20th
February 2003
Goodbye Pebble Mill |
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Aerial photos of Pebble Mill |
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Plans
for a technology park on the site of the BBC's Pebble Mill studios
have been unveiled by Advantage West Midlands and the owner of the
land, Calthorpe Estates. |
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The Beeb
will be leaving its home of thirty years towards the end of the year
for a state-of-the-art new set up at Birmingham's Mailbox development.
AWM's planning application includes a technology and science park,
tennis courts, sports fields and a new road from the A38 Bristol Road
to the rest of the development.
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BBC has been at Pebble Mill for 30 years |
The chief
executive of Advantage West Midlands, John Edwards, says: "We
saw the redevelopment of Pebble Mill as the flagship development for
high technology business."
Click here to see an Artist's impression of the technology and
science park
Countless
programmes have been made at the BBC's Midlands Headquarters, from
All Creatures Great and Small in the seventies, to Doctors now. It's
also the home of Midlands Today and BBC WM. The BBC's lease on the
site runs out at the end of 2004. Detailed applications will be submitted
later this year. |
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