 yng nghymru yw'r ysgolwch gyda Llewp Mills o'r ysgolwch Cymru yn ymwneud. Llewk, hefyd. Thank you, chair, and good evening. She's got some slides in a moment. Catherine, if you're happy to pop those on the screen please. That's great, thank you Catherine. Yes, so good evening everyone. I'm Luke Mills, a relatively new member of the Strategic Sites Team at the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service. Since starting in January, I've been dealing with a number of applications and related delivery matters at North Stowe phases one and two. Next slide please. So several of us in the Strategic Sites Team are currently handling applications across North Stowe, and I've sought to pick out some of the key recent ones in this presentation. Next slide please. So going over a little bit of the same ground that Dean did, so apologies for that, but I will be quick. So at the South Cams Planning Committee meeting on the 28th of January, councillors resolved to grant outline planning permission for Phase 3A. The red line on this map shows the extent of the site. I appreciate it slightly fine, may not be very clear. It shows the site mostly on land between Oakingson to the south, Long Stanton and North Stowe Phase 2 to the north, and the guided busway to the east. The section 106 agreement is due to be signed soon, which will secure a significant package of obligations, including affordable housing, infrastructure and associated funding. Once signed, the permission will be issued, thereby establishing the principle of development for up to 4,000 homes, two primary schools, a local centre, mixed use zones, open space and landscaping. The detailed design of the development will be confirmed through subsequent reserve matters applications. Next slide please. Phase 3B is in the same position, having been considered by the Planning Committee on 28th of February. This map shows the extent of the site between Long Stanton to the south, the guided busway to the north and North Stowe Phase 1 to the east. The development includes up to 1,000 homes, a primary school, a mixed use zone, open space and landscaping. Next slide please. Landwest of Station Road, labelled on this map as Endurance Estates in Orange, is separate but connected to Phase 3B. Again, there has been a resolution to grant outline planning permission and the section 106 agreement is being finalised. The development includes up to 107 homes, employment and community uses, as well as open space and landscaping. Next slide please. Digital Park would be another separate but connected development site comprising up to 80 homes and associated infrastructure. The outline planning application is a little behind the others, but it's expected to be on a South Cams Planning Committee agenda very soon. Together with Phase 3B and Landwest of Station Road, Digital Park would be included within a comprehensive master plan and design code conforming to the townwide guidance established by Phase 1 and 2 design codes. Next slide please. A fairly recent decision of note relates to an amendment to the Phase 2A reserve matters approval. The application sought to amend the design of the age-restricted accommodation, the location of which is indicated by an orange dot on this map within the red area of Phase 2A. The purpose of the changes was to improve the amenity of future residents to increase levels of sunlight and privacy, for example. Approval was granted in November following a resolution by the planning committee. Next slide please. Moving on to a couple of applications I'm currently dealing with and this one, of course, Dean mentioned a little earlier. The planning application was submitted in February for a temporary heritage centre next door to Homes England's offices at Northstow House. The centre would house and display artefacts from archaeological digs associated with the A14 upgrades and development at Northstow. The RAFO Kingston Collection currently in Longstanton would also be displayed. The temporary permission would expire after five years and the site would subsequently accommodate residential development in accordance with the designs for Phase 2. The consultation deadline is the 1st of April and the decision is due to be made under delegated powers by the 11th of April. Next slide please. On Phase 1, reserve matters application was submitted in December to seek approval for the design of a clay area off Eagle Way. The consultation on the application highlighted a few detailed issues that need to be addressed. The applicant is now working on these with a view to amending the proposal. As things stand, decision is due to be made under delegated powers by the 15th of April. However, this date may yet be extended or the application could be withdrawn and resubmitted to address those changes. Next slide please. While there are several other applications being considered, that wraps up my overview of some of the main ones. I hope you found that helpful. There was a question that was submitted before the meeting, which I was going to ask my colleague, Tam Parry, at the County Council to answer. Chair, would you like me to read out the question for the content? It's quite long, but I'm sure I can read through it fairly quickly. Yes, please do. So, the question is as follows. It's at the moment sterling road is unfit to receive increased traffic. The road is muddy when it rains, all cycle paths are blocked by parked cars and pedestrian crossings are not respected and cannot be enforced. This is a road used by children daily to commute. With an imminent increase in traffic on this road from the South Access to North Stowe, there is very high risk for accidents. What steps the local authorities taking to improve the road's safety and allow for safe passage of bikes and pedestrians? Would an extraordinary adoption of sterling road by the council help to improve enforcement of highway code and ensure safety standards? So, Tam, I hope if it's okay with you, would you mind providing an answer to that question? Sure, yes. Good evening, everyone. I'm Chatsport Officer for North Stowe from Cambridge County Council. There are several aspects to the question. So, the mud on the roads would be dealt with by LNQ, who are the master developer for the North Stowe. The cars parked on what will become the cycle paths. That is a feature on many of the primary streets within North Stowe. And it's partly because the streets have not yet been completed by LNQ. And they're not able to complete the streets because the roads have been used for construction lorries. So, we're not in a position to be able to finish the roads off because they would be damaged if they were finished now by the construction traffic. Because of that, the roads can't be completed until the construction has been finished for phase one. So, that's roughly around about 2024, 2025 time. At that point, the county council will then adopt the streets and they will have completed cycle paths on them with WLL lines. So, if anyone does park in the cycle paths, then hopefully if South Cam continues getting its enforcement powers from the government for parking restrictions then we will be able to ticket cars in the cycle paths. Because obviously people who are living on the primary streets, they've got parking. At the moment, they're just not choosing to use that parking that they've got. The other issue is pedestrian crossings not being observed. They are only advised, unfortunately, because the roads aren't adopted and there's not any formal crossings in place. When the roads are completed, there will be humps, ramped crossings. So, the nature of the humps will hopefully encourage vehicles to slow down and give pedestrians crossing the road. I don't have any plans for zebra crossings or anything for more. So, I hope that's helpful, Luke. Thank you. Thanks, Tam. Luke, whilst Tam was speaking, I've got a question and a comment. The comment was from Hugh Venables and is really, I think, more for Tam. The comment is that parking in bike lanes also blocks sight lines at junctions onto Stirling Road, increasing risk to cars and cyclists. Yes, he's right, isn't he? So, the message to anyone who lives on the primary streets, you've got parking around the back. Perhaps that's where you would like to park your car. Obviously, it's more convenient out the front and you like to see your car when you look out the front window. Most people will do for some reason. So, you know, it's your choice, but we can't, as a highway authority at the moment, do anything to prevent that from happening, I'm afraid. Right. Another comment, well, it is a question from Vasilis. Why increased traffic then for three years on an unsafe road? This disarrangement actually is not uncommon for big developments. In big developments, you do like to see a separate construction access, and that's what Homes England have got for their development. So, you'll see a Stirling Road continues through phase one. It then becomes a much more completed road when you get into Homes England's area where the education campus is and where even splash is located. That's because Homes England have got a separate construction access route, so they don't have construction laws using their primary streets. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get back to phase one, so we are unfortunately just the situation we're in for phase one. Not that uncommon, but it's something we look to avoid as much as possible, and I'm afraid it wasn't possible in this instance. OK. Tam, there's several comments and questions for you. I don't know who has asked this question. It just says north stone, so I don't know if that's the town council. I don't know. But anyway, the point is, who will be liable for the inevitable major accident when it occurs? I don't know if that's one you can answer, to be honest. I don't know if I can. Maybe that's one we need to take away and come back. Whether it's a rhetorical question is another thing. Vasilis, again, major developments are intended for kids and families. This is unacceptable. Again, I don't think that's anything that you perhaps need to comment on at the moment. It's a statement. Matt Webb makes the point, or just a question, can't the council at least increase the frequency of road sweeping to stop the mess? Yes, as I was saying, the road sweeping is not by the council. It's by LNQ. So perhaps that might be something that Stephen would be able to address if he's on the meeting later on. OK. We'll try and remember that. We've got quite a few officers here. I'm sure we've made a note of that one. OK. That's it for you, Tam, for now. Thank you for filling those. I do have a question for Luke, from Neil Harris. How many houses are there in total for Phase 3B with the extra developments west of Station Road? Thank you, Chair. I just did a quick calculation on that one. That was for the Phase 3B and then the two other sites that I'd shown on the land west of Station Road and then Digital Park, which, excuse me, does not yet have a resolution to grant permission. But if that were to come forward as well, that would be a total of 1,187 homes. That's up to, so there's scope for the detailed design to come out with a lower number, but not a higher number. OK. Thank you. Tam, I do have another question for you. It's just popped up. I hope you're still listening. This is from Martin Smith. Is there an update on connecting the busway to the park and ride? Oh, good question. I've been in discussion with Stephen in LNQ about whether or not they would be able to make that connection for us. He's considering that. That's all I can say at the moment. I'm not wanting to put him in a position to answer now. But yes, we're very, very aware of that connection needs to be made. One way or another, we will make it as soon as we can. OK. Thank you, Tam. That, I think, we have now had all the questions answered to date. If anybody thinks of any others for Tam or Luke, just pop them in and we will answer them at the end of the session. I'm going to move on, man.