Cambourne

Cambourne is a schedule created since 1998, the village in Cambridgeshire, UK. The village is a new under several settlements in the south east of England, which are applied in order to keep up with population growth.

Cambourne is situated 14 kilometers east of Cambridge, located on a former agricultural area and is divided into the three districts of Great Cambourne, Lower Cambourne and Upper Cambourne. The village is to include post-2010 about 10,000 inhabitants.

History

Plans for a new town in the environment of Technology Cambridge site had existed since the 80s. The design and design plan for Cambourne comes from Terry Farrell and Partners and draws on principles of a British garden city. The name is a portmanteau of Cambourne Cambridge, the nearest town, and Bourn, the next village.

The building permit for the settlement was granted in November 1996 and construction began in June 1998. Completion of the settlement is scheduled for 2012 and will at that time 3,300 housing units to be built. 30 percent of which will be social housing. In December 2010, an option for a further 950 residential units has been approved.

All units were built by the three builders Bovis Homes, Bryant Homes and George Wimpey. In return, the developer -funded infrastructure projects in the amount of 32 million pounds.

Slightly delayed after residential development were a pub (The Monkfield Arms ), a medical group practice, a Morrisons supermarket, a hotel, two primary schools ( Monkfield Park Primary School and The Vine Inter- Church Primary School ) and small gardens built by the developers. A police station is available; the construction of a fire station began in November 2010 and was completed in June 2011. The fire station is not currently staffed with teams and vehicles.

Demography

The residents of Cambourne are significantly younger than the residents of surrounding towns. 30 % of the residents of Cambourne are children (up to 16) compared with 22 percent in South Cambridgeshire. 42 % of the population 30 to 44 years old compared with 23 percent in South Cambridgeshire.

2008/2009 had a settlement rate of 24.1 births per 1,000 women (compared to the UK average of 12.1 per 1,000 women).

Reception

Cambourne is just one of many planned settlements. Accordingly, an attempt was made to learn from the example Cambourne.

The design of Cambourne included goals in the areas of ecology, transport and more energy and village character and community. A survey conducted by Stephen Platt for project institutions involved ( stakeholders ) attempted to ascertain the extent to which these objectives have been achieved. The ecological objective of extending the protection of the habitat of animals and plants has succeeded during the transport policy goal, a good public transportation system as well as an infrastructure of short distances with attractive walking and cycling routes has only partially fulfilled. Residents of Cambourne are on average more dependent on the car than the inhabitants of other towns. The goal of a resource- saving construction (energy efficiency, rainwater harvesting, recycling) was mostly not met. The rural character of the districts on the basis of green and open spaces and the integration into arable land is considered by the project participants mainly as a success, while the formation of a village community has not been able (yet).

A survey among residents in 2006 revealed that a lack of infrastructure and juvenile delinquency were the biggest problems, while the tranquility and natural surroundings were very positive.