Planning Permission For Cambridge Children's Hospital

Planning permission has been awarded for the East of England’s first dedicated children’s hospital by Cambridge City Council’s planning committee.

Built on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, the hospital will care for children and young people from across the whole region – Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire - but also nationally and internationally, as a ‘hospital without walls’.

Meanwhile, work continues on developing the Outline Business Case, which has to be approved by NHSE/I and the Department of Health, and on the fundraising campaign which was announced earlier in 2021. 

Andrew Tollick, Senior Programme Manager for Design and Construction, Cambridge Children’s Hospital, said: “I’m delighted that we have taken another big step towards making Cambridge Children’s Hospital a reality.

"There is still a long way to go before building work can begin but planning approval for the early external designs is a rock-solid foundation. We are determined to realise our vision for ‘a whole new way’: one that integrates children’s mental and physical health services alongside world-class research to provide holistic, personalised care in a state-of-the-art facility.”

Cambridge Children’s Hospital will sit opposite the Rosie Maternity Hospital on Robinson’s Way.