With insufficient brownfield sites in the urban area and too few allocated sites to meet long term demand, new land must be allocated in the Local Plan if growth in Cambridge is to be effectively enabled for the wider benefit of residents and the economy. Given the significant investment planned in new sustainable transport infrastructure, there are places at the edge of Cambridge that offer an equivalent opportunity to accommodate the demand that will come forward in the future in a way that is sustainable and inclusive.

Through the effective development of the CBC Vision 2050, which promotes an inclusive, sustainable, mixed use development approach to improve and grow the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CBC Ltd and the landowners have shown how edge of Cambridge development, to the south of the Campus could be realised and be effective at supporting the priorities of the Local Plan. We recognise the clear direction in the First Proposals that any expansion of the Campus in this plan period must be focussed on the land immediately to the south of the existing development. We agree that this area could accommodate additional development without undermining the wider function of the Green Belt or impacting on landscape.