CBC Limited and the landowners support the policy principles of prioritising new employment development in Cambridge within the mixed use Areas of Major Change such as the Campus. We support the consideration of employment proposals on their merits, where they are of an appropriate scale, character and in an accessible location. Future employment growth at the Campus is a nationally and internationally-significant opportunity for the Life Sciences sector and the future prosperity of Cambridge.

Enabling the expansion of the Campus into the identified Major Area of Change is nationally important. The Campus is part of a thriving Life Sciences ecosystem within Cambridgeshire but is the only place where major hospitals are co-located with advanced research institutes, higher education, and the international headquarters of Life Sciences companies, and the only place where the full cycle of discovering, demonstrating and delivering healthcare innovations can be found in one place.

We support the development of detailed criteria to ensure ensure proposals for employment development will be acceptable. The nature of future employment development is anticipated to be agreed with GCSP as part of the Campus’ Local Plan policies.