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.

Option 3 relates to a higher level of development where Anglian Water have taken the decision to consider a significant reduction in their site area and a consolidation to the eastern part of the site close to the railway line. The presence of the Anglian Water site will still mean that the edge of the new development area will be formed by appropriate employment uses, (B2) storage (B8) and sui generis uses, which are more compatible with such a large infrastructure facility. Beyond this ring of employment uses, a series of further B1 and research and development uses are proposed which would complement the area around the Innovation Park as well as those uses on the Cambridge Business Park. New residential uses around the station and on Nuffield Road would create a better balance of uses and provide for increased sustainable credentials in this part of the City.

This option recognises and acknowledges the development potential that the College land possess around the Innovation Park in terms of being able to maximise employment opportunities through new floorspace which will create new jobs and investment in the area (unlike Options 1 and 2) . As stated in the response to Q10 and Q11, it is important that a major objective of the Plan to maximise employment opportunities is afforded across the existing employment areas within the CNFE. In this context, there is no differentiation between the opportunity that is afforded on the Cambridge Business Park from that at the Innovation Park area to be able to exploit the opportunities for new employment floorspace. This approach is entirely backed up by SQW in their report "CNFE Employment Guidance for the Area Action Plan" at paragraphs 1.29 and 1.34 where intensification is supported by the Councils' own consultants.

In addition, it is noted that the proposed household waste recycling centre and the recycling facility continues to be a land use proposed in the northern part of the Plan area. However, whilst it is the case that the College has objected to its location in both Options 1 and 2, it is the case that Option 3 further compounds the College's concerns by the proposed shift of the facility westwards and even closer to the Vitrium building on the Innovation Park. Our response to Q10 has highlighted the inappropriateness of such a land use in close proximity to B1 offices and research and development uses as a result of noise, dust and environmental impacts. Whilst again we would raise the lack of clarity on what the actual facility entails the College objects most strongly to such an industrial use being located in close proximity to high technology uses and which remains a key component part of the City's economic profile and a driver of growth from both a regional and national perspective. Even in the circumstances where such a facility is in a covered building or similar, we cannot see how the position and location of such a facility provides a suitable neighbour to the clean, high technology uses that are already in this location and which contribute significantly to the development of this sector.

The College can therefore not support Option 3 as it relates to the higher level of development.