How This Process Works
We’re moving at startup speed to deliver this by the end of the current Parliamentary term. Here’s how:
Phase 1: Feasibility
DoneWhat Happened:
We proved the idea can actually be built. Our feasibility study, We Can Build A City, set out the numbers and the case for a city of up to a million people east of Cambridge—water, transport, land, funding, and nature all addressed head-on rather than left as someone else’s problem.
The Result:
No existential blockers—just a serious, rigorous plan. You can read the full study yourself.
Phase 2: Detailed Masterplanning
In Progress ← We Are HereWhat’s Happening:
We’re turning the feasibility study into a detailed masterplan: comprehensive analysis of environment, land assembly, utilities and transport, and the high-level Spatial Development Strategy that begins the Government’s Strategic Planning process. This is privately funded—if the project never gets approved, investors lose their money, not the taxpayer.
Community Engagement:
This is where residents, landowners and councils become genuine partners. Unlike conventional developers, city-scale development unlocks exponentially more value than piecemeal town extensions—so we can be generous and plan around what people actually need.
Your Role:
Sign up for updates and add your name in support. Every signature helps show Britain is ready for this.
Phase 3: Pass The Bill
What Happens:
The scheme is examined publicly through the Strategic Planning process, and Parliament approves a government-owned Development Corporation with the powers to deliver at scale—the same model that built Canary Wharf and the 2012 Olympics.
Why This Model:
A body with a Parliamentary mandate can move at the speed Britain needs. No more death by a thousand planning battles—clear authority, clear accountability, clear delivery.
Phase 4: Construction
What Happens:
Infrastructure comes first—the nature reserve, a reservoir, rail links, stations and a hospital—before the homes. Then construction of homes and offices begins, using modular methods and the world’s best architects and urban planners to build something genuinely beautiful. Building the city to its full potential will take around 30 years.
What Makes This Different
Speed
We're operating like a startup, not a bureaucracy. Every delay is a year another generation pays extortionate rents.
Scale
Cities work where towns don't. The agglomeration effects, the infrastructure efficiency, the economic gravity—you need critical mass to make transformation possible.
Partnership
We're talking to everyone—landowners who'll get fair compensation, local councils who'll see investment and job creation, residents who'll benefit from infrastructure upgrades, and businesses who'll finally have room to grow.
Transparency
Follow our progress here. This is your city. You deserve to see how it's being built.
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