Policy S/EOC/FRE: Fulbourn Road East

This 6.92 hectare site will provide approximately 56,000 square metres of research and development employment space and provide a significant contribution to the local and national economy. Through carefully designing any future development, especially in relation to sensitive materials, massing, and siting of new buildings, the site will contribute positively to the character surrounding area, and avoid negative visual impacts upon Cambridge’s

A statutory designation made for the purposes of checking the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas, preventing neighbouring towns from merging into each other, assisting in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment, preserving the setting and special character of historic towns and assisting in urban regeneration by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land. Specific Green Belt purposes have been set out for Cambridge.

, Fulbourn Hospital

Areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance. You can find more information on the Councils’ websites:

Cambridge: https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/conservation-areas 

South Cambridgeshire: https://www.scambs.gov.uk/planning/natural-historic-and-built-environment/historic-environment/conservation-areas/

and neighbouring properties.

Similarly, by constraining the height of new buildings to three storeys, the development will not have an overly domineering effect upon its surroundings and instead will complement the wider context. By integrating and contributing to major transport proposals in the area, the site will take advantage of its sustainable location and enable future users to commute to it using sustainable modes of transportation. The requirement for proposals to produce Travel Assessment,

A long-term management strategy for an organisation or site that seeks to deliver sustainable transport objectives and is regularly reviewed. 

and Parking Strategy will support this aim.

The policy includes criteria to ensure the site responds to its setting and addresses wider landscape impacts.

Completing archaeological work as part of any development proposal will potentially help to preserve historical artefacts that could explain how people in the past used the land which the site is located on.

Supporting information

The

A plan for the future development of a local area, drawn up by the local planning authority in consultation with the community. In law this is described as the development plan documents adopted under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. A local plan can consist of either strategic or non-strategic policies, or a combination of the two.

must allocate sites for new housing and employment development to meet the long-term housing needs of

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

and support the forecast new jobs in the area. The edge of Cambridge is a highly sustainable location for additional homes and jobs due to its accessibility to existing jobs, services, and public transport.

The sites allocated have been identified taking into account of a range of factors, and informed by the Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment and

A Heritage Impact Assessment is a tool used to evaluate how a proposed development may impact heritage assets.

. For the employment allocations, we were also informed by the evidence from the

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

Employment Land Review & Economic

This refers to development in its widest sense, including buildings, and streets, spaces and places. It also refers to both redevelopment, including refurbishment, as well as new development.

Evidence Base (2020) to understand the locational demand of different sectors.

The identified specific development requirements for each of the sites are necessary to ensure that the likely impacts of the development will be adequately mitigated. National planning policy and other policies in the

A plan for the future development of a local area, drawn up by the local planning authority in consultation with the community. In law this is described as the development plan documents adopted under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. A local plan can consist of either strategic or non-strategic policies, or a combination of the two.

may require further development requirements and / or contributions that are necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms.

Land north and south of Worts’ Causeway need to respond to their landscape and historic environment setting, including provision of a landscape buffer to provide an appropriate edge to the city. In addition to being a Building of Local Interest, Netherall Farm is also an established bat roost.

This refers to development in its widest sense, including buildings, and streets, spaces and places. It also refers to both redevelopment, including refurbishment, as well as new development.

proposals should ideally retain the existing bat roosts but if this is not possible they must be re-located. The adjacent Netherall Hall Farm County Wildlife Site makes an important contribution to the biodiversity of the wider site and a long-term management plan will be required to maximise this contribution. However, the plan should also look at the opportunities to achieve more gains along the corridor between Land North of Worts’ Causeway and Land South of Worts’ Causeway through the retention of a country lane appearance which should be part of any landscaping proposals.

The Bell School site is the remaining undeveloped part of the previous site allocation in the Cambridge

A plan for the future development of a local area, drawn up by the local planning authority in consultation with the community. In law this is described as the development plan documents adopted under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. A local plan can consist of either strategic or non-strategic policies, or a combination of the two.

2018. The new allocation will provide 100 student rooms that will help to meet the needs of the educational facility adjacent to the site. The Bell Educational Trust Limited has advised that they remain committed to the delivery of the 100 student bedrooms to enable provision of the full amount of accommodation needed for the site.

The Fulbourn Road East site includes criteria to ensure that development responds to its setting and the character surrounding area, in particular Cambridge’s

A statutory designation made for the purposes of checking the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas, preventing neighbouring towns from merging into each other, assisting in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment, preserving the setting and special character of historic towns and assisting in urban regeneration by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land. Specific Green Belt purposes have been set out for Cambridge.

, Fulbourn Hospital

Areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance. You can find more information on the Councils’ websites:

Cambridge: https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/conservation-areas 

South Cambridgeshire: https://www.scambs.gov.uk/planning/natural-historic-and-built-environment/historic-environment/conservation-areas/

and neighbouring properties.

We will consider all comments while developing the next version of the

A plan for the future development of a local area, drawn up by the local planning authority in consultation with the community. In law this is described as the development plan documents adopted under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. A local plan can consist of either strategic or non-strategic policies, or a combination of the two.

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All comments must be received by 30 January 2026 at 5pm.