Draft Cambridge Biomedical Campus Supplementary Planning Document

Support

Representation ID: 200328

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: East West Rail Company

EWR Co supports the principle of the draft SPD and its overarching ambition to be ‘a world-leading location for healthcare, medical innovation and life science research.

Comment

Representation ID: 200663

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: East West Rail Company

EWR Co would welcome reference to the connectivity and labour market benefits of the EWR project in the draft SPD.

Comment

Representation ID: 200664

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: East West Rail Company

A small area of land allocated for the development of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus falls within the land safeguarded for the EWR project. EWR Co propose that a new paragraph is added to Chapter 3 (Site context) of the SPD stating:
“East West Rail (EWR) is a project of national significance aiming to deliver both new and enhanced rail infrastructure to provide frequent, fast, and reliable rail links for communities between Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford, and Cambridge. The Secretary of State for Transport has safeguarded land currently identified as being required for the EWR project to protect it from conflicting development. Safeguarding Directions were issued by the Secretary of State for Transport on 14th November 2024 under articles 18(4), 31(1) and 34(8) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015. A small area of land allocated for the development of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus falls within the land safeguarded for the EWR project. Under the Safeguarding Directions, the local planning authority must consult East West Railway Company Limited (EWR Co) on any applications for planning permission relating to land falling within the safeguarded area before determining those
applications.”

Comment

Representation ID: 200665

Received: 24/01/2025

Respondent: East West Rail Company

EWR Co recommends a new paragraph 5.7 is added to Chapter 5 of the SPD, as follows: “It is strongly encouraged that developers bringing forward proposals for new development on the Campus take account of the East West Rail project in those proposals and liaise with EWR Co to facilitate coordination between the development proposals and East West Rail. Developers proposing development affecting land within the Campus which falls within the safeguarded area should engage with EWR Co at an early stage, alongside any pre-application engagement with the LPA. Early engagement will allow EWR Co to consider how the proposals interact with East West Rail and how they might be accommodated with the proposed railway project, helping to avoid the possibility of a recommendation for refusal being made to the LPA by EWR Co at the planning application stage. To discuss any relevant proposals, developers should contact EWR Co by email at: land@eastwestrail.co.uk.”