CBC and the landowners share and strongly support the proposed transition to net zero carbon by 2050 and welcome the recognition that this will be enabled by locating developments in locations that limit carbon emissions. The CBC 2050 Vision for growth at Cambridge Biomedical Campus aligns with GCSP’s goals and it is our intention to ensure that development mitigates and can adapt to the impacts of climate change through measures such as management of water supply, mode shift, local living, green infrastructure and net zero buildings. We envisage close joint working with GCSP, stakeholders and local communities to co-design steps towards these outcomes. The Greater Cambridge Local Plan Strategic Spatial Options Assessment - Integrated Water Management Study, November 2020, identifies that “… Growth is most preferable concentrated in new settlements or urban extensions …. and can maximise opportunities for high standards of design for efficient water usage and re-use, and multi-functional blue-green infrastructure.”

Specific ways in which future development must meet these objectives are anticipated to be agreed with GCSP through the development of the general and site specific local plan policies.