The New Museums Site Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

Object

Representation ID: 30723

Received: 06/09/2015

Respondent: James Clerk Maxwell Foundation

This paragraph is highly misleading. Blank, plain wall is not at all blank.
The proposed new entrance would actually involve the destruction of two pairs of windows on opposite sides of the building, together with the historically important site of (Nobel Laureate) Lord Rutherford's personal laboratory!
The Old Cavendish is a building of great historical significance, but this is not reflected in the description.
No destruction to the fabric of this building must be permitted, and consideration should be given to raising its grade. It is incumbent upon both the City and the University to ensure that it is appropriately refurbished to the highest standards and put to a good, scientifically related, use.
To destroy any part of its core fabric may only be described as cultural vandalism, and would also appear to contravene Policy 61 and Policy 62 of the Cambridge Local Plan 2014.