4. QUESTION: We feel that we should support the development of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, with space for more healthcare facilities, research and housing. What housing, facilities or open spaces should be created around the campus?

4.1 We strongly agree that supporting the development and further expansion of Cambridge Biomedical Campus should be one of the key principles of the new local plan. To support this objective, it is imperative therefore that new housing growth is located along sustainable transport corridors from the Biomedical Campus, to support the objective of the local plan outlined above (in section 3 of this statement), which seeks to minimise car travel.

4.2 It is also very important that the emerging Local Plan 2041 aligns housing and employment growth, with major transport schemes that are being promoted in and around Cambridge. The First Proposals provide a number of references to East- West Rail and the provision for Cambridge South Station, both of which are important new transport infrastructure projects. Of particularly relevance to the Biomedical Campus expansion, is the Cambridge South Station which is the subject of a Transport for Works Order which is currently under consideration by the Secretary of State. Once built the Cambridge South Station would create a high-speed sustainable transport link between the Biomedical Campus and Meldreth Station. It is considered important that substantial housing growth is provided to the south-west of Cambridge, with access to the railway, to ensure ease of access to the Biomedical Campus by sustainable transport means. Therefore, growth in Melbourn would be consistent with one of the key objectives of the Local Plan, which seeks to minimise car travel by focusing growth on locations with good transport infrastructure.