Overview
Redevelopment of the former BBC Pebble Mill Studio site into a flourishing medical community, now known as Pebble Mill Medi Park. We have been instrumental in steering the scheme to its current multi-faceted implementation stage, through early visioning, several outline permissions and multiple reserved matters and detailed planning applications.
Project Highlights
Clients
Advantage West Midlands
Rover Task Force / Birmingham City Council
Calthorpe Estates
Pebble Mill Investments Limited
Date
2001 - Present
Scale
3 hospitals and specialist care home, ancillary student accommodation, formal sports provision, retail units, and on and off-site flood attenuation scheme.
This is a real success story that shows how partners from different sectors can together deliver value-for-money infrastructure projects that meet the needs and expectations of public and practitioners.
Tracy Taylor, Chief Executive, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust
The Project
Pebble Mill is an internationally renowned medical hub in the heart of Edgbaston which has evolved into a technology hub under the West Midland A38 Technology Corridor initiative. Owned by Calthorpe Estates, the site has transitioned from the BBC's pioneering television studios, into the heart of a medical quarter. The Medi Park's establishment as a healthcare and life sciences hub greatly assisted with the localities’ designation in 2013 as an internationally recognized Medical Quarter. It now hosts over 250 medical organizations, hospitals, clinics, GP practices, training facilities and is a driver for Birmingham's healthcare economy.
The Process
We initially secured the outline planning permission for a transformative Medical Park at the former BBC Studios site in 2003, including enhanced sporting facilities for community use. The first phase of development included detailed planning permission for an Olympic quality hockey facility for King Edward’s School and the community, alongside advanced infrastructure development including a sustainable urban drainage system and the site's main arterial road.
Our work has subsequently delivered planning permissions for a Bupa extra care dementia facility, the Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry and the award winning CircleHealth Hospital, England’s largest bespoke rehabilitation hospital. Architecturally rich buildings and public realm combine to create a high quality and contemporary medical campus, which has significantly improved healthcare in the region. We continue to guide the development, providing planning strategy advice, negotiating the remaining planning applications and assisting through all stages of implementation.