Planning Success: Farnborough Mixed Use Scheme

Lyons+Sleeman+Hoare’s mixed-use scheme for Key Property Investments, a joint venture between St Modwen PLC and Salhia Real Estate Co., was unanimously approved by Rushmoor Borough Council’s planning committee last night (26th April 2018), a milestone which will enable further regeneration progress in Farnborough’s town centre.

This Residential, Retail and Leisure building is the latest in a string of developments by St Modwen/ KPI in the town centre, and is an important part of the masterplan for the area, linking together key parts of the retail core at The Meads, Kingsmead and Queensmead. Comprising 68 apartments, with 40,000 sq.ft of retail and 26,000 sq.ft of leisure uses, the new development will also include private amenity space, car and cycle parking, and provide a new link to rooftop parking in the adjoining part of the town centre regeneration scheme, together with a new entrance into The Meads Shopping Centre.

The design follows a series of completed buildings for St Modwen/ KPI in Farnborough town centre designed by Lyons+Sleeman+Hoare, including the development of a Sainsbury’s superstore, new apartments, hotel, new retail and restaurants, a Vue multiplex cinema, and refurbishment of The Meads Shopping Centre. Nearby, L+S+H also completed an extension to Prince’s Mead Shopping Centre for Knight Frank Investors.