Old BBC site awaits planning permission for offices
In London a site previously home to BBC television is awaiting the go-ahead for a conversion project which will see the premises renovated into offices and meeting rooms. The Imperial College has recently submitted their proposal to council chiefs and awaits approval.
The development would create a new university campus and the plans outline the proposed construction of a four star hotel, a range of offices and meeting room facilities as well as research facilities for biomedical science which would be situated on the 14 acre site. On what was once called White City Television Centre a range of residential buildings have already been built to accommodate 600 students. Additional space has been created to house trainee doctors and lecturers and their families. This first stage called Imperial West is due to finish in August.
If planning permission is granted then the research unit and another 220 flats will be constructed. If Hammersmith and Fulham Council give the thumbs up for the project it is hoped that the areas will develop into a specialist centre for medical and science education attracting both staff and students.
Imperial West project director, John Anderson commented:
“Imperial West will enable the College to expand upon its success of its South Kensington site to create a second, open access academic campus that provides the physical infrastructure for world-class research and teaching, leading-edge facilities for business development and technology transfer, and create an attractive environment to live and work in. Imperial West will provide real and lasting benefits for the capital, helping to grow the London economy, and has the capacity to generate and sustain over 3,000 jobs.”
