Developer St. Mowden has submitted plans for a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital on a brownfield site at the southern gateway to West Longbridge Business Park
A planning application has been submitted to Birmingham City Council for the new veterinary hospital.
Creating up to 150 highly skilled jobs, the veterinary hospital will feature research, treatment, diagnostic, laboratory and administrative space and will have the latest medical equipment including CT and MRI scanners.
Planning permission for the veterinary hospital is being sought by St. Modwen on behalf of IVC Evidensia.
The proposal will also see the regeneration of a 3-acre site that acts as a gateway for the wider West Longbridge Business Park.
‘A real beacon of veterinary excellence’
Elliot Sellars, development director for strategic land & regeneration at St. Modwen, said: “This is a key first element of West Longbridge and will become a real centrepiece for that part of the town.
“It also has the potential to be a real beacon of veterinary excellence in medicine and treatment.
“Its state-of-the-art design and facilities will be a major draw in the veterinary sector and provide new jobs and opportunities for local people.
“We’re continuing discussions with other occupiers as we look to deliver more jobs in Longbridge and establish a high-quality business park.
“Having a new kind of facility like this will help to truly put Longbridge on the map. We believe it will be a great asset and boost for the local community and economy, building on the progress and ongoing investment we have already delivered here.”
John Turkington, head of referrals UK & Ireland at IVC Evidensia, added: “Our new hospital will be one of the leading veterinary facilities in the UK.
“It will have some of the finest 24/7 facilities and embrace the latest technology to deliver the best diagnoses and treatments possible.
“Many of our referral centres are established leaders in their field and our new state-of-the-art hospital in Birmingham which will be staffed with experienced, high-calibre teams, has been designed to enable the best outcomes through working collaboratively in a sustainable rewarding working environment that produces the excellence in client and patient care which we have become known for.”
Subject to planning approval, construction will start on the building in 2022 with the first animals treated at the facility in 2023.
