{"id":26154,"date":"2016-08-11T12:01:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T12:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planningandbuildingcontroltoday.co.uk\/?p=25359"},"modified":"2016-11-23T12:52:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T12:52:43","slug":"planning-permission-granted-1420-acre-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/planning-permission-granted-1420-acre-development\/26154\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning permission granted for 1,420 acre development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Planning permission has been granted for a new training facility aimed at the manufacturing, engineering, and technology sectors<\/h2>\n

Bond Bryan\u2019s<\/span><\/a> submission for planning permission to build iMET (innovation manufacturing engineering technology) has been accepted.<\/p>\n

The facility, which will provide vocational training in manufacturing, engineering, and technology, will be constructed in Aclonbury Weald\u2014a 1,420 acre development.<\/p>\n

The centre will comprise of a two-storey building with double-height workshops, smaller scale delivery rooms, and specialist laboratories.<\/p>\n

Richard Baggaley, iMET\u2019s Project Manager, said: \u201cThis planning permission is the culmination of months of work to see the iMET concept made reality.<\/p>\n

\u201ciMET will be a dynamic and flexible environment delivering a range of courses to meet the evolving needs of the local economy where traditional training provision is not able to cope.\u201d<\/p>\n

The site will also be used to build 5,000 new homes, three primary schools, a secondary school, and 700 acres of green space. It is estimated some 8,000 new jobs could be created due to the development over the next two decades.<\/p>\n

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Zubin Masters, Associate Director of Bond Bryan Architects, said: \u201cUsing our experience of creating environments for Education and Advanced Manufacturing Bond Bryan were able to support Huntingdonshire Regional College and its partners to develop a brief and an elegant design solution for this unique facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe designs for iMET are a result of a genuine collaborative effort between the design team, the client, Urban & Civic, the master developers, and the contractor, Willmott Dixon\u201d.<\/p>\n

Funding for the scheme was secured by the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) via its Growth Deal, with \u00a310.5m going into the project.<\/p>\n

The project will be a case study for the use of BIM and government Soft Landings. The project process will be provided for those training within iMET as well as the wider construction industry.<\/p>\n

Work is expected to start on the project this month, with the doors opening to students by September 2017.<\/p>\n