Mission Street and BGO get go-ahead for 23-acre central Cambridge science district

Mission Street and BGO have received planning consent to deliver a 23-acre urban science district in central Cambridge, England.

Approved by Cambridge City Council’s planning committee subject to Section 106 and Conditions, the district will be just 10 minutes by bicycle from the central railway station and will be developed on a site that has been unused for decades.

The district, which is one of the largest new urban science district developments in the United Kingdom, will facilitate a variety of research and development uses, catering to companies throughout their growth journey, from start-up to large multinational, within a single location. Innovative companies that previously have been forced to relocate or fragment their businesses will have the space to scale within the ecosystem, with the advantage of being part of a major science and technology cluster in a central location.

Totaling 1 million square feet of across seven buildings, the scheme’s de