St Ives, Cambridgeshire Flashcards
Demographic change
More ageing = riverside bungalows/apartments
Youthful (commutes) = peripheral property
Higher income > other parts of UK = affluence gap and difficult to provide for all
Service changes
More high status:
•restaurants
•antique dealers
•designer clothes
Secondary school roll increasing
Bus service infrequent but more frequent than others - priority times e.g. Start/end of school day
Other problems
Local resistance to new housing
Traffic on A14 (main commuter road)
Housing price up to £291,000 - Young locals???
Pressure on schools
Management strategies
2010
200 new houses - 75 affordable
240 more primary school places available
£116million guided busway = reduce congestion
Background
On Great Ouse River 100km N of London
A1123
Close to main E coast railway line - 25% population commute to London every day
= housing developments on periphery and exclusive apartments in heart of town
