Marshall is aligned with the GCSP’s aim to help people in Greater Cambridge to lead healthier and happier lives and ensuring that everyone benefits from the development of new homes and jobs. Marshall strongly supports the Councils’ aim to ensure growth benefits local residents and recognises that the development of Cambridge East has an important part to play. Cambridge is one of the most unequal cities in the UK and has some of the least affordable housing. It also has pockets of deprivation, especially in the east of the city.

Pages 188 and 189 of the ‘First Proposals’ document recognises that the wellbeing and social inclusion themes can be best achieved by: “providing good quality, affordable housing in accessible locations; providing good access to services and facilities; creating places that enable healthy and active lifestyles and social interaction; supporting access to education, employment and training opportunities; promoting sustainable and active travel; providing community and shared spaces; and protecting and providing public access to open spaces and the natural environment.”

Cambridge East has the scale to achieve transformational change in the east of the City that will significantly improve the lives of local residents through the provision of a range of job opportunities, affordable homes and a range of cultural, leisure and retail options. Marshall takes its role as a key Cambridge stakeholder very seriously and is committed to the long-term, patient development of a high-quality new quarter. The mix of uses – commercial, residential, retail, educational, cultural and leisure will ensure a high quality of life for residents, workers and visitors.

The wellbeing and inclusion objectives can only be truly achieved by embracing and harnessing inclusive growth. Cambridge East provides an opportunity to address a number of the inequality issues in the eastern part of the City through the generation of benefits and opportunities for those who live in more deprived areas, whilst enabling access to affordable homes, employment and education opportunities, a comprehensive green infrastructure network and a range of community services / facilities.

Marshall is also committed to working with the NHS stakeholders in the area, including the CCG and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to understand how the health needs of future residents can best be met, when planning a development at scale.