Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 58982
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Jesus College (working with Pigeon Investment Management and Lands Improvement Holdings), a private landowner and St John’s College
Agent: Quod
The First Proposals rightly recognise the importance of Cambridge Biomedical Campus as an asset of national importance. The First Proposals, however, set out an inappropriately restricted approach to growth requirements which have been demonstrated in the Vision 2050 and in our submissions to the GCSP. The Local Plan is required to take a long term approach to developments of strategic importance and this requires a more comprehensive response to the scale of housing and employment needed in Cambridge and to the specific, demonstrated needs of the Campus.
The First Proposals rightly recognise the importance of Cambridge Biomedical Campus as an asset of national importance. The First Proposals, however, set out an inappropriately restricted approach to growth requirements which have been demonstrated in the Vision 2050 and in our submissions to the GCSP. The Local Plan is required to take a long term approach to developments of strategic importance and this requires a more comprehensive response to the scale of housing and employment needed in Cambridge and to the specific, demonstrated needs of the Campus.