CAMBRIDGE

TREES, ACCURATE TO HEIGHT & CANOPY
BUILDINGS

Beautiful and historic, prosperous and innovative, Cambridge has a unique character with many iconic college buildings. Its green spaces within urban areas are especially key to what makes Cambridge unique, yet its conservation constraints mean that land supply is limited. Trees form an important element of Cambridge’s characterful core & surrounding suburbs, with elevated views from the rural hinterland and Castle Mount revealing the classical view of Cambridge’s historic buildings. 

VU.CITY Cambridge enables an understanding of longer range views, with the ability to walk around the model in a 360 degree experience to envisage the impact of any project on the city’s green spaces and built environment. 

The digital platform provides a deep understanding of the historic environment and how a design or proposal might affect it, made all the easier by being able to highlight and bring to the front of mind buildings of key significance, such as the colleges, and fully consider the impact of proposals. 

Data layers shared by the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Authority allow for designs to take into account key aspects of current policy, and ensure that areas of opportunity when designing a scheme are easily identified.

VU.CITY Cambridge users include Greater Cambridge Shared Planning, Turley, Formation Architects, Allies & Morrison and Hawkins\Brown, who have already discovered the model’s many benefits, from being able to instantly understand and assess a site’s challenges and potential, test and experience design in situ, to improving how everyone involved collaborates.

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VU.CITY CAMBRIDGE: HIGHLIGHTS

Air Safety Data from Cambridge City Council

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Area Action Plan Data from Cambridge City Council

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Areas of Major Change Data from Cambridge City Council

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City Boundary Data from Cambridge City Council

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City Centre Data from Cambridge City Council

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City County Wildlife and Local Nature Data from Cambridge City Council

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City Safeguard Land Data from Cambridge City Council

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Consented Schemes Timeline

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Conservation Areas

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Conservation Areas Data from Cambridge City Council

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County Minera Waste  Data from Cambridge City Council

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County Mineral Safe Data from Cambridge City Council

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District Local or Neighbourhood Centre Data from Cambridge City Council

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GreenBelt Data from Cambridge City Council

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Greenbelt

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Listed Buildings

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National Geological Interest Data from Cambridge City Council

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Opportunity Areas Data from Cambridge City Council

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Primary Shopping Area Data from Cambridge City Council

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Proposal Site Data from Cambridge City Council

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Protected Industrial Data from Cambridge City Council

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Protected Open Space Data from Cambridge City Council

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest Data from Cambridge City Council

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Strategic District Heating Area Data from Cambridge City Council

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The North West Area Action Plan Open Space Data from Cambridge City Council

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Trees

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Energy Performance Certificates

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Scheduled Monuments

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Annual Average Household Income 2021

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Deprivation Index 2021

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Land Registry Query

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Population Density 2021

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CAMBRIDGE COVERAGE

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Create smart cities the smart way

VU.CITY helps organise, visualise, and analyse city data in the clearest and most accessible way to make better decisions.

VU.CITY covers the whole of London and 25 major UK and international cities.

Transform design and planning

Quickly identify and appraise sites. VU.CITY's visualization, design functionality and planning data, allow you to optimise your designs.

Transform design and planning

Build trust and collaboration

Now everyone involved can have a clear, universal understanding of what’s proposed and why, in a single, secure place. VU.CITY makes decision-making democratic and fair.

Build trust and collaboration

Improve
outcomes

Remove barriers and minimise risks early. Have confidence in your designs and plans. Increase buy-in for project success.

Improve outcomes

Test out ideas in situ, from one building to a masterplan. Create your vision and submissions with confidence.

Collate site information in one place

Collate site information in one place

Communicate complex spatial arrangements

Communicate complex spatial arrangements

Make documentation stand up and stand out

Make documentation stand up and stand out

Speed up planning conversations

Speed up planning conversations

Strengthen relationships

Strengthen relationships

Create winning submissions

Create winning submissions

Discover where there is potential for change, and help everyone easily understand what’s involved and why.

Collate site information in one place

Collate site information in one place

Communicate complex spatial arrangements

Communicate complex spatial arrangements

Speed up the planning process

Speed up the planning process

Speed up planning conversations

Speed up planning conversations

Strengthen relationships

Strengthen relationships

Create winning submissions

Create winning submissions

Reduce guesswork and unwanted costs – make the right decisions for the right outcomes, faster.

Appraise site capacity and viability, faster

Appraise site capacity and viability, faster

Save time and costs through collaboration

Save time and costs through collaboration

Reduce planning uncertainties; increase buy-in

Reduce planning uncertainties; increase buy-in

Speed up the planning process with better informed decisions

Speed up the planning process with better informed decisions

Sell or lease earlier to realise profits sooner

Sell or lease earlier to realise profits sooner

Understand designs and plans with ease, and make decisions with clarity to benefit your city and your communities.

Make the best possible decisions, quicker

Make the best possible decisions, quicker

Collate site, scheme and planning information in one place

Collate site, scheme and planning information in one place

Standardise decision-making

Standardise decision-making

Have informed and transparent conversations

Have informed and transparent conversations

Improve how you consult on policies and plans

Improve how you consult on policies and plans

Understand the cumulative effects of planning changes

Understand the cumulative effects of planning changes
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