The South Cambridgeshire District Council has sought a development partner to collaborate on preparing and implementing a business plan for the Northstowe Employment Zone and Local Centre project, taking responsibility for delivering the proposed scheme.

Northstowe is a new, eco-friendly town being developed on the edge of Northstowe, set to include up to 10,000 homes, making it the largest new town project in the UK since Milton Keynes in 1967. With an expected population of 25,000, it will be Cambridgeshire’s second-largest town, following St. Neots. 

The strategic objectives for the Northstowe Employment Zone are to:

• Create a hub that fosters talent, innovation, and entrepreneurial activity.
• Establish a net-zero, sustainable business community.
• Develop transitional spaces with amenities to enhance placemaking, activity, and vibrancy in the Employment Zone and surrounding Northstowe area, while complementing, not competing with, the planned Northstowe Town Centre.
• Provide high-quality business spaces within a connected, sustainable environment, maintaining flexibility regarding the specific uses or types of businesses that can establish themselves there.
• Maximizing the zone’s potential to draw investment, occupier interest, and development, with swift mobilization of investment.
• Building a lasting legacy in the Employment Zone, where outcomes and initiatives can be tracked and evaluated.
• Developing a cohesive and detailed master plan to guide the long-term realization of the Employment Zone.

Businesses interested in establishing a presence in Northstowe can submit an expression of interest form to stay informed and engaged with the development process. The engagement deadline for submitting expressions of interest for the Northstowe Employment Zone and Local Centre project is October 3, 2025. Interested parties should send their submissions to Carter Jonas at Callum.Middleton@carterjonas.co.uk and William.Rooke@carterjonas.co.uk by this date. For additional details about this tender, please visit our Business Opportunity page here.