Phase one will establish high-quality, affordable housing in a thriving community to ensure that Cambridge offers the very best environment for staff and students.

探花直播North West Cambridge development is a major part of the 探花直播鈥檚 long-term future.

Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Affairs, Professor Jeremy Sanders

探花直播governing body of the 探花直播 of Cambridge, the Regent House, has given formal approval for the commencement of the first phase of the North West Cambridge development.

Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Affairs, Professor Jeremy Sanders, welcomed the decision. 鈥 探花直播North West Cambridge development is a major part of the 探花直播鈥檚 long-term future. It will provide much of the residential and research accommodation that the 探花直播 needs as it grows over the next 20 year,鈥 he said.

鈥淎ttracting world-class academics, researchers and research partners is vital if the 探花直播 is to retain its world-class position. Being able to provide high-quality, affordable housing in a thriving community will be an important element of our attraction to staff and students, and phase one of the development focuses on this immediate need.

鈥 探花直播endorsement of the 探花直播鈥檚 Regent House illustrates the positive commitment that members from across the 探花直播 and Colleges have towards the continuing success of Cambridge and the wider city region,鈥 Professor Sanders added.

In August 2012, the three local authorities involved resolved to grant outline planning permission for a mixed-use development on the 150-hectare site of 探花直播-owned farmland in the north west of the city, subject to the signing of a Section 106 legal agreement, planning conditions and reserved matters approvals.

Phase one of the development will include approximately 530 homes for qualifying 探花直播 and College staff, 450 homes for sale through residential developers, accommodation for 300 students, a local centre with community facilities, and much of the site infrastructure, which will enhance connections to and within the local area. 探花直播development also includes substantial landscaping with more than a third of the overall site dedicated to formal and informal green space.

Phase one is estimated to cost 拢281 million, with the scheme in its entirety costing 拢1 billion.

Roger Taylor, Project Director of the North West Cambridge Development, said: 鈥淣orth West Cambridge is the largest development in the country to be built to the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5 and BREEAM Excellent for other uses. 探花直播ambition to create a low-carbon community incorporates a green travel plan and energy and utilities systems. 探花直播development will be an exemplar of sustainable living.鈥

Subject to the approval by the local planning authorities, work on infrastructure will start later in 2013, and the first buildings will be completed in late 2015.

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