Savills Planning Team in Cambridge are instructed on behalf of St John's College, Cambridge to submit responses to the Issues and Options Report on the CNFE having regard to the College's landholdings and land interests at St John's Innovation Park west of Cowley Road and east of Milton Road.

It is clear that there are a large number of issues and constraints that are relevant to future development proposals and indeed it is the presence of these that have been the determining factors in why development has not progressed in the area to date despite many plans and proposals over the years.

As noted in separate responses to other questions, the issue of landownership and a commitment to those landowners to bring forward land for development remains a critical feature of the Plan. The discussions will be affected by a whole series of issues not least the values that would accrue from any change in land use having regard to all the technical and environmental issues raised in your paragraphs 6.3 to 6.16. In such a context as far as the College is concerned, it is the environmental impact of the neighbouring land use that is a critical issue in the circumstances where the Anglian Water site is retained in its present form but with a new Household Waste Recycling Centre and inert recycling facility. The relationship between B1 offices (including the research and development uses) on the land at the Innovation Park and the water infrastructure facilities across the road is a key one. Having said that, it is the case that St John's College secured planning permission last year for some 4400 sq m of B1(a) office floorspace on the Innovation Park so there is clearly no objections in principle for such uses to come forward in circumstances where mitigation measures can be put in place. The College cannot sanction a strategy which would make such a relationship more sensitive and therefore strong objections are raised to the siting of such a new Recycling Centre as shown in the four options. These matters are raised in separate responses to other questions.