Dispute over university homes site – Cambridge
University and council chiefs are at loggerheads over plans to segregate town from gown on a prime new city development.
Cambridge is looking to create a “university quarter” at its North West Cambridge site, which will include 3,000 homes – half for academic staff and students, and half to go on the open market.
The university wants to have its accommodation separate from the other housing to create an academic community on the site, as it looks to capture the “collegiate atmosphere” on the new development …