The press coverage so far

In the Media

• BBC News · 31 October 2025Cambridge college library ‘slowly falling down’Roger Hepher of CLAG calls the design ‘unnecessarily tall, bland and uninviting’ and significantly more massive than the previously approved scheme.
• Varsity · 13 August 2025Local group objects to ‘bulky’ new Christ’s libraryCLAG launches its objection, citing Historic England’s finding of harm from the building’s excessive bulk.
• Varsity · 14 September 2025News in Brief: Christ’s ‘canyon’CLAG says the design is ‘too large’ and could turn Christ’s Lane into a ‘canyon.’
• Varsity · 4 November 2025New Christ’s library approvedCouncillors approve the scheme; CLAG responds: ‘This isn’t the end … the planning process may be broken, but our resolve is not.’
• The CriticShould new buildings make Cambridge better or worse?Nicholas Boys Smith of Create Streets argues the scheme is overscaled and would harm the historic setting.
• Capturing Cambridge · Museum of Cambridge · 2025Christ’s Lane CampaignThe Museum of Cambridge’s record of the scheme and the campaign against it, including CLAG.
• Create Streets · October 2025Christ’s College Library: critical review and alternative design proposalIndependent review setting out a viable, lower-bulk alternative design (PDF).
• Cambridgeshire Live · 2025College accused of a ‘four-storey mega-development’Objectors say the scheme is an oversized ‘mega-development’ that narrows Christ’s Lane.
• Cambridge Independent · 2025Plans to demolish and rebuild a 1970s library as a four-storey ‘mega-development’Objectors warn of lasting harm from the building’s scale and bulk.
• Cambridge Independent · 2025Concern over plans to narrow Christ’s Lane for two yearsConcern over the years of disruption and the narrowing of Christ’s Lane during construction.