Question 2. Please submit any sites for employment and housing you wish to suggest for allocation in the Local Plan. Provide as much information and supporting evidence as possible.

Form ID: 40064

Respondent: Quod

Site location

Cambridge South (Cambridge Biomedical Campus)

Site area (in hectares)

400

Interactive site map

Site map Provide a location map clearly showing site boundaries and land ownership. The site to be edged in red and include all land necessary for the proposed development. Any other land in the same ownership close to or adjoining the site to be edged in blue.

File: Appendix 1 - Site Boundary Plan.pdf

File: Revised Site Plan_31.03.21

Current site use

Agriculture

Previous site use

N/A

Historic planning applications

N/A

Previously developed land, greenfield or mixture

Greenfield

Proposed development

Mixed housing and employment with supporting facilities and open space

Suitable uses

Market and affordable housing , Key worker housing , Employment (B1) office , Employment (B1b) research and development , Employment (B1c) light industrial , Employment (B8) storage and distribution , Employment (other)

Accompanying uses

Schools and education , Public open space , Community facilities , Recreation and leisure , Healthcare , Hotel , Retail

Benefits to the local area

The site can provide employment floorspace to support the future growth of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. The site can also provide new homes to meet local housing need and community facilities and open space to support a new community.

Estimate of number of units/floorspace

Circa 436,000 sqm of employment floorspace and circa 5,000 residential units.

Physical Constraints

All constraints capable of mitigation.

Proposed mitigation (please attach any available evidence such as studies or surveys)

No uploaded files for public display

Vehicular access

Yes (Please give details)

Site access details

Existing vehicular access from Addenbrookes Road. New vehicular access proposed from A1301 Cambridge Road, Babraham Road and Dame Mary Archer Way.

Slopes or unstable ground

Yes (please give details)

Physical constraints details

The site has varied topography. This will be addressed through the appropriate siting of development to respect areas of sensitivity.

Environmental constraints

Yes (Please give details)

Environmental constraint details

Parts of the site are affected by fluvial flood risk. The site contains one small Local Nature Reserve, two Scheduled Ancient Monuments and one Grade II Listed monument. These areas will not be subject to development.

Access to key utilities

Additional utilities capacity will be required to accommodate development. The site has access to or potential access to key utilities.

Adjacent to key utilities

Yes (Please give details)

Infrastructure Details

The northeastern corner of the site is crossed by a Local High Pressure gas main route.

When site could be available

Available now

Reasons

The site is not subject to any constraint that would require remediation prior to development, and has full support from landowners.

Market interest

Nothing chosen

Market attractiveness

Employment floorspace takeup rates at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and low R&D floorspace vacancy rates in Cambridge indicate that there is high market demand for floorspace provision of this type. There is also an identified specific need for the provision of new homes for the employees of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Legal or land ownership constraints

Details

N/A

Reasons for historic lack of development

N/A

Delivery start date

2027 - 2029

Completed development

2042 - 2044

Development period in years

15 years

Abnormal cost factors