Building briefs: New superstore for Filey and more

PLANS for a new supermarket in Filey that will bring 180 jobs to the area has been given the go-ahead.

The Leeds office of national independent town planning consultants DPP has won planning permission to build a Tesco store on Station Avenue. 

With a gross floor space of 21,5278 sq ft the new development will include 133 customer car parking spaces and an additional 100 parking spaces for public use.

DPP has said that a number of sustainable design features to promote energy efficiency will be incorporated into the build.

Chris Darley, associate partner at DPP, said: “The store will include a combined heat and power plant, timber cladding system, roof ventilators and roof lights. These measures will increase the energy efficiency of the store and minimise any impact on the environment.

“The store will also assist in clawing back expenditure currently lost to locations outside Filey, resulting in more sustainable shopping patterns as local residents will be travelling much shorter distances to undertake their food shopping.  This will also have the knock on effect of increasing footfall in the town centre through associated linked trips.”

Work is expected to start early next year.

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YORK-based Shepherd Construction has been appointed to build a new £66m college in Birmingham.

The 250,000 sq ft Bournville College in Longbridge will span six storeys and offer learning facilities for 15,000 students. The building is the first phase of a £100m town centre proposed for Longbridge, part of a £1b regeneration project.

Shepherd Construction will start the 88-week build programme at the end of next year in order for the college to receive its first intake of students in September 2011.

Richard Fielding, Shepherd’s Birmingham-based construction director, said: “We are delighted to have this opportunity to deliver a first class learning facility for Birmingham. 

“Bournville College is an exciting project which will breathe new life into this area of Birmingham and we’re committed to working with everyone involved.”