CZWG’s detailed designs for a permanent community centre to serve the Cambridgeshire new town of Northstowe have been submitted for reserved-matters consent.

The practice’s vision for the two-storey hub includes a café, community kitchen, meeting rooms, an NHS room, a community office, a double height main hall and a 75sq m “messy activity room”.

The building will have a total internal area of 669sq m, but will also boast a 330sq m courtyard garden. Documents supporting the application said the structure had been designed for a maximum occupancy level of 440 people.

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