Gove approves major Cambridge North mixed-use scheme

Housing and levelling up secretary Michael Gove has overruled local planners to give the go-ahead to build 425 flats along with five commercial buildings near Cambridge North station.
The decision to call in the scheme followed South Cambridgeshire District Council’s rejection of Chesterton Partnership’s plan for the mixed-use development on the 17-hectare former railway sidings site.
The development partnership, involving Network Rail, DB Cargo and Brookgate, used architects Acme an