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The Walks: Council approves building cafe on children's playground

MJR | 06.04.2005 14:12 | Ecology | Free Spaces | Cambridge

The local council has recommended approval of their own planning application, in breach of local planning zones. Will the national government intervene? We hope so.

BCKLWN's development control board approved the kiosk despite it being in a no-building zone on the Local Plan, building on amenity space without replacement, English Heritage objections to the design, not following police security advice, using National Cycle Network route 1 as an access road and probably a ton of other problems. Nearly all concerns were dismissed by the planning officer in his report, approved with the minor addition of a lighting requirement.

The biggest worries are the insecure location for this wood-roof steel-shuttered on the present children's playground; and the further use of St John's Walk as an access road, now for commercial shop traffic in addition to the members-only bowls club and the maintenance crews which frequently park there, creating unnecessary "pinch points" on the busy cycleway.

It goes to the national government office in Cambridge next. See  http://www.thewalks.co.uk/planning.html#goeast

MJR


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