The Cambridge Civic Quarter project is a once-in-a-century opportunity to reimagine the area around the Guildhall, Corn Exchange and Market Square.
Cabinet, September 2025
Meeting webpage: Cabinet meeting on 25 September 2025
- Appendix 1: Corn Exchange and Guildhall Business Plan [PDF, 0.5MB]
- Appendix 2: Business case for securing the future of Cambridge City Market [PDF, 1.5MB]
- Appendix 4: Cambridge Civic Quarter Phase 3 Engagement Report, August 2025 [PDF, 9MB]
- Appendix 5: Planning Executive Summary [PDF, 9.5MB]
- Appendix 6: Draft Guildhall Design and Access Statement
- Appendix 7: Draft Market Design and Access Statement [PDF, 19.5MB]
- Appendix 8: Draft Corn Exchange Design and Access Statement
- Appendix 9: Corn Exchange options for continuity of service [PDF, 4MB]
- Appendix 10: Equalities Impact Assessments
- Appendix 11: Climate Change Assessments
- Appendix 12: Community Wealth Building [PDF, 0.2MB]
Performance, Assets and Strategy Overview and Scrutiny Committee, September 2025
Meeting webpage: Performance, Assets and Strategy Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 9 September 2025
Appendices
- Appendix 4: Cambridge Civic Quarter Phase 3 Engagement Report, August 2025 [PDF, 9MB]
- Appendix 5: Planning Executive Summary [PDF, 9.5MB]
- Appendix 6: Draft Guildhall Design and Access Statement
- Appendix 7: Draft Market Design and Access Statement [PDF, 19.5MB]
- Appendix 8: Draft Corn Exchange Design and Access Statement
- Appendix 9: Corn Exchange options for continuity of service [PDF, 4MB]
- Appendix 10: Equalities Impact Assessments
- Appendix 11: Climate Change Assessments
- Appendix 12: Community Wealth Building [PDF, 0.2MB]
Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee, November 2024
We published a report which sets out the concept design proposals for the Corn Exchange, Guildhall, Market Square and surrounding public spaces in advance of the Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee on 21 November 2024.
The proposals were discussed by councillors at the public meeting before a decision was made about whether to take these proposals forward.
Report and appendices
- Civic Quarter project update report
- Appendix 1 - Design report executive summary
- Appendix 2:
- Stage 2 design report (part 1)
- Stage 2 design report (part 2)
- Stage 2 design report (part 3)
- Stage 2 design report (part 4)
- Stage 2 design report (part 5)
- Stage 2 design report (part 6)
- Stage 2 design report (part 7)
- Stage 2 design report (part 8)
- Schedule 1 - Architectural drawings proposed (part 1)
- Schedule 1 - Architectural drawings proposed (part 2)
- Schedule 2 - Architectural drawings superseded options
- Schedule 3 - Historic drawings
- Schedule 5 - MEP and sustainability
- Schedule 6 - LDA design landscape architect
- Schedule 7 - Structural and civil engineering
- Schedule 8 - Transport consultant
- Schedule 9 - Planning consultant
- Schedule 10 - Heritage consultant
- Schedule 11 - Fire strategy
- Schedule 12 - Theatre consultant
- Schedule 13 - ECF engagement consultant
- Schedule 14 - Principal designer
- Appendix 4 - Calford Seaden procurement strategy report
- Appendix 5 - Public engagement report
- Appendix 6 - Equalities Impact Assessment
- Appendix 7 - Climate change rating
- Appendix 8 - Community Wealth Building assessment
