Big moment for sport in Cambridge’ as Grosvenor confirm sporting village plan is due for submission

A "big moment for sport in Cambridge" is looming after Cambridge United confirmed it would be pursuing plans for its new sporting village.

The club and developers Grosvenor have long harboured aspirations for a state-of-the-art facility in Trumpington, to transform sporting provision in Cambridge.

It had also pledged to revamp the existing Abbey Stadium on Newmarket Road, rather than moving this out to the south of the city as was proposed under previous iterations of the plan.

The development would not need any public money, instead being paid for by 520 new homes at the back of Trumpington Meadows in the greenbelt.

Doubts had been growing as to whether these plans would come to fruition, though.

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How to build a new stadium – by those who have

10 November 2015 FFT’s Chris Flanagan asks the experts how to move ground. Turns out it involves orchestras, roses, a Queen impersonator, Christmas cake and Ken Bates...

After almost a quarter of a century in the stadium business, Paul Fletcher chuckles as he remembers how hard he tried to avoid ever getting involved in the first place.
"I took the job as commercial manager at Huddersfield Town on condition that I had nothing to do with the new stadium they were planning," he tells FFT. "But within 12 months a new chairman took over, dragged me into the boardroom one afternoon and said, 'It’s your job to build us a new stadium'. I didn’t know anything about the building industry, or the stadium industry."

Today the former Burnley and Bolton Wanderers striker is working on stadium projects in three different continents. His work at the McAlpine Stadium as it was first known, then at the Reebok Stadium and the new Wembley, quickly made him one of the most respected men in the business.

Read more at http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/how-build-new-stadium-those-who-have#FRHEihO77R0YQFgX.99

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In May we published our first set of proposals for the Cambridge Community Sporting Trust at a set of exhibitions and on our consultation website.

I wanted to let you know that we have had a high and extremely positive response so far to them, with over 1,300 comments. 

They show that: 

• 76% of those who responded are positive about the proposals

            with 18% feeling neutral and 6% negative

Those who feel positive believe these proposals principally meet a clear need; provide something for all and are high quality

• Those who felt negative were most concerned about traffic; the impact of the proposals on the transport network; and new housing development at Trumpington

 
Over the coming months we will:

-       Gather more comments and thoughts: the more information we get at this stage of the project, the better we believe the project outcomes will be.

-       Review and where necessary re-draft the proposals: to reflect feedback.

-       Publish updated plans: we will let you know as soon as we’ve done that.

In the meantime, the consultation website remains open for commentsEdward Skeates 

Edward Skeates 
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland 

Listen to Dave Matthew-Jones (Cambridge Fans United Chairman) talking with Julian Clover on Cambridge 105 about recent announcements.  A very informative interview about the history of Cambridge United and how 100yearsofcoconuts.co.uk has an exciting future following the Heritage Lottery Funding announcement.  Their interview also discusses players, the proposals for the Abbey Stadium and much more.

A great insight to what CFU is all about.  Hear the full interview with Dave Matthew-Jones here.

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Congratulations to the Cambridge Leisure & Ice Centre for obtaining approval of the Ice Rink. Read the story below

I hope that  Sports Village is also given approval now. Have you shown your support to Sports Village and re-development of the Abbey? If not  click here

Cambridge has a permanent new ice rink after plans for the Newmarket Road park and ride site were waved through.

The Cambridge joint development control committee this morning unanimously approved the proposals from Cambridge Leisure & Ice Centre (CLIC), bringing to an end an almost 20-year search for a permanent home for ice sports in the city.

Read more: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/New-Cambridge-ice-rink-unanimously-approved/story-26714364-detail/story.html#ixzz3dgxcOWxV

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CFU recently asked you to complete a couple of questions concerning the Sports Village and Abbey Stadium.  Thank you to everyone who did so. Your replies where forwarded onto Grosvenor for consideration. If you still want to give thoughts please do so.  If is never too late and provides useful information for everyone involved in project.


You can still complete it via the following link - www.cambridgefansunited.org/your-views.html

Everyone who asked about helping on a consultation group will be contacted shortly.

Following a great response. The original date for registering your support of the Sporting Village at Trumpington where the club and its Community Trust will continue to grow and also plans to redevelop the north stand of the Abbey have been put back to allow even more supporters to registrar.

The more  who add comment or provide views the stronger the case will be. You can find out more information via the CFU link below -

www.cambridgefansunited.org/show-your-support-for-ccst.html or click on the pictures

Once again thank you and we will be keeping you involved in the future.  We all need to work together to make this work and for the project to conclude successfully.

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Many of you will have now seen details of the latest plans for the Cambridge Community Sporting Trust at the Abbey Stadium and in Trumpington. Grosvenor and USS are currently running a consultation on its plans to redevelop the north stand of the Abbey - making the stadium more community focussed - and create a Sporting Village at Trumpington where the club and its Community Trust will continue to grow. 
 
Both proposals are essential to the project's success. Unless planning approval is obtained at both, nothing will happen at either as the two sites are intrinsically linked by cross-funding, operation and a single management structure running both, in the form of the Cambridge Community Sporting Trust.
 
As a Cambridge United fan with an invested interest in this vision, we wanted to make sure that you have the best possible opportunity to give us support for both proposals.
Please visit the links below to leave your supportive comments by registering on the project consultation website and clicking on ‘Add Comment’: 
 
Link to leave support for the Cambridge Sporting Village: 
https://ccst.commonplace.is/schemes/sporting-village/overview/details

Link to leave support for the Cambridge Community Stadium: 
https://ccst.commonplace.is/schemes/community-stadium/overview/details
 
We hope that you can show support for both schemes. All comments will be shown to the council when the application is submitted and will provide a strong message of support from the club's fans. 
 
Should you wish to know more about the two proposals in general, the webpage http://ccst.commonplace.is contains information on the overall project, together with news and updates. You will also be able to leave further comments on specific aspects of the two proposals.  
 
Thank you for your help and support. 

Have you completed the following questions it is important you do as the answers so far have raised an issue and we would like a wider sample for testing.

Give your views and opinions by answering two quick questions concerning the Abbey Stadium re-development and the creation of a new Sports Village. 

If you would also like to leave your comments please also feel welcome to do so.

Please complete the survey here.