Have you seen this radar?
Marshall Group has installed a new high powered radar at Cambridge City Airport just forty metres from neighbouring houses.
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The radar, which 'may be visible' from surrounding streets
Airport Director, Kevan Craske, wrote to householders in September 2019 informing them of the airport’s intention to install a new state-of-the-art radar system. Residents were told that the installation ‘falls under full permitted development rights' and did not require planning permission. However, Mr Craske said that he was writing to residents ‘out of courtesy’ because the equipment ‘may be visible from areas surrounding the airport’. He did not let residents know the dimensions of the proposed structure and did not supply scaled drawings. The only supporting document Marshall provided was an out-of-date and inaccurate site map.
Apart from the possibility that the structure would be visible, Mr Craske said that he was writing to ‘reassure [residents] that we don’t expect you to experience any further effects or changes as a result of this installation’.
Development – Planned versus Permitted
Cherry Hinton Development
Marshall and its partners, Endurance Estates, are planning a new housing scheme on land north of Cherry Hinton, close to the location of the existing airport radar. 1200 new homes are proposed for the site. A Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) from 2018 makes clear the need to relocate the radar if the proposed development is to go ahead.
'The radar in its current position would limit building heights and compromise the capacity of the site to deliver housing and other uses. The radar will need to be relocated to allow the development to proceed'.
(Land North of Cherry Hinton SPD, p. 40, 3.71, emphasis added)
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