The landowners and CBC Limited support GCSP’s recognition of the need for growth in Cambridge to address the undersupply of housing in the greater Cambridge area and the need for housing to meet the needs of the life sciences sector in Cambridge in order to fulfil the potential for knowledge based employment growth.

We support the First Proposals approach to concentrate growth in sustainable locations, recognising that the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and its immediate environs has or is planned to benefit from some of the best sustainable transport infrastructure in the plan area.

The Cambridge Biomedical Campus sits at the heart of an important eco-system. The Campus has grown rapidly over the last twenty years to establish itself as an internationally important cluster of leading Life Sciences businesses and research institutions. In order for the Campus to continue to contribute to Cambridge and the UK’s success, CBC has developed the 2050 Vision, which recognises the importance of integrating Campus related housing, environmental improvements and social infrastructure within an expanding cluster of science. The Campus is one of the best locations within Greater Cambridge to sustainably address future needs.

We will continue to support the long term development of the Campus in line with the Vision 2050 and we recognise that recent revisions to the NPPF urge a longer term approach for strategic development. However, the landowners and CBC Limited recognise that the First Proposals present an opportunity to plan the next phase of the Campus expansion and they wish to work closely with GCSP to deliver on that opportunity.