Question 25. What kind of business and industrial space do you think is most needed in the area?

The Local Plan must not allow car-dependent 'dormitory estates' where everyone is forced to travel long distances to access everyday activities like jobs, schools, surgeries and shopping.

Priority must be given to types of businesses that employ local young people, rather than just requiring highly skilled people to move to the area. Locations of those businesses must be encouraged in the areas where homes are, otherwise cross-city traffic will continue to increase leading to worse road congestion.

• Leisure facilities are needed including swimming pools. . Businesses and industrial spaces need to be connected to the high-quality cycling network, as well as public transport, in order to ensure that people have the opportunity to get to work without driving. • New developments should always include some space for adaptable businesses and light industrial uses, in order to provide employment in the community that is easily accessed on foot or bike, and a healthy mix of activities in new developments. • The Local Plan must not allow car-dependent 'dormitory estates' where everyone is forced to travel long distances to access everyday activities like jobs, schools, surgeries and shopping.

Absolutely none. Put it in Peterborough. Or so many other places that could benefit from careful regeneration.

We don't need anymore business/industrial space in the City. We need real affordable housing for local people and key workers and the low waged workers.

agree with all of the above - but also - some space for cheap local fresh veg please

Sustainable ones that are not focussed on growth, not extracting limited resources from the Earth and which have PassivHaus buildings, tonnes of bike parking, excellent disabled access, etc.

The Local Plan should be coordinated with and support the delivery of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Industrial Strategy (CPLIS). Sectoral strengths and specialisms are identified in high-productivity, high value added, sectors. Four strategic growth sectors are identified, all of which should be developed in Greater Cambridge: life sciences; digital and information technologies (including artificial intelligence); advanced manufacturing and materials; and agri-tech. The Local Plan should make provision for growth in each of these strategic sectors. Planning for the long term success of the life sciences sector is particularly important given the rapid take-up of land at Cambridge Biomedical Campus. The Local Plan should make provision for future life science development to 2040 and beyond. CPLIS sets out the conditions needed to support the development of innovation ecosystems, in which the requirements for physical space have different stages and which evolve from start-up through to scale-up, growth and maturity. Successful innovation ecosystems are dependent upon variety and availability of space at every stage. CPLIS notes that Greater Cambridge could benefit from more start up and particularly scale up space, where the development of facilities are closely coupled to local universities where technologies can be developed and taken through the early stages of commercialisation. The Combined Authority and Greater Cambridge Partnership are working to support this and the Local Plan should support this process. CPLIS also identifies key support sectors in education, health and tourism that require ongoing support through the planning process.

we must retain businesses within the city eg moving Marshalls will just mean that far more workers will have to travel to reach their workplace. If all industrial space is converted into domestic dwelling space we will end up as a commuter and tourism only town. We need small businesses and light industries, even encouraging the traditional market traders will help to keep the city centre alive.

It is important that a wide range of employment needs are planned for. The commercial sector is incredibly innovative and changes rapidly. The plan should not be too prescriptive about employment uses in order to enable new clusters to emerge and be supported. There is a clear and present need to plan for and support agritech as an emerging cluster.

It depends on where. The important issue is to understand how the value, needs and requirements of these businesses impact on the local communities. There are many gaps in provision in our medium sized villages which lack businesses (shops, post offices, hairdressers, vets, garages (repairs) etc.) to serve the needs of local residents. There is a case for supporting these businesses in smaller villages because the localisation of these services assists in minimising travel requirements and maximising local engagement . Yet in these villages (and larger villages), there are also existing businesses and industries (e.g., distribution centres, builders merchants, building contractors, etc) that are inappropriate and place great pressure on the sense of place through incremental traffic, noise, visual blight, etc. As our villages have developed in terms of size and prosperity, some of these businesses have remained in the village core, creating significant negative impacts for residents. Redevelopment of these sites for other commercial or residential usage should be supported. We should categorise and distinguish the characteristics of businesses that are appropriate for the cores of our medium sized and larger villages and what businesses are better located on the periphery of villages or adjacent to major infrastructure.

• Businesses and industrial spaces need to be connected to the high-quality cycling network, as well as public transport, in order to ensure that people have the opportunity to get to work without driving. • New developments should always include some space for adaptable businesses and light industrial uses, in order to provide employment in the community that is easily accessed on foot or bike, and a healthy mix of activities in new developments. • The Local Plan must not allow car-dependent 'dormitory estates' where everyone is forced to travel long distances to access everyday activities like jobs, schools, surgeries and shopping.

A mixture of B1, B2 and B8 industrial spaces are required as well as small incubator units be they for industrial, research and development or office based businesses to provide opportunity for small business to start and hopefully grow in to larger premises.

You must have mixed-use flexible space. Otherwise you have people travelling from boring dormitory estate to boring sterile work 'campus'. Cambridge will lose any sense of fun or interest. Must have policies to protect interesting local businesses to ensure they can afford and keep their space. Cambridge is about more than 'clusters' of high tech business. If Cambridge is boring and too expensive then people will no longer be willing to move here for work. There are huge issues with out of town campuses that require people to drive. They may have some private buses but these do not allow for flexible or part-time work. They don't contribute to the local economy as people do not use local transport, do not eat or shop locally at lunch, they can't even get to drs surgeries etc. as they can't leave the site during the day unless they have a car. All new work sites must be connected to cycling networks before the first employee starts. They must not just be 'clustered' by type or by size. We need integration and diversity to spark creativity and create community. How boring otherwise. See Camcycle re: transport. • Businesses and industrial spaces need to be connected to the high-quality cycling network, as well as public transport, in order to ensure that people have the opportunity to get to work without driving. • New developments should always include some space for adaptable businesses and light industrial uses, in order to provide employment in the community that is easily accessed on foot or bike, and a healthy mix of activities in new developments. • The Local Plan must not allow car-dependent 'dormitory estates' where everyone is forced to travel long distances to access everyday activities like jobs, schools, surgeries and shopping.

Varied. New developments need to included space for these types businesses, and actively link them in with the existing network of bike routes so that no-one is forced to drive to get there and is instead encouraged to take the more sustainable approach.

Light industrial. We need to rehome some manufacturing and Cambs has a good tradition in this sort of high manual skill / high value work

Much of the hi-tech growth has been due to R&D in electronics , life-sciences and materials with life sciences dominating in recent years and materials the poor relation. It was the failure to provide appropriate accommodation which drove away the second and third phase growth from ARM, Cambridge Silicon Radio, Domino Printing Science and Xaar etc. and the opposite in Life Sciences for Astra Zeneca, Medical Research Centre and Sanger etc. with materials and Agritech exploitation already further out. All these expansions have put enormous pressure on the Cambridge road network and housing. The University itself will continue to be an important gestation centre for business and talent so “more of the same” seems a likely answer, especially if the job needs for an industrial centre are broadly met by adjacent housing – even if not on a 1:1 basis. Incoming businesses need a pool of local talent that does not get tangled up in local traffic on the way to work. Cycling is an option for many but not all; public transport can meet the needs of some but is not as flexible or as pervasive to be useful for the 24*7 work-style often present.

• Businesses and industrial spaces need to be connected to the high-quality cycling network, as well as public transport, in order to ensure that people have the opportunity to get to work without driving. • New developments should always include some space for adaptable businesses and light industrial uses, in order to provide employment in the community that is easily accessed on foot or bike, and a healthy mix of activities in new developments. • The Local Plan must not allow car-dependent 'dormitory estates' where everyone is forced to travel long distances to access everyday activities like jobs, schools, surgeries and shopping.

Too much of the office space needed by tech companies seems to be controlled by the Colleges and a small numbers of surveyors and estate agents. As a result, there is not enough flexibility in options available, particularly for high growth companies. Agents and landlords demanding minimum lease terms of 5-10 years is not uncommon – wholly inappropriate for companies that may be growing at 50-100% a year. New development should prioritise flexible configuration buildings to be let on flexible lease terms. The other omission is allocating space within the subregion for large tech company headquarter buildings – areas that can allocated to accommodate the custom built headquarters and R+D divisions of the next Arm or CSR. Whilst it is unlikely to be possible to allocate such space immediately adjacent to the City, sites should be identified for this purpose along public transport corridors, and where there are or is potential for excellent cycle access.

• Businesses and industrial spaces need to be connected to the high-quality cycling network, as well as public transport, in order to ensure that people have the opportunity to get to work without driving. • New developments should always include some space for adaptable businesses and light industrial uses, in order to provide employment in the community that is easily accessed on foot or bike, and a healthy mix of activities in new developments. • The Local Plan must not allow car-dependent 'dormitory estates' where everyone is forced to travel long distances to access everyday activities like jobs, schools, surgeries and shopping.

A mixture of employment uses, new retail development and hotel accommodation.

I think this area is appalling for SME’s absolutely appalling. There are no starter spaces, no low rent units from the council. You have to look to the commercial world when you start a business and that can be really challenging – what wants to sign a 3 year lease when you’ve not made a penny from your business yet? I think this district is absolutely appalling for starting and running a small business which isn’t a consultancy and it is one of the main things that makes me question why I live here. Small units with flexible usage which are not always vulnerable to development are essential. Development is always one way, shops and units turned into housing. Force new spaces to be redesigned more creatively or allow some applications to go the other way housing to commercial space, or shared commercial/residential space.

No comment.

A wide variety of business and industrial space is most needed in Greater Cambridge, in terms of location, size, function and price, in order to support the growth of the economy, offering choice to meet an occupier’s individual needs: “The requirements for physical space, like finance, have stages. What a business needs in its start-up phase is different to its needs as it matures and grows. It is vital, if an innovation ecosystem is to be effective for there to be variety and availability at every stage2. 2 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Industrial Strategy 2019 p 41 5.5 Flexible commercial space in urban and rural areas supports the growth of local business and strengthens opportunities for local supply chains to engage in the growth industries of the region. Local supply chains are recognised by the UK Government as a means of delivering ‘clean growth’ (UK Industrial Strategy) as they contribute to the Strategy’s mission to halve energy use in new buildings, partly by facilitation of local supply chains. 5.6 The Science and Technology sector is the engine of the Cambridge Phenomenon that has driven the economy and it will remain an important part of the local economy and job market. Alongside, it is important to have all types of commercial space to provide for a wide range of job opportunities and to serve Greater Cambridge at close quarters to not overly rely on long distance travel to service the area with goods and services. Further prime office floorspace in high quality developments is also needed to consolidate and expand the world class facilities which have recently put CB1 and the emerging CBD within the Station Road/ Hills Road area on the international property and innovation map. 5.7 All new employment space should be located and built to maximise the health and wellbeing of employees and visitors. Healthy buildings in locations that reduce commute times and improve the sleep and wellbeing of its occupants contribute significantly to their productivity. Improving productivity is a primary route through which the Greater Cambridgeshire economic expansion objectives of doubling GVA and inclusive growth will be achieved. “If workers can be more productive, they can bring home more take-home pay, which will flow into the local economy. And they will be able to enjoy a higher standard of life. It is this, before anything else, which needs to be looked at to create an inclusive economic future.” CPIER p38.

The Local Plan should allow for all types of business space to be situated in the Local Plan area. Cambridge should remain a focus for science and research sectors, but there is need and demand for offices; industrial floorspace and storage and distribution uses along the primary transport corridors. These types of business will help in providing a range of job opportunities for both existing and future residents. Not all residents of Cambridgeshire are highly educated and working in the science sectors. Many are seeking opportunities for jobs in manufacturing which they may be currently out commuting from the area to reach. The upgrade to the A14 will no doubt provide opportunities to identify B8 distribution opportunities along the A14 corridor – something South Cambridgeshire has not really invested too much in previously with the majority of these B8 uses located in neighbouring authority areas. Equally the A10 corridor allows the opportunity to allocate employment sites for B1, B1C and B2 uses on a primary road network. Equally importantly given the wider sustainability and environmental objective of the emerging plan is that the site at Melbourn and much of the A10 corridor falls outside of the Cambridge Green Belt.

A wide variety of space by location, size, function and price needs to be available to support the growth of the economy, offering choice to meet an occupier’s individual needs: “The requirements for physical space, like finance, have stages. What a business needs in its start-up phase is different to its needs as it matures and grows. It is vital, if an innovation ecosystem is to be effective for there to be variety and availability at every stage1. 6.2 There must be flexible commercial space in both urban and rural areas. This is essential in order to support growth of local business and strengthen opportunities for local supply chains to engage in the growth industries of the region. While the Science and Technology sector is considered the engine of the Cambridge Phenomenon, it is important to have all types of commercial space to provide for a wide range of job opportunities. This will ensure Greater Cambridge is served at close quarters and does not overly rely on long-distance travel to service the area with goods and services. 6.3 The plan should make provision of storage and distribution buildings, Cambridge lacks distribution hubs where goods are consolidated into loads for last mile (five mile) delivery, thereby reducing the volume of HGVs moving in and through the city and reducing air pollution. Well located sites with access to main distribution arteries, such as the A14 should be considered to avoid local HGV diversion and disruption to local communities. Delivering first-mile-last-mile connections across the Arc is a strategic priority of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Industrial Strategy 2019 and recognised in CPIER: “improving the “last mile” – the ability to move around within the city of Cambridge – is of a higher immediate priority than [these] inter-city links, as their effectiveness will be severely blunted without this” CPIER p80. 1 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Industrial Strategy 2019 p 41

2.6 It is important to provide for a wide variety of businesses and industries in the Cambridge area. The Issues and Options document is clear in recognising that the economy in the area is not just technology. A key feature of the economy in South Cambridgeshire is business parks. If the Councils are to pursue their ambition of doubling the total economic output of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough over the next 25 years, it is essential to provide accommodation for a range of new business types. 2.7 Office space for professional services is considered to be fundamental. The South Cambridgeshire District Council Employment Land Review: Update and Review of Selective Management of Employment Policies (2012) provides that the bulk of new job growth ‘is expected in professional services’. The policy led projections for growth within the report conclude that 23,110 additional jobs will need to be accommodated between 2011 and 2031 with 52% of these being for B Use Classes.

5.5 A wide variety of business and industrial space is most needed in Greater Cambridge, in terms of location, size, function and price, in order to support the growth of the economy, offering choice to meet an occupier’s individual needs: “The requirements for physical space, like finance, have stages. What a business needs in its start-up phase is different to its needs as it matures and grows. It is vital, if an innovation ecosystem is to be effective for there to be variety and availability at every stage1. 5.6 Flexible commercial space in urban and rural areas supports the growth of local business and strengthens opportunities for local supply chains to engage in the growth industries of the region. Local supply chains are recognised by the UK Government as a means of delivering ‘clean growth’ (UK Industrial Strategy) as they contribute to the Strategy’s mission to halve energy use in new buildings, partly by facilitation of local supply chains. 1 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Industrial Strategy 2019 p 41 Page 21 5.7 All new employment space should be located and built to maximise the health and wellbeing of employees and visitors. Healthy buildings in locations that reduce commute times and improve the sleep and wellbeing of its occupants contribute significantly to their productivity. Improving productivity is a primary route through which the Greater Cambridgeshire economic expansion objectives of doubling GVA and inclusive growth will be achieved. “If workers can be more productive, they can bring home more take home pay, which will flow into the local economy. And they will be able to enjoy a higher standard of life. It is this, before anything else, which needs to be looked at to create an inclusive economic future.” CPIER p38 5.8 In terms of local need for Shepreth, these representations support the case for provision of employment land that can accommodate a range of uses and occupiers, from incubation units for start-up businesses, as well as larger units for those already established. The Site offers a more affordable location for businesses, whilst also benefitting from close proximity to Shepreth railway station.

3.30 A range of flexible business spaces which are accessible by sustainable transport modes is needed. Flexible business space within new mixed-use communities can provide the space needed to enable local commercial and retail businesses to grow organically. A new employment area is proposed as part of a new mixed-use community at Land at Gazelle Way. This can offer a variety of floorspaces for existing and new businesses to grow. It also provides employment opportunities close to homes, reducing commuting patterns and congestion.

6.2 A wide variety of space by location, size, function and price needs to be available to support the growth of the economy, offering choice to meet an occupier’s individual needs: “The requirements for physical space, like finance, have stages. What a business needs in its start-up phase is different to its needs as it matures and grows. It is vital, if an innovation ecosystem is to be effective for there to be variety and availability at every stage1.” 6.3 There must be flexible commercial space in both urban and rural areas. This is essential in order to support growth of local business and strengthen opportunities for local supply chains to engage in the growth industries of the region. While the Science and Technology sector is considered the engine of the Cambridge Phenomenon, it is important to have all types of commercial space to provide for a wide range of job opportunities. This will ensure Greater Cambridge is served at close quarters and does not overly rely on long-distance travel to service the area with goods and services. 6.4 The plan should make provision of storage and distribution buildings, Cambridge lacks distribution hubs where goods are consolidated into loads for last mile (5 mile) delivery, thereby reducing the volume of HGVs moving in and through the city and reducing air pollution. Well located sites with access to main distribution arteries, such as the A14 should be considered to avoid local HGV diversion and disruption to local communities. Delivering first-mile-last-mile connections across the Arc is a strategic priority of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Industrial Strategy 2019 and recognised in CPIER: “improving the “last mile” – the ability to move around within the city of Cambridge – is of a higher immediate priority than [these] inter-city links, as their effectiveness will be severely blunted without this” CPIER p80. 1 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Industrial Strategy 2019 p 41 6.5 The adopted Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Local Plans identify sites for future employment development. However, most of these sites are allocated only for B1 uses or have access and design constraints. None are located on the strategic road network. As such, the choice of sites on offer for industrial uses is severely limited. 6.6 Grange Farm is ideally located on the strategic highway network with the ability of providing a deliverable site with good access to main distribution arteries. The site is suitable for high quality light industrial and/or warehouse buildings with the opportunity to provide a local distribution hub, improving the ‘last mile’ to reduce HGV movements into the city.