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cambridge community sporting trust

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01 welcome

Welcome to the exhibition on proposals for a new Cambridge Sporting Village and Cambridge Community Stadium.

We are interested in your general thoughts on what you see here today.

Terence O’Rourke Ltd

David Morley Architects

Barber Casanovas Ruffles

Savills

WSP

Wrenbridge

Grand Arcade Parkside Place Trumpington Meadows

the team

how to give feedback

about us

At this exhibition

• Feedback forms provided

• Using our 2 dedicated workstations connected to the project consultation website http://ccst.commonplace.is

From home

• On the consultation website http://ccst.commonplace.is, where you will also find updates, FAQs and news on the project. Scan the QR code to connect to the website

• By email [email protected]

• By post CCST Project Team, c/o Merlene Austin, Grosvenor, 70 Grosvenor Street W1K 3JP

Grosvenor and Universities Superannuation Scheme have a long term commitment to the success of Cambridge and the wider region. We are recognised by the local authorities and other stakeholders as having a positive track record of delivering in the area, including high quality developments such as The Grafton Centre, Grand Arcade, Trumpington Meadows and Parkside Place. Our ambition is to continue to bring forward development proposals that can help to address the strategic issues that Cambridge faces in its long term physical and economic growth.








02 one visionTo deliver a single project across Abbey Stadium and Trumpington Meadows to provide Cambridge with a variety of inspirational sports facilities, accessible to the public as participants and spectators and secure the future of Cambridge United FC as the city’s leading professional sports club.

Meet identified needs with a new vibrant hub for sports, training,

education, health and recreation

Secure the future of the CUFC and its community work through

CU Community Trust

A first class community based sporting complex that will serve Cambridge and the sub-region

Increased sports participation with benefits to people’s health

and wellbeing and positive economic impact

Opportunity to extend the award-winning Trumpington Meadows development with approximately 500 homes to help meet housing

needs

A Community Stadium with a new focus on community uses and extended public access

Potential to release Green Belt land to deliver homes which will fund the provision of sports and

other community benefits

Extended public access to Green Belt for recreation and sports

A comprehensive package of benefits for Cambridgeshire,

deliverable through funding from residential development at Trumpington…








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Formal reduction in rent enabling the club to break even for the first time in 10 years

Average home league attendance in 2014/15 (double attendance from season 2013/14, treble from season 2012/13)

Players coached weekly in the CUFC youth development programme

£1m Turnover of the youth development scheme within the Club

50 Primary schools where CU Community Trust and the Club are currently active

over2,500

Youngsters coached weekly by the Club in all sports

Children per week reached by the CU Community Trust

Proposed increase in the reach of children annually by CU Community Trust, made possible by improved financial standing of CUFC

Additional funding per year for the Academy that could be secured with enhanced indoor pitch facilities

The history of Cambridge United is a remarkable tale of a club rooted in its community. Formed in 1912 as Abbey United, it has served the communities of Cambridgeshire and neighbouring counties for more than a century.

Cambridge United FC provides a strong brand recognition for CU Community Trust and its activities for young people. Without them, sports participation would suffer and the potential to expand youth and skill development programmes would be lost.

The Club made amazing progress from its inception right through until 1970, when it was elected to the Football League. Since then, it has had a history of lows and major successes, culminating with the club’s promotion back to the Football League in 2014.

To date, the Club’s professional and financial results have grown as a result of the reduced rent being charged by Grosvenor as the current ground owner since 2010.

In the future, a combination of reduced rent, revenue generation and a strong governance structure will secure a solid financial future for the Club and its growing engagement with the local community.

However, the Club as a business is unsustainable without immediate action, as it lacks the necessary facilities to support its growth as a professional football club and of football at grass roots level, including:

• Suitable accommodation for CU Community Trust

• Indoor artificial grass pitch for Academy development

• Corporate facilities

• Commercial uses to increase revenues

• Grass training pitches

context sporting need

Cambridge United FC in the community

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FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

HIGH

HIGHLOW

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7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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*Rugby (IRB 3G pitches)

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football

gymnastics

Selected sports for Cambridge Sporting Village, in addition to a Sports Hub building that could accommodate a wider mix of indoor sports

hockey

rowing

athletics

indoor bowls

indoor tennis

swimming cycling(including BMX)

triathlon

An assessment of sporting needs - From the Grant Thornton Report (GT, Dec 2014) and Sport England Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) provision in Cambridge Report (2013)

The GT Report ranks needs based on each sport’s priority and financial sustainability (i.e. development and operating costs vs revenues) based on a score of 1-8

• By 2050, obesity will affect 60% of adult men, 50% of adult women and 25% of children

• Participation in sport can prevent obesity and premature deaths, whilst reducing the economic burden to public health services

• The lack of suitable facilities in Cambridge and in the Cambridgeshire area across a variety of sports has had a significant impact on people’s ability to join activities, with levels of participation declining sharply in recent years, especially amongst young people

• Activity programmes for sport and skills development have limited or no opportunity to grow

• It is a priority for Cambridge and the wider area to engage people of all ages in a healthy lifestyle

Sporting needs by numbers

Projected annual cost to the NHS to tackle obesity and associated health problems by 2050

People per week in Cambridge with unmet demand at peak time for sports on artificial pitches such as football, hockey and

rugby 1,107

96% Of unmet demand for sports on artificial pitches is a result of a lack of capacity at existing facilities

No under 16s membership to local cycling clubs due to lack of safe closed road facilities 0

40 miles

The nearest closed road cycling circuit from Cambridge

Hockey coaching qualifications delivered in Cambridge over the past 5 years due to the inability to source appropriate pitch and

classroom space 0

2 Programmes such as the Junior Development Centre (JDC) and Junior Academy Centre (JAC) forced to move out of Cambridge as they struggle to obtain pitch time

£9.7bn

5,800

1,500

1,000

10,000

£230k

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sports hall

one project








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Delivered as a single project across two sites under

the management of the Cambridge Community

Sporting Trust, the proposals offer a unique

opportunity to provide first class sporting facilities

and significant community benefits, alongside

positive social, economic and environmental

impacts, while helping to address Cambridge’s

housing shortage.

Underpinning the project is the proposal for

residential enabling development on Green Belt as a

sustainable extension to Trumpington Meadows.

This will fund the provision of new sporting facilities

and the revitalisation of Abbey Stadium.

Private funding means that the vision for the project

and its multiple objectives across both sites can be

achieved at no cost to the public purse.

Linkages exist between the two proposals in the

form of cross-funding as well as:

• Functional connections

• Beneficiaries

• Governance and management structure

• Delivery partners

Cambridge Sporting Village

Cambridge Community Stadium Abbey

Trumpington

two sites linked by...

CambridgeCommunity Stadium

(at Abbey)

CambridgeSporting Village(at Trumpington)

Cambridge Community Sporting Trust

Functional connections

The Cambridge Sporting Village

will provide a training ground for

Cambridge United FC and become

a hub for sporting apprenticeships,

club and league volunteering and

young leaders programmes. It

will also provide an opportunity

for expanded youth and skills

development programmes operated

by the Club and its Community

Trust.

Beneficiaries

The community would be the major

beneficiary of the proposals. New

sports facilities will respond to an

identified need to increase people’s

participation in sport, health and

well-being. A sound financial footing

of Cambridge United FC, achieved

through increased capacity and

revenue streams, would lead to

socio-economic benefits including

an expansion of their youth and

community programmes.

Together, the two proposals will

deliver significant public benefits.

Governance

The establishment of a single

governance structure, in the form

of the Cambridge Community

Sporting Trust, is also an important

factor linking proposals for the

Cambridge Sporting Village to the

Cambridge Community Stadium.

A strong governance structure to

ensure a consistent balance across

the sports and prudent financial

management can assure a long

term future for both the new sports

facilities and the continuous growth

of the Club.

Delivery partners

As the co-owner of Trumpington

Meadows and majority freeholder of

the ground of the Abbey Stadium,

Grosvenor, with partners USS,

is best placed to maximise the

linkages between the two proposals

and to ensure that the Cambridge

Sporting Village and Trumpington

Meadows share full access to

common amenities such as the

Country Park and the new sports

facilities.

what is a community stadium?

The term ‘community stadium’ typically

reflects a stadium facility that:

• Delivers amenities and services to local

communities beyond its core operations

• Has an aspiration to be at the centre of

the local community

• Provides the infrastructure for sports

participation, community accessible

activities and local business engagement

opportunities

• Is accessible to the communities it

serves throughout the day and evening,

on weekdays and weekends

the opportunityFootball and Cambridge United FC play a major

role in the life of the City in terms of provision

of entertainment, heritage, increased sports

participation, social connectivity and civic pride.

The Abbey Stadium lies at the heart of the Abbey

Ward. It is also well connected to the City Centre

and surrounding neighbourhoods via the Park &

Ride and other local bus routes.

Linked to a successful and healthy Club, the

Community Stadium at Abbey can have strong

positive effects on the local economy and bring

social benefits, as a result of direct and indirect

job creation and the promotion of activities around

education, career and skill development.

Existing site

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New publicsquare

Businessand

corporate

Conference

Group /youth

activities

Performance / eventspace

New homes

Healthfacility

Shops / Sports Bar

Communitymeeting space

Cambridge Community Stadium








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This project is Phase 1 of a multi-phase long term

proposal to revitalise the Abbey Stadium and

increase its capacity, made possible by residential

enabling development at Cambridge Sporting

Village.

The long term vision is to transform the Abbey

Stadium and the Cambridge United Supporters

Club (CUSC) into a Community Stadium, a

new community hub for the Abbey Ward with

complementary uses that are accessible to the local

and wider Cambridge community:

• Football stadium as a long term home for CUFC

• Community facilities

• Public realm

• Business facilities

• New homes

Together, these uses and the increased match day

capacity will generate revenues which will contribute

to the sustainable financial footing of the Club.

This will also be supported by a significant reduction

in rent and operating costs through the new

governance structure in the form of the Cambridge

Community Sporting Trust, which will jointly manage

the Cambridge Sporting Village and the Cambridge

Community Stadium.

Phase 1• New North stand

• New public square

• New Supporters Club (bar and restaurant)

• Shops

• NHS centre

• Pharmacy

• Club shop and Ticket Office

• New homes on existing car parking area

Future phases• Corporate and

conference facilities

• Community facilities

• Increased stand capacity

• Space for group activities

Development opportunities on the Abbey site must be maximised to support the overall viability of the project

Alternative option with additional uses / buidings on siteStand

CURRENTCAPACITY

PHASE 1North Stand

FUTURE PHASEWest Stand

FUTURE PHASEEast Stand

Seating StandingIncludingDisabled

Seating Standing Seating Standing Seating Standing

North 1,287 22 3,500 3,500 3,500

East 2,845 2,845 2,845 3,267

South 1,433 32 1,433 1,433 1,433

West 2,467 2,467 2,800 2,800

TOTAL 4,278 3,754 4,278 5,967 7,078 3,500 7,500 3,500

8,032 54 10,245 10,578 11,000*

*Approximately 1% accessible for disabled users

Cambridge Community Stadium

Increased capcity

well connectedAbbey Stadium has good public transport connections

to the City Centre and surrounding area. In addition,

local cycle and pedestrian linkages make it easily

accessible within the Abbey Ward and therefore well

positioned to perform as a community hub.

Supporters of Cambridge United who live in Cambridge

can easily walk or cycle to see the team play.

This project will deliver a number of key movement

related improvements:

• A new vehicular entrance from Newmarket Road

• A comprehensive Travel Plan promoting a reduction

of individual car journeys to and from the Stadium

through:

Improved provision of cycle parking for visitors

Cycle and pedestrian routes information

Park & Ride use

Park and Walk arrangements using surrounding facilities

Passenger drop-off arrangements

Bus and private coach services

Arrangements for coach parking

Public Art and temporary intervention

In advance of Phase 1 commencing on site we are

considering a project to add visibility to the current

facilities at the Stadium and create an attractive and

inviting entrance to the existing Supporters Club

area.

Enhancement of the forecourt environment through

informal mobile furniture and planting could make it

more usable by the public and improve greenness.

Community Space

The Stadium currently contains space that can be

made available for the community to hire and use. If

you would like more details please contact the team

or the Football Club.

in the interim...

Public transport








07 Cambridge Community Stadium

what is a sporting village?


Located on the southern edge of Trumpington,

Grosvenor and USS land holdings cover approximately

154 hectares and extend either side of the M11

motorway to include the Trumpington Meadows

development, the Country Park and agricultural land.

The Trumpington Meadows community is becoming

established with the primary school having opened in

2013 and nearly 350 houses now occupied. 40% of the

homes are affordable. The 60 hectares Country Park is

due to open in Autumn 2015.

The Cambridge Sporting Village aims to build upon

the considerable amenities and benefits that exist at

Trumpington Meadows. It will deliver a wide range of

facilities, including new homes and sports, set in large

areas of new public open space.

• Approximately 500 new homes, including 40%

affordable, as a sustainable extension to the

Trumpington Meadows development, located on 14

hectares of Green Belt currently in agricultural use

and proposed for release without compromising the

defined purposes of the Cambridge Green Belt.

• 29 hectares of outdoor sporting facilities to the

north and south of the M11 and an extension to

the Country Park on land that would be retained

in Green Belt, with an enhanced landscape and

setting.

• New recreational areas, public realm, green and

open space for the community, linked to the Country

Park, the River Cam’s designated wildlife site and

Byron’s Pool Local Nature Reserve.








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the opportunity

Sports Hub Building• Cambridge United FC Indoor artificial grass pitch• Cambridge United Community Trust education /

training facility• Shared changing facilities• Gym / fitness suite• Opportunity for multi-purpose space for indoor

sports• Café / restaurantFootball• Cambridge United Grass training pitches and

pavilion• Full size artificial grass pitch (3G)• Artificial grass pitches for 9,7 and 5 a-side (3G)Hockey• Artificial grass pitches• PavillionCycling• 1.6km closed road cycle track• 250m outdoor velotrack• BMX track

The concept of a sporting village builds

upon the principle that it is beneficial to co-

locate complementary sports facilities, where

opportunities for participation are maximised

as users can access a wide range of sports

and recreational facilities.

Multi-sports hubs or ‘sports village

environments’ also drive efficiencies in

running and maintenance costs. This model

is supported by a number of sport’s national

governing bodies as well as Sport England.

Integration of sports with existing and new

homes and public open space builds further

on the concept of a sporting village.

Trumpington

River Cam

Cambridge

M11

M11

Junction11

Great Shelford

Train station

Grantchester

Addenbrookes

Harston

Hauxton

Haslingfield

Trumpington Meadows

Country Park

Park and ride


Trumpington Park & Ride

CambridgeSporting Village

Cambridge United FC training facilities

County’s option for future Park & Ride

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Trumpington Meadows

Extended Country Park Country Park

M11

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Riverside walks along Cam

Attenuation (wildlife)

Public art trail

Commuter cycle route

Leisure and walking routes

Picnicking

Trim trail

Wildlife watching

Local centre with shop

Trumpington Meadows primary school and community centre

Allotments, community gardens and orchards

Informal “Kickabout” area

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Sporting facilities and new homes

Sports hub with changing facilities, restaurant and indoor hall. Sport hall to include indoor football pitch and flexible space offering a range of health and wellbeing activities

Cyclopark comprising:

Pavilion

250m outdoor velotrack with 200 person spectator viewing area

Enclosed 1.6km road cycle circuit

BMX track

Hockey comprising:

2x floodlit hockey pitches plus Pavilion

3G artificial pitches comprising:

1 full size artificial football pitch capable of sub-dividing into 4x 60x40 yard pitches

1x 9-a-side pitch 80x50 yards

2x 7-a-side pitches at 60x40 yards

6x 5-a-side pitches each at 40x30 yards

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Park & Ride

River Cam

Trumpington Meadows

M11

Existing Trumpington Meadows and Country Park Proposed new Cambridge Sporting Village

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Grass pitches for Cambridge United football training comprising:

2x full size grass pitches 105mx68m

1x full size grass pitch at 90mx45m

3x 9-a-side pitches at 80x50 yards

Pavilion with changing facilities

New homes with a range of play facilities including multi use games areas, equipped areas of play and natural play

Promenade with pocket parks and potential for skateboard pods, boule, petanque and outdoor table tennis

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landscape and community offerA strong green infrastructure is an essential component of the proposal. Significant additional tree and hedgerow planting is proposed along with new areas of public open space including new meadow planting, formal play areas and opportunities for natural play. In addition to the sports facilities, a series of public spaces and parks have been designed to provide opportunities for residents to meet or enjoy the countryside.

Health and well-being will be a substantial aspect of the scheme which has been designed to maximise opportunities to walk and cycle. Through the extension of the existing Country Park, opportunities to go for a run or long walk will be a key benefit to the public and visitors.

The new sport facilities, new housing edge and landscape proposals will establish an attractive gateway into the city.

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Kick about area Primary school play ground

Vegetated bund

Radial green fingers

Attenuation pondExisting mature vegetation

Structural plantingCountry Park

Sports park

View of Sport Hub1

View along new promenade2

View from Hauxton Road3

Aerial view of Sporting Village from south of M11

A key feature of the masterplan is the opportunity to create a new ‘city edge’ defined by a tree planted promenade or rampart. This elevated walkway will afford attractive views over the sport facilities for spectators and create a striking gateway when viewed arriving into the City from the M11 motorway or Hauxton Road. The promenade will also provide an opportunity for formal and informal play space, relaxation and recreation.









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• A highly accessible location on the southern fringe of Cambridge, with excellent pedestrian and cycleway linkages with nearby residential areas and the City Centre, the railway station, Addenbrookes/biomedical campus.

• Close to Trumpington Park & Ride site, which is served by a number of bus services including Cambridgeshire Guided Busway services A and R.

• New homes will be located within short travel distances from local employment, education, retail and leisure facilities.

How will proposals minimise impact?

• High accessibility and the excellent connections make this site one of the most sustainable locations for the development of much needed sports facilities and homes across the City and South Cambridgeshire

• The Sporting Village patronage will be principally during the evening and weekends, hence minimal impact on the local highway network during peak weekday am and pm periods.

• Non-car modes of transport such as cycling and walking will be promoted by Travel Plans for occupiers and residents and the provision of cycle parking for visitors and residents.

• Streets will be designed to give priority to pedestrians, cyclists and users of public transport

• Street layout will discourage speeding and restrict through travelling traffic.

• We will aim to manage car parking provision for the residents of the Sporting Village in a way that reduces car journeys.

• There will be a dedicated parking provision to meet demand from Sporting Village customers with surrounding residential areas continuing to be protected and controlled by CPZ.

The Green Belt and landscape in this location is defined by various land parcels of different characters and sensitivities.

We have undertaken a fine grain assessment which concludes that there is the potential to release a portion of Green Belt without compromising the Cambridge Green Belt’s intended purposes.

This release would allow the development of new homes, which would enable the delivery of much needed sports facilities, homes and wider community benefits.

Reasons

• Lower sensitivity of existing landscape character in Trumpington (PLAN 1) as a result of weak landscape structure and intensive agricultural land, which abruptly changes into urban fringe

• Not a significant contribution to the purposes of the Cambridge Green Belt in relation to preventing Cambridge merging with other urban areas and maintaining its compactness and setting

• Positive contribution that recreational facilities would play in terms of the setting and the unique character of the Green Belt, with landscape enhanced by a richer pattern that characterises other parts of the City (PLAN 2)

• Significantly, the proposals will provide a major new recreational resource, which is one of the objectives for land designated as Green Belt and retain openness as its positive feature (PLAN 3)

well connected

Green Belt

• Open landscape• Weak sense of enclosure• Weak landscape structure consisting of low

hedgerows and limited woodland cover

• Prominent road network has degrading effect on the landscape and setting of cambridge

• Predominantly intensive agriculture• Long/ open views• Abrupt urban fringe

• Rich landscape pattern• Interwoven structure of formal recreation, agriculture

and public open space create a strong settlement setting

• Strong landscape structure consisting of woodland, shelter belts, copses, hedgerows and individual parkland trees

• Strong sense of enclosure with some medium-long distance views

• Vegetation lining road network reduces its influence on character of the landscape

• Soft transition from rural to urban land uses

Pedestrian accessibility

Park & Ride

CambridgeSporting Village

County’s option for future Park & Ride

N

Trumpington Meadows

Country Park

Country Park

M11

A10

M11

Area of Green Belt released for new homes and Sports Hub building 14 hectares (35 acres)

Area of Green Belt retained for outdoor recreation 29 hectares (71 acres)

Cycling accessibility

Urban edge

Formal recreation

Green Belt boundary

Private parkland

Informal open space

Agriculture

Woodland / vegetation / tree belts / orchard

Highway infrastructure

Cambridge setting land use analysis - existing land use Trumpington

PLAN 1Proposed land use with altered Green Belt boundary - Trumpington

PLAN 3PLAN 2Cambridge setting land use analysis - Newnham

summary of benefits

what happens next








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2015

2020

2019

Autumnwinter

2016

Submission of planning applications

Further public consultation

Anticipated delivery of Phase 1 of the Cambridge Community Stadium

Anticipated delivery of new sports and homes

Anticipated planning permission

Health & well-being

• Increased access to sports and open space for formal and informal recreation

• Encourage people of all ages to be active and healthy

• Reduce the cost to public health services by addressing health issues resulting from being inactive

Sustainable Communities

• New homes as enabling development and to meet housing needs

• A natural addition to an already sustainable development at Trumpington Meadows

Civic Pride & Social Cohesion

• Cambridge Community Stadium to act as a community asset in the wider sense, incorporating sport and non-sport related uses

• Community access to facilities such as healthcare and education

• Secure financial footing of CUFC and expand its community outreach programme delivered through CU Community Trust

• Growth and development of youth and community programmes

Local Economy

• Skills development

• New jobs

• Spin-off effect of stadium on local businesses

Natural assets

• Improvement to landscape setting and key approaches to Cambridge

• Opportunities to enhance biodiversity and ecology

• Extension of the Country Park

• New recreational facilities in the Green Belt

Lasting legacy

• Cambridge Community Sporting Trust as a new governance structure which will act as a single management company

Cambridge Sporting Village and Cambridge Community Stadium are two linked proposals delivered as one project under a single vision to bring forward significant benefits for Cambridge, the wider area and their communities

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