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KCB - Cambridge City
- 2 - Municipal Corporation 1835-1974
  - CL - Town Clerks' records
    - 14 - Clerks legal papers
      - 34 - Files of preparatory work on the City Council's position for the public local inquiry into the County Development Plan 1952 under the Town and Country Planning Act 1947

RefNo	KCB/2/CL/14/34/4
AltRefNo	CB/2/CL/14/34/4
Title	Cambridge Survey and Plan: section no 4: recommendations concerning University and College development, building in the central area, and procedure by Professor WG Holford and H Myles Wright
Description	Report includes sections on the University and the Colleges, development in the Centre, future procedure and conclusion. The University and the Colleges includes: appreciation, existing distribution of buildings (pattern of growth), location of future buildings (case for remaining in the centre, case for removal West of the river, the third policy), University and College proposals, recommendations (reserve of land for the University, Western sites for new buildings, southward extensions and Lensfield Road, College extensions and new colleges). Development in the Centre includes: possible changes (central area shops), distribution of shops, use of floor space near the Centre, pre-war shopping trends (comparisons with other towns), demand for commerical floor space, provision for new commercial buildings, density and height of buildings, development by the Colleges. Future procedure includes: review of reports submitted, local examination of the proposals, discussions with government departments, designated areas, submission and approval. Conclusion is followed by tables (floor space of central area of Cambridge - summary of uses - Areas 1A, 1B and 2A, density of building accommodation - Areas 1A and 1B, and 2A and 2B).
Date	Jan 1950
CreatorName	Municipal Corporation of Cambridge
Repository	Cambridgeshire Archives

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