A new community at Cambridge South
Welcome to our consultation website for Cambridge South
Pigeon and Lands Improvement are bringing forward emerging proposals for Cambridge South, a new mixed-use community located to the south of Cambridge.
The proposals remain at an early stage, and no planning application has been submitted. This first stage of consultation provides an opportunity to share our emerging vision, listen to local views and gather feedback that will help shape the proposals as they evolve.
Our ambition is to create a well-connected, sustainable place that responds to local needs and opportunities, helping more people live close to jobs, services and green space.
We are keen to hear from residents, community groups, businesses and stakeholders throughout the consultation.
About the site
The Cambridge South site extends to approximately 169 hectares and is bounded by the M11 to the west, the Cambridge railway line to the south, Great Shelford to the east and Trumpington to the north. Located within walking distance of Shelford and Cambridge South stations, the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) and the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, the site is well placed to support sustainable travel and provide easy access to jobs, services and everyday opportunities.
Today, the site is privately owned agricultural land, with public access currently limited to a small number of permissive paths. The proposals provide an opportunity to open up significant areas of land for recreation, nature recovery and public enjoyment, whilst creating a well-connected new neighbourhood.
Our emerging vision
Around 4,000 new homes, including 50% affordable housing
Homes for Cambridge Biomedical Campus key workers
A new riverside park along the River Cam
Direct access to Cambridge South station and the Guided Busway
New walking and cycling connections
A 20-minute neighbourhood, with schools, healthcare, shops and community facilities
Our vision is still evolving and we welcome your ideas and feedback to help shape the proposals.
Our proposed design, as viewed from Old Brompton Road to the East
Contextual Design
The design responds carefully to its context:
- Building height steps down to respect neighbouring properties
- The street frontage will be reinstated to improve enclosure and local views
- The top floor and roofline will be set back to protect existing views
- Modern office accomodation with cycle storage, showers, and lockers
Our proposed design, as viewed from Old Brompton Road to the West
Our Sustainability Commitment
The redevelopment will deliver a low-carbon, high-performance building by:
- Reusing the existing basement to cut down on the carbon impact of construction
- Aiming for a building that uses little to no carbon in all feasible elements of its day to day operation
- Providing green roofs and seasonal planting
- Meeting the highest certifiable development sustainability standards
- Ensuring office space receives ample levels of daylight / sunlight throughout
Meet the project team
The site is being promoted by Land Improvement and Pigeon, working alongside a multidisciplinary team of planning, design, transport, environmental and engagement specialists.
Lands Improvement
LI is a strategic land and development company with extensive experience in promoting and delivering sustainable new communities across the UK. LI works closely with landowners, local authorities and development partners to bring forward well-planned places that respond to local needs and support long-term growth.
Pigeon
Pigeon is one of the UK’s leading land promotion and property development businesses. Headquartered in Bury St Edmunds, the company specialises in delivering large-scale, sustainable developments in partnership with local communities and stakeholders.
The opportunity for Cambridge
Cambridge is one of the world’s leading centres for life sciences, healthcare and innovation, with the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) at the heart of its success.
The scale of the challenge:
- The CBC’s own analysis indicates that c.11,000 members of its current workforce require some form of affordable housing
- This need is expected to increase significantly as the Campus grows
- Many people currently face long and expensive commutes or struggle to find suitable housing close to where they work.
- Cambridge University Hospital estimates that only half of its staff live in Cambridge or its fringes
The Campus currently employs around 22,000 people and generates an estimated £4.2 billion each year for the UK economy. The CBC is expected to continue growing over the coming decades, creating thousands of additional jobs.
Located within the CBC’s recognised catchment area, Cambridge South has the potential to deliver much-needed new homes within walking and cycling distance of growing major employers.
Exhibition Boards
Have your say
Help shape the proposals for Cambridge South
The proposals for Cambridge South are at an early stage – we are sharing our emerging vision now so that local residents, businesses, community groups and stakeholders have the opportunity to influence the plans as they are developed.
Your feedback will help us understand local priorities, identify opportunities and challenges, and shape the emerging masterplan.
Join us at our upcoming events
We are hosting two public exhibitions where you can find out more about the emerging proposals and share your feedback. These will be held on:
Monday 5 October
from 3pm to 7pm
Saturday 10 October
from 10am to 2pm
Members of the project team will be available to answer questions, listen to your ideas and discuss how these could help shape the emerging vision for Cambridge South.
If you are unable to attend the exhibitions, the consultation materials will be available to view on this website from Monday 5th October, where you will also be able to submit feedback online. We would be grateful if you could provide your feedback by 1st November 2026.
Review the consultation materials
To view the consultation materials presented at our public exhibition events, please click the button below:
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Complete our survey
Once you have reviewed the consultation materials, we would appreciate you taking the time to complete our online survey.
The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete and will help us understand what matters most to local people.
You do not need to answer every question – we encourage you to focus on the issues and ideas that are most important to you.
What happens next?
Once the consultation has closed, we will review all feedback received and use it to help inform the next stage of the masterplan.
We will publish a consultation report summarising the feedback received and explaining how comments have influenced the development of the proposals.