What happens next
What happens next?
As you might expect, there’s a lot of detail involved in planning a scheme on this scale – and our team are working hard to move it forward. Below are a few of the project’s key milestones – to help you keep track of our progress.
- Select an architectural team – Autumn/Winter 2009 - DONE
- We’re required by European law to follow a set process for this
- Secure planning permission – Early 2010 - DONE
- We’ll be working closely with the Council’s planning officers to make sure everything goes smoothly
- Finalise our funding bids – Spring 2010 - DONE
- A project on this scale depends on a complex package of funding from several sources
- Demolish the old building – Spring 2010 - DONE
- We will contract for this work as soon as we get planning permission
- Construction work begins – Summer 2010 - DONE
- This involves following a complex legal process as well as site surveys and preparation work before building can start
- Open the building – Scheduled for early 2012
- We’re working hard to provide a fantastic new resource for our community and we anticipate the building to be finished by Autumn 2011 followed by a fit-out period at the end of the year.
To find out how The Beacon is progressing, Click here