Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options

Cambridge Biomedical Campus Ltd (CBC Ltd), on behalf of our campus members, welcomes the recognition that Policy Proposal S/CBC provides to the importance and growth requirements of the Campus. We continue to have an active dialogue with all landowners with an interests in CBC including our own members, other landowners within the existing campus and those with interests in future potential phases including the land provisionally identified for expansion.

As things stand, there are no signed legal agreements between these groups to ensure an integrated development of the campus in a way that would realise the CBC 2050 Vision. We remain hopeful that suitable agreements will be completed. But in any event, an effective series of Town Planning controls is essential to guide development across the Campus and its future phases to help realise Vision 2050 and deliver benefits for local communities. Consequently, CBC seeks to work with the Planning Authority to agree a comprehensive suite of planning framework controls to safeguard the delivery of the Campus 2050 Vision.

In addition, as well as a series of policy controls, we also believe the establishment of a formal review forum (e.g. a new CBC-led Campus Design Review panel, with local community representation) to review and influence any proposed campus planning applications in advance of submission, as well as act as a consultee to support the LPA in its assessment of applications once submitted. A similar forum could also engage in negotiations on Community Infrastructure Levy, Section 106 or other ‘Planning Gain’ mechanisms to optimise the benefits that high quality, inclusive, sustainable, and placemaking focussed development can achieve.