Planning permission has been granted for a multi-million pound, mixed-use regeneration scheme in which BSP played a key role.
The company’s engineers designed the civil, structural and transportation aspects of the major project by U+I in Lichfield, Staffordshire.
The development plans include a multi-screen cinema, a new gym, up to ten new restaurants, around 25 shops, 82 apartments, 11 townhouses and a new landscaped public area.
The scheme also features a new bus station for the city near to the railway station and 500 car parking spaces – making the development an important new hub right in the centre of the historic city.
As well as handling the core civil, structural and drainage aspects, BSP was involved extensively in the traffic and transportation designs to accommodate the new bus station, including liaison with bus operators and other key stakeholders.
Lichfield District Council recently awarded planning approval to the Friarsgate regeneration scheme, designed by Leeds-based architects Group Ginger and being developed by Development Securities (Lichfield) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of U + I Group PLC.
“This redevelopment for Lichfield is a major town centre regeneration scheme, which embraced the skills of a number of BSP engineers specialising in different areas of expertise, and we are delighted to hear that the project has been given the go-ahead,” said BSP Consulting’s managing director David Sumner.
