The Better Beehive Blog

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Response to July 2024 revision scheme for The Beehive site

This is a quick summary of the information given to the public during the public consultation for the revised proposals for the Beehive Centre. We hope it is an accurate interpretation.  The revised scheme is due to be submitted in August when much more detail will be available.

We can see that a lot of work has been done on the scheme and overall it is somewhat improved from the exceptionally poor start seen in the original scheme submitted in August last year. However, the scheme remains an over development of the Beehive site.  The scale of the buildings is still overwhelming and in stark contrast to the low rise, domestic scale of buildings that immediately surround the site

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Our formal response

Firstly, and to be absolutely clear, we recognise and support the principle of the redevelopment of the Beehive Centre…

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Not in your backyard, yet.

It’s not in your backyard yet but wherever you live in Cambridge it might be soon. This is how you can stop that happening.

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Urban heat islands

Ten things to know about urban heat islands and why large scale developments in one part of Cambridge will affect the city and beyond.

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