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Our proposals for a public park include ‘edible planting’, opportunities for ‘community gardening’, promoting healthy, sociable and sustainable lifestyles.

These spaces could help educate younger people about issues such as healthy sustainable food and support local charitable initiatives.

A commitment to delivering green, biosolar roofs on some of the buildings, to help nature thrive.

Planting of new mature and semi-mature trees will be planted on the site, incorporating fruit trees and other edible plants. We are also talking to the Cambridge Canopy Project regarding this.

We propose a substantial net increase in biodiversity, supporting flora and fauna and enhancing health and wellbeing.

We are encouraging biodiversity on the site, encouraging this to happen through additional plants, trees, bird boxes, bat boxes, hedgehog habitats and bug hotels.

Discussions with Cambridge Sustainable Food about how the site can support and teach young people as well as supporting charitable initiatives.

We are ensuring the design is appropriate and responsive to the surrounding architectural landscape. For instance, we have taken key architectural cues from the surroundings and the industrial aesthetic of the railway.

There will be spaces available within the office buildings for the community to rent and use for meetings and events, from yoga to local residents associations. We hope to offer these at a reduced rent to community and charitable organisations.

Providing a community kitchen, a ‘library of things’ and a space to create and exhibit art.

We are talking to the Mill Road Winter Fair about using outdoor and indoor community space as part of winter fair celebrations.

Working on a Public Art strategy to celebrate local creativity and provide opportunities for local designers to influence the design and curation for the public realm.

Liaising with local organisations on the potential for community uses and activation.

We are working closely with local traders and independent businesses to ensure a shared vision for the site with a variety of opportunities for existing local businesses and organisations to embrace.

Our proposals will generate new footfall on Mill Road and remove disruptive HGV traffic, supporting existing local businesses.

The introduction of space for local independent businesses, leisure and community uses set around the new public park will form an active public realm, contributing to the area and establishing it as a key addition to the existing community.

We understand that the local community want to see local independent businesses, and we will be working hard to attract these to support the character of the area.

The Proposal prioritises pedestrians, creating additional and accessible space for local people walk, exercise, relax and socialise.

The inclusion of wider, more spacious paving, separation from cars and cyclists, and improved natural ‘eyes on the street’, for a safer experience.

Homes across the site will remain under the long-term ownership of Railpen as a professional landlord, with comprehensive maintenance, security and upkeep of all buildings.

The Applicant will be engaging with the council, police and other local stakeholders on community safety issues to ensure appropriate design prevention strategies are in place.

Encouraging cycling as the primary form of travel for the scheme. The overall provision for cyclists will include Sheffield cycle stands, secure bike storage, integrated cycle lanes, charging facilities for e-bikes and parking for cargo bikes.

Height has now been reduced from a maximum of six storeys at the tallest point, to a maximum of just five stories. The tallest element of our proposals remain next to the railway line, furthest away from Devonshire Road.