Policy J/FD: Faculty development and specialist / language schools

The University of Cambridge continues to be a world leader in higher education and research. It is also a vital driver of the Cambridge economy and is the reason why so many high technology and knowledge-based employers decide to locate in the city. It contributes to, and is dependent upon, the quality of life in the city and city centre.

The University of Cambridge and its colleges are also significant employers, providing over 12,000 jobs. Their reputation and heritage continue to attract students from across the world, tourists, language students, spin-off enterprise and medical research, and it continues to be a vital driver of the local and national economy.

Anglia Ruskin University has made significant investment in its East Road sites which remain the most sustainable location for future investment.

There are a growing number of specialist colleges in Cambridge, which is an important centre for the study of English as a foreign language. Courses are run throughout the year for a broad range of students, including people working in business as well as the more traditional younger students. These institutions can have significant economic benefit however it is important that the impacts of their growth are properly managed. Specialist colleges and language schools can place additional burdens on the housing market.

It is therefore important to support the growth of higher education institutions, language schools and specialist colleges while minimising the potential impact of their new development.

Key feedback we received through the First Conversation included the following points:

• Anglia Ruskin University highlighted the need to support modernised and enhanced provision on Anglia Ruskin University’s East Road site and surrounding area.

Separate stakeholder engagement with Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Cambridge has taken place to better understand their future development ambitions including the impact of COVID-19.

Anglia Ruskin University

• Anglia Ruskin is developing a new masterplan for their Cambridge campus on East Road. This will focus on consolidation and refurbishment of campus buildings with further adaption to provide blended learning/teaching with a mix of on campus and off-site learning and teaching using digital technologies.

The University of Cambridge

• The University will concentrate its operational and non-operational development through the lifetime of the next

  Short form for the Greater Cambridge Local Plan, which sets out policies to guide the future development of Greater Cambridge. It also sets out where future development will take place, and identifies land for new housing, community facilities, shops and employment. It is the key document use to determine planning applications for new development in the Greater Cambridge area.

  at existing operational sites including Eddington, West Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, New Museums Site, Downing Site, and the Department of Engineering Site, in order to:
  • Meet new needs for academic research, teaching and supporting professional services
  • Replace building assets that are at or nearing end-of-life or which have inadequate functional suitability (we have recently completed estate wide building condition and functional suitability surveys that will inform the forthcoming Strategic Estates

    A masterplan describes how proposals for a site will be implemented. The level of detail required in a masterplan will vary according to the scale at which the masterplan is produced.

    and an associated Capital Investment Plan). This is relevant to the Downing and New Museums Sites, in particular. Existing

    Short form for the Greater Cambridge Local Plan, which sets out policies to guide the future development of Greater Cambridge. It also sets out where future development will take place, and identifies land for new housing, community facilities, shops and employment. It is the key document use to determine planning applications for new development in the Greater Cambridge area.

    policies for development of sites such as these should roll forward.

No policy – Not considered a reasonable alternative as this could result in unsustainable development such as locating new faculty development in relatively less accessible locations or not providing satisfactory mitigation measures to reduce the impact of the new development.

• The combined areas of Cambridge District and South Cambridgeshire District Councils.

  Short form for the Greater Cambridge Local Plan, which sets out policies to guide the future development of Greater Cambridge. It also sets out where future development will take place, and identifies land for new housing, community facilities, shops and employment. It is the key document use to determine planning applications for new development in the Greater Cambridge area.

  : Topic paper 6: Jobs

South Cambridgeshire

Short form for the Greater Cambridge Local Plan, which sets out policies to guide the future development of Greater Cambridge. It also sets out where future development will take place, and identifies land for new housing, community facilities, shops and employment. It is the key document use to determine planning applications for new development in the Greater Cambridge area.

2018 - None

Cambridge

Short form for the Greater Cambridge Local Plan, which sets out policies to guide the future development of Greater Cambridge. It also sets out where future development will take place, and identifies land for new housing, community facilities, shops and employment. It is the key document use to determine planning applications for new development in the Greater Cambridge area.

2018

• Policy 43: University development
• Policy 44: Specialist colleges and language schools

Our consultation for this phase is now closed.