Plans for cancer treatment centre at former BBC site approved
Plans to create a world-class medical facility at Pebble Mill within Edgbaston Medical Quarter have moved on after plans submitted by Calthorpe Estates were accepted by Birmingham City Council.
The approved plans outlined a proposal for Building 4 at the former BBC Pebble Mill site, including occupier requirements for a cancer treatment operator and oral theatre suite.
Pebble Mill is already home to Birmingham Dental Hospital & School of Dentistry and a 62-bedroom Bupa care home, with a new Circle Health private hospital scheduled to open early next year.
The new medical facility will see the construction of a 114,000 sq ft building over five storeys, which will include four floors for medical use.
Ralph Minott, development director for Calthorpe Estates, said: “This is a significant step for Edgbaston Medical Quarter as we aim to realise our ambitions of introducing more truly world-class facilities to the area.
“For over five years, we have held an ambition to find the right home for a leading operator to support cancer incidence, treatment and survival. With over 360,000 new cases of cancer in the UK each year, we believe Building 4 will offer the flexibility needed to accommodate and realise this ambition.
“The approved plans include three storeys devoted to cancer treatment and will allow the provision of some of the most technologically advanced and complete treatment offerings for cancer patients in Europe, in the greater Birmingham area. This will include state of the art imaging, one of the first MRLinacs in the UK, theranostics and clinical trials.”
The application follows a recent multi-million pound partnership and investment project, which saw the Environmental Agency, Calthorpe Estates and the River Rea Partnership work together to deliver flood mitigation to the Selly Oak North Catchment. As a result of the Flood Alleviation Scheme, the flood risk of over 170 homes and businesses has been mitigated.
