{"id":34177,"date":"2026-02-05T02:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/1bn-london-cancer-hub-expansion-gets-green-light\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T02:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:16:10","slug":"1bn-london-cancer-hub-expansion-gets-green-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/1bn-london-cancer-hub-expansion-gets-green-light\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a31bn London Cancer Hub expansion gets green light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Aviva Capital Partners and developer Socius have secured planning for a \u00a31bn cancer research and treatment campus in Sutton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"739\">Plans include major buildings for global pharma firms, manufacturing space, wet labs, and collaborative offices. A \u2018Learning Lab\u2019, caf\u00e9s, creche and 220 affordable flats for key workers are also included.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-at-07.57.43.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-497404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-at-07.57.43.png\" alt=\"-\" width=\"1882\" height=\"1178\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1800\" data-end=\"2019\">Construction is expected to follow as the project moves into delivery, with the scheme positioned as nationally significant science infrastructure aligned with government ambitions to grow the UK\u2019s life sciences sector.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1800\" data-end=\"2019\">Erith is understood to be on board as enabling works contractor for the phased project<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"971\">Buildings will be set around landscaped public space with new pedestrian and cycle routes. The design aims to drive collaboration across industry, academia and healthcare, with all buildings targeting net-zero carbon in operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"971\">The professional team includes Gensler (architect), Arup (engineer) and Gardiner &amp; Theobald (PM\/QS).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1427\">\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/02\/05\/1bn-london-cancer-hub-expansion-gets-green-light\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Aviva Capital Partners and developer Socius have secured planning for a \u00a31bn cancer research and treatment campus in Sutton. &#8230; <a title=\"\u00a31bn London Cancer Hub expansion gets green light\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/1bn-london-cancer-hub-expansion-gets-green-light\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u00a31bn London Cancer Hub expansion gets green light\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}