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Second Report of the Council on the development of the Island Site at Addenbrooke's Hospital

The COUNCIL beg leave to report to the University as follows:

1. The Council reported to the University in June 1995 (Reporter, 1994-95, p. 950) on proposals for the first phase of the development of the Island Site at Addenbrooke's Hospital. This phase consisted of the construction of a building for the School of Clinical Medicine and the Medical Research Council, which was intended to provide accommodation for a number of research groups working on genetic research into human disorders. The proposals were approved by the University and by the planning authority, and the building was completed in August 1998.

2. The Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, in association with the Medical Research Council, have now put forward a proposal for the construction of a further new building on the Island Site to provide additional accommodation for medical research. The accompanying plan indicates the location of the proposed building. This building, which will abut on the recently completed Phase I building, represents Phase II of the development. It will provide accommodation for a new Centre for Cancer Research, with emphasis on translational research, drawing on the existing MRC and University research groups working in Cambridge. The work of the Centre will be directed to advances in the treatment of cancer patients, through the provision of a new interface for the translation of basic research into clinical practice; it will aim to improve early diagnosis of cancers, to improve existing cancer treatments, and to develop new ones. The proposed building will provide opportunities for close interaction between those engaged in basic and clinical research.

3. Outline planning consent for this second phase of the Island Site development was granted in August 1996; it is subject to planning agreements relating to a traffic management scheme for the whole of the Addenbrooke's Hospital site. The proposed building will offer 2,481 sq.m. of net usable space on four floors, to include laboratories, offices, meeting rooms, stores, and ancillary areas. The construction project will be managed by the MRC; the accommodation will be shared between the MRC and the University.

4. The total cost of the proposed development is estimated to be £10m, including inflation to the third quarter of 1999; running costs are currently expected to be in the region of £380,000 a year. An overall funding arrangement has been agreed whereby the MRC and the University will each pay 50 per cent of the costs of construction; the accommodation will be divided between them on that basis. The University's share will be funded by a donation of £5m from Hutchison Whampoa. The total recurrent costs of the building will be met by the University and the MRC in equal proportions. The University's share of these recurrent costs will be charged to the appropriate Head of the estimates; the Council will expect the General Board to indicate how these costs will be met, either from increased income or by a reduction in other areas of recurrent expenditure.

5. The proposed development is regarded by the General Board as a key initiative of major strategic importance, which should assist significantly in enhancing the University's standing in the field of medical research.

6. Plans and elevations of the proposed new building are displayed for the information of the University in the Schools Arcade.

7. The Council accordingly recommend:

I. That a new building for the School of Clinical Medicine and the Medical Research Council be constructed on the Island Site at Addenbrooke's Hospital, as proposed in this Report.

II. That the Director of Estate Management, on behalf of the Medical Research Council, be authorized to apply for planning consent for the proposed development.

III. That the Treasurer be authorized to enter into an agreement with the Medical Research Council under which the University will occupy 50 per cent of the building.

7 December 1998

ALEC N. BROERS, Vice-Chancellor D. E. L. JOHNSTON ONORA O'NEILL
T. S. ADKINS JOHN A. LEAKE SANDRA RABAN
MARTIN BOBROW HOLLY LINKLATER MARK RHINARD
G. R. EVANS A. M. LONSDALE M. SCHOFIELD
A. L. R. FINDLAY C. T. MORLEY JOAN M. WHITEHEAD
DAVID HARRISON

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Cambridge University Reporter, 9 December 1998
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