Major University housing development could be ‘unsafe’
Plans for a major new development site in north-west Cambridge could be unsafe and unprofitable, according to University academics.
The North West Cambridge Project seeks the largest expansion in the University of Cambridge’s history, with a 140ha site on the land bordered by Huntingdon and Madingley road identified for university accommodation. The site will contain up to 3,000 homes. The University hopes to receive planning consent by 2011 and begin work a year later.
In a recent Senate House debate, however, these plans were strongly criticised by members of the Cambridge academic community …