Exhibit S17/1 to the sustainability evidence: transcript extract, 6 July 2026

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Exhibit S17/1 to CLAG: the sustainability evidence (23 September 2026): the two passages of CLAG’s transcript of the applicant’s public meeting of 6 July 2026 on the chimneys Filed with CLAG: the sustainability evidence, for the public register of application 26/02109/FUL. 1.

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The document is CLAG’s transcript of the public meeting held by Christ’s College at the College on Monday 6 July 2026 for local residents, chaired by the Master. The transcript was made from CLAG’s audio recording of the meeting by an automated transcription service (Rev.com) and exported on 6 July 2026. It runs from the Master’s presentation to the close of questions, with a timestamp at each change of speaker and at half minute intervals within a speech. The record CLAG prepared from it and sent to the Council on 9 July 2026 is Exhibit R3 to CLAG’s register integrity letter, filed with this exhibit. The two passages below are reproduced as the transcript has them, with the transcript’s timestamps, its punctuation and its spelling (“Christ College”; “the graft” for the Grafton design; “cooling chips”). Nothing within a passage is corrected or omitted. Each passage ends where the transcript’s next timestamp or speaker label begins. No other speaker is reproduced. CLAG invites the College to identify any inaccuracy in either passage. The sustainability evidence, section 1, item 3, relies on the sentences “It is absolutely true that if they started deep underground, they could be shorter.” and “They could start underground.”

Passage 1. The Master’s presentation. The transcript labels the presentation “Master (00:00):” at its start; this paragraph is timestamped (04:13) (04:13): Two last points about height. One is the chimneys. The chimneys are a key part of the sustainability. They are for ventilation. They need to be a certain height in order [00:04:30] to achieve that ventilating effect. It is absolutely true that if they started deep underground, they could be shorter. But as I’ve explained, we really are not interested in digging a basement. So those chimneys are there for a purpose. And they’re punctuation points in the design. They don’t lift the overall height of the project. And here we have a direct comparison [00:05:00] between our projects and the project, which Graham has already mentioned. And you see it is bigger. I’m not pretending otherwise, but there is the line of the top of the Mather and this the line of the top of the graft. So it is not hugely bigger. It’s a little bit bigger with chimneys. My last point about the [00:05:30] attractive study spaces to illustrate what Tom was talking about my last point about the height is that Christ Lane already has one large building.

Passage 2. The Master’s answer in the question session, timestamped (31:00) Master (31:00):

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[00:31:00] They are cooling chips, correct? Correct. So it refreshes the air. It needs to be that height in order to achieve that function. They could start underground. I’ve explained why it is our decision not to do that and therefore this is the height needed to achieve an essential green function. At the

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