pt">that the council would support the traders and ensure they would be able to continue trading during the works.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Since then </span><span style="font-size:14.666667px">however</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> councillors have delegated decision making about Cambridge\u2019s city centre and its green spaces to the company Visit Cambridge. The directors of Visit Cambridge include representatives of King\u2019s College (whose business plan <i>The Times</i> and <i>Varsity </i>reported is focused on \u2018growth in overseas tourists, especially from China\u2019); Cambridge University, Cambridge Bid and a City Council officer.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">On 20 November 2020 the Cambs and Peterborough Combined Authority Board attended by City Council leader Lewis Herbert approved funding for a Cambridge Visitor Growth Scheme Project which included the market. A supplementary question put to officers and councillors about the governance of the Wider Cambridge Visitor Consortium deciding on the city centre and its green spaces was not answered. See</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://www.fecra.org.uk/update-22nd-march-2021/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">https://www.fecra.org.uk/update-22nd-march-2021/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Market shoppers say it is strange that Cambridge\u2019s traditional market where residents can buy fresh, local food and other products from local suppliers is under threat when the Cambridge reps on the Food Farming and Countryside Commission, a </span><span style="font-size:14.666667px">partner</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> of Cambridge University, are promoting Cofarm plans for Community Farms and a Community Barn on the green belt. The chair of the Food Farming and Countryside Commission is Dame Fiona Reynolds chair of the Bennett Institute.</span></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=257&MId=4732" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">https://democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=257&MId=4732</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Cofarm\u2019s original business plan states that if demand for the project grows, \u2018a patchwork of additional sites within and surrounding Cambridge will be sought and sites may be integrated into plans for new housing developments and new communities to ensure that Cambridge\u2019s rapid growth is sustainable and ensures a high quality of life for residents\u2019.<span> See link below</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230313184603/https:/static1.squarespace.com/static/5c780e06af468366c8ec02e8/t/5e56741b488e7a12a9f5e3ad/1582724128083/Design+Brief+CoFarm+Cambridge+December+2019+Version+1.3.pdf" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">http://web.archive.org/web/20230313184603/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c780e06af468366c8ec02e8/t/5e56741b488e7a12a9f5e3ad/1582724128083/Design+Brief+CoFarm+Cambridge+December+2019+Version+1.3.pdf</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CAMBRIDGE CIVIC QUARTER PROPOSALS JUNE 2025<span> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">For comments on the </span><span style="font-size:14.666667px">proposals</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> by John and Kati Preston see link below</span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.fecra.org.uk/docs/Civic%20Qtr%20response%20from%20J%20and%20K%20Preston%20.pdf" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.fecra.org.uk/docs/Civic%20Qtr%20response%20from%20J%20and%20K%20Preston%20.pdf</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Queens\u2019 College Construction and Transport Management Plan for their Owlstone Croft development<span> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Planning Committee 10 am 23 July <span> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">There is a lot of concern about the impact of Queens\u2019 College\u2019s major construction work at Owlstone Croft on traffic in Newnham and the wider West Cambridge area and the area\u2019s businesses and shops over the next two years. The CTMP is now due to go to the Planning Committee on the 23rd July, and if approved work will start on 28th July 2025.<span> </span></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt">Residents and councillors say the latest plan has even more HGVs - 30 a day every weekday including Saturday for at least 2 years</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt">unspecified numbers of other construction and delivery traffic from 8am to 6pm every weekday</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt">proposes using the diversion route along Eltisley Avenue and Grantchester Meadows while UK Power Solutions is carrying out cabling work for the development in Grantchester Street and Owlstone Road over the summer holidays.</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt">has a Traffic Regulation Order approved to ban parking on the Owlstone Track and ShortLane. Residents and councillors have asked for this to be revoked as the Council\u2019s procedure has not been followed \u2013 they say there has been no consultation and it is solely to enable access for construction traffic, which is not a valid reason for a TTRO.</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The cabling work will be very disruptive, but it is only for 6 weeks. With widespread parking </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">restrictions and a large number of HGVs trying to negotiate the narrow streets in addition to all the usual traffic this CTMP would be far worse. It would mean traffic chaos and gridlock in Newnham Croft and the wider West Cambridge area for most of the day every weekday</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">for at least two years</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">What you can do<span> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Write ASAP to: the planning officer <a href="mailto:tom.gray@greatercambridgeplanning.org" target="_blank">tom.gray@greatercambridgeplanning.org</a> with name, address, and planning ref 22/02066/CONDR ; Chair of Planning Cttee <a href="mailto:martin.smart@cambridge.gov.uk" target="_blank">martin.smart@cambridge.gov.uk</a> ; our</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">MP <a href="mailto:daniel@danielzeichner.co.uk" target="_blank">daniel@danielzeichner.co.uk</a> and Highways Chair<span> </span><a href="mailto:alex.beckett@cambridgeshire.gov.uk" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">alex.beckett@cambridgeshire.gov.uk</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Best wishes,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Wendy<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Wendy Blythe<br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Chair, FeCRA</div><div><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.fecra.org.uk" target="_blank">www.fecra.org.uk</a></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/CambridgeRAs" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/CambridgeRAs</a></div></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/fecra2" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/fecra2</a></div></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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