Cambridge Science Park held an exhibition about its significant redevelopment plans for the next 30 years on Thursday afternoon (18/09).

The proposals include “creating additional space for future growth, alongside a bold new ‘Park of Science’ with interactive scientific art and outdoor learning spaces.”

While the plans are for 30 years, Trinity College intends to invest over five decades in three phases: “refreshing” existing infrastructure; “creating” the Park of Science; and “building” net-zero workspaces while replacing outdated buildings.

The Park is seeking community input on the planning application, which will be submitted in early 2026.

Another exhibition is scheduled for Saturday 20th September from 10am-2pm in Waterside Suite, The Trinity Centre, Cambridge Science Park. Feedback can be provided on the project’s website until 10th October.

Founded by Trinity College in 1970, the 150-acre site houses more than 100 science and technology companies and employs over 7,000 staff.

According to the organisers, the major redevelopment will “attract businesses, create jobs, provide new spaces and facilities and generate a whole host of exciting opportunities for the people of Cambridge”.

The proposals come amid government plans to turn Cambridge and Oxford into “Europe’s Silicon Valley”, which Chancellor Rachel Reeves claims will add £78 billion to the UK economy.

The site has already added 380,000 sq ft of floorspace since 2017, but these proposals intend to make future expansion more organised.

This is not the first proposal to expand the site. In 2021, the Park published its “vision for 2050,” which included creating Cambridge Science Park North on the other side of the A14.

Some worry that the community will not be as involved in developing the proposals as the organisers claim. Local historian Cambridge Town Owl asked of students: “Can they persuade Trinity College’s finance committee to do more than the bare minimum for the residents of Arbury and King’s Hedges in one of the most unequal cities in the country?”

The organisers claim that the development will benefit residents: “We want to open the Park to everyone.

“It will be a place where families want to spend time at weekends, where schools bring pupils to learn and explore, where students can find space to connect, study, and be inspired, and where innovators ask their companies to relocate,” they continued.