We support the principles of delivering sustainable and inclusive communities by minimising the need to travel and reducing travel distances. Ensuring access to sustainable transport is critical to meet climate change goals.

The expansion of the Campus into the identified Area of Major Change offers a significant benefit in this regard – locating new development close to existing and proposed public transport connections will encourage modal shift, reduce carbon emissions and will help to reduce the pressure on the road network.

The southern side of Cambridge will benefit from exceptional transport connections, particularly through CSET, EWR and Cambridge South station, and the Campus and the area identified for expansion occupies the optimum location to take advantage of these proposals. The Campus is very unusual within a Cambridge context to have such readily-available access to existing and, particularly, planned public transport infrastructure.

The expansion of the Campus will be guided by a Mobility Strategy focused on reducing the need to travel. Active travel principles are embedded within the CBC Vision 2050 and the Spatial Vision for the expansion of the Campus, and we anticipate that these will be carried forward to the local plan policy requirements.