CBC Design and Access Statement - Papworth Hospital

The Expansion of Cambridge Biomedical CampusDesign and Access Statement1 INTRODUCTION1.1 Section 42 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004requires applications for planning permission to beaccompanied by a design statement or an access statement orboth. Changes to the General Development Procedure Orderrequires the submission of Design and Access Statements toaccompany applications for planning permission from 10.8.06.This document, the Design and Access Statement, sets out thedesign process involved from the conception through to thesubmitted development proposal for Cambridge BiomedicalCampus (CBC). It illustrates, explains and justifies the principalcomponents of the application and refers to other documentssubmitted with the planning application to further illustrate andelaborate on the contextual aspects of the proposals, and thethinking and consultation process behind the designconsiderations which have led to the submission. Thedocuments which are of most relevance to the Design andAccess Statement are the Design Statement and the PlanningStatement.1.2 This application is for the expansion of CBC. Currently thecampus is centred on Addenbrooke's Hospital which shares thesite with other major teaching and research institutions such asDepartments of the University of Cambridge, and the MedicalResearch Council (MRC).1.3 The co-location of activities on the campus has helpedclinicians and researchers to develop innovative approaches todiagnosis and treatment for patients which are of national andinternational importance.1.4 The existing site has limited capacity and so to allow for thegrowth in terms of population as well as the expected advancesin clinical and biomedical research an extension to CBC isproposed.1.5 The proposals have been developed over a considerable timeperiod but the idea was originally brought to the public arenathrough the publication of "2020 Vision at Addenbrooke's" in1999. The vision is that by continuing and extending theopportunities for synergy between clinicians and researchers,the CBC will not only serve the growing community needs, butwill also become a world leading campus for healthcareprovision and research and attract the foremost organisations interms of innovative biomedical and biotechnological research tothe campus.1.6 The proposal is supported by development policy. Therequirements of the stakeholders and discussions with localauthority officers and members as well as the public haveinfluenced the evolution of this scheme. The proposal for whichplanning permission is now sought has emerged as a result ofthat consultation process, as well as the consideration of theenvironmental impacts of the emerging scheme. As part of theEnvironmental Impact Assessment, discussions have beenundertaken with consultees, and where possible mitigation toovercome potential negative impacts have also been fed intothe process, further influencing the design proposals.1.7 The CBC proposals are a comprehensive response to:• the policies set out in the development plan, and• the principles set out in the Southern Fringe AreaDevelopment Framework (ADF).1.8 The Parameter Plans and Parameter Plan Statements whichform part of the Application are included in this document whichaims to set the background to the Application in terms of:i) context, assessing the site's immediate and wider context interms of physical, social and economic characteristics andrelevant planning policies in relation to design and access,ii) an evaluation based on the information collected identifyingopportunities and constraints and formulating design andaccess principles based on that information.iii) developing design and access proposals using theassessment and evaluation information, andiv) identifying the consultation that has been undertaken on theproposal and the matters which have been taken intoaccount. Consideration of how these matters have informedthe proposal and helped them evolve into a genuinelyinclusive proposal.1.9 The Statement explains the relationship of the submittedApplication documents to each other. It also goes on to list therequirements of the planning application, and these are eitherreferenced to another documents or appended to thisStatement.1