This talk will give a brief history of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc development and then take four key features of the plans to answer important questions that those plans raise:

Houses: can we increase housing growth without limits?

Jobs: can we create a ‘Silicon Valley’ effect in the Ox-Cam Arc?

Environment: can we save Nature even as we sell it?

Communities: are local voices being heard?

The answer to all four questions is ‘No’. The talk will explain why. (53:10 mins)