Government promises to meet Tory manifesto pledge to build 1m homes as housebuilders say plan has ‘nowhere near scale of ambition we need’
In his speech Michael Gove said he was appointing Peter Freeman, chair of Homes England, to lead a “Cambridge delivery group” to explore how housing in the city can be expanded.
He said Cambridge’s prospects as a leading global research centre were being held back by the shortage of laboratory space. And he said the shortage of housing was making it harder for firms to recruit staff.
Imagine a major new quarter for the city, built in a way that is in keeping with the beauty of the historic centre, shaped by the principles of high quality design, urban beauty and human scale – streetscapes emulating the scale and quality of neighbourhoods, such as Clifton in Bristol or Marylebone in London, with a high proportion of affordable homes, and other properties set aside for key workers and young academics. Then connect that new quarter to the rest of the city with a sustainable transport network that sees current congestion becoming a thing of the past.
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