Enabling the University to plan ahead and to provide the environment and facilities to attract world-class researchers, the masterplan includes 3,000 homes with 50% key-worker housing for University and College staff; 2,000 bed spaces for post-graduate students; 100,000 square metres of research facilities; and a local centre with public amenities.
Including an urban sustainable environment, the first phase of the development will focus on the local centre and residential provision, which includes 530 homes for qualifying university and college staff, 400 homes for sale through residential developers, and accommodation for 300 post-graduate students.
The amenities of the scheme includes a supermarket, retail units, a primary school, nursery, doctors’ surgery, hotel and police touchdown office, as well as open green space for formal and informal recreation.
The first phase of construction broke ground on 20 June 2013 with the first buildings in Phase one to be completed in late 2015.
