The University’s planning application to build the Centre for Cancer Immunology has been approved by Southampton City Council.
The Centre will be based at Southampton General Hospital and bring together world leading cancer scientists to expand interdisciplinary research teams, increase the number of clinical trials and develop lifesaving drugs.
The Centre will be the first of its kind in the UK and boast state-of-the-art laboratories, patient facilities and office space.
Professor Tim Elliott, Director of the Centre for Cancer Immunology, commented:
“We are delighted to receive planning permission for the new Centre. We hope to start work as soon as possible. We will be working with the hospital to ensure there is minimal disruption to patients, visitors and staff on the hospital site and hope to have the building completed in 2017.”
The new Centre will be built opposite the hospital’s main entrance, next to the Somers Building, replacing the disabled car parking spaces. These spaces are being relocated throughout the hospital site at access points including the main entrance, the eye unit, the neurological centre, the west wing entrance and Taplins nursery. Additional standard parking spaces, sufficient to cover the spaces taken over by the disabled spaces, will be made available in the new multi-storey car park, in Coxford Road.
You can read the full press release on the University website.
Plus there is a full planning Q&A on the Cancer for Immunology webpages.