Greater Cambridge Local Plan Issues & Options 2020

Paragraph 5.2.1: Summary: Wyton Airfield in Huntingdonshire is already contracted for mixed use development and is not available for the relocation of Cambrige Airport. Full Text: We (ENGIE Services Limited) are contracted developers of the first phase of the development of the former RAF Wyton airfield. Paragraph 5.2.1 and Question 44 of the Issues and Options document relates specifically to the redevelopment of the Cambridge Airport site. The owners of Cambridge Airport, Marshall Group (MG), confirmed an intention in early 2019 to move the company’s operations to a new location by 2030 and that, following further updates, the airfields at Wyton and Cranfield were under consideration as preferred options. MG further undertook publicly to work with these locations to assess each site’s feasibility and signalled its intent to the local authorities and other key stakeholders to put its current Cambridge Airport site forward for development as part of the next Local Plan from 2030. The opportunity for co-location with our development and MG is unfeasible for both organisations. A lack of commercial viability for relocation to RAF Wyton has already been confirmed by MG previously when relocation to RAF Wyton was proposed in 2010. MG's relocation proposals to RAF Wyton are not deliverable and are incompatible with the proposed mixed-use residential development of the site for which it is contracted. We therefore consider that significant adverse weight should be attached to the credibility and robustness of any development proposals reliant upon relocation of Cambridge Airport to RAF Wyton.

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Summary: Wyton Airfield in Huntingdonshire is already contracted for mixed use development and is not available for the relocation of Cambrige Airport. Full Text: We (ENGIE Services Limited) are contracted developers of the first phase of the development of the former RAF Wyton airfield. Paragraph 5.2.1 and Question 44 of the Issues and Options document relates specifically to the redevelopment of the Cambridge Airport site. The owners of Cambridge Airport, Marshall Group (MG), confirmed an intention in early 2019 to move the company’s operations to a new location by 2030 and that, following further updates, the airfields at Wyton and Cranfield were under consideration as preferred options. MG further undertook publicly to work with these locations to assess each site’s feasibility and signalled its intent to the local authorities and other key stakeholders to put its current Cambridge Airport site forward for development as part of the next Local Plan from 2030. The opportunity for co-location with our development and MG is unfeasible for both organisations. A lack of commercial viability for relocation to RAF Wyton has already been confirmed by MG previously when relocation to RAF Wyton was proposed in 2010. MG's relocation proposals to RAF Wyton are not deliverable and are incompatible with the proposed mixed-use residential development of the site for which it is contracted. We therefore consider that significant adverse weight should be attached to the credibility and robustness of any development proposals reliant upon relocation of Cambridge Airport to RAF Wyton.