Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan

Introduction Support These representations relate to a site at 127-136 Cambridge Science Park. The site is currently occupied by a single storey building. The existing building is used for Class B1 business use, and has a floor area of approximately 1,000sqm. A planning application has been submitted on behalf of GCR Camprop Nine Ltd for the redevelopment of the site to provide a new office/research and development building (App Ref. 20/03444/FUL); a number of technical reports have been prepared in support of the proposed development and the application is currently pending. The proposed new building would be 5 storeys and provide approximately 4,600sqm GIA of new floor space. The proposed building is of passive led design, leading to reduced need for mechanical cooling and proposes the use of Cross Laminated Timber as primary construction material (a 100% renewable resource and a first in the Science Park). The CLT construction proposed means reduced groundworks and environmental impact and a shorter construction programme and reduced site traffic during the construction period. As set out in these representations, GCR Camprop Nine Ltd supports the North East Cambridge AAP in terms of the policies that relate to the proposed redevelopment of the building at 127 – 136 Cambridge Science Park. As demonstrated in these representations, the proposed redevelopment of the site, and promoted in the current planning application, is consistent with the relevant policies and aspirations for Cambridge Science Park as set out in the emerging AAP. The owner of Cambridge Science Park – Trinity College – is in the process of preparing a masterplan for the whole area, and the proposed redevelopment of the site would be consistent with the landowner’s masterplan.