Updated plans for the Bolton College of Medical Sciences (BCMS) which remove proposals for a multi-storey car park have been passed today. The decision by Bolton Council’s planning committee means that construction works can now start on the development at the Royal Bolton Hospital site.
BCMS, a vocational and professional skills and training facility, is due to open in 2024 and aims to transform how NHS workforces are trained in the UK, alleviate healthcare staffing pressures in Greater Manchester, and provide improved levels of care to the local community. The planning committee’s decision to give BCMS the go-ahead follows the submission of an amended planning application in March 2022.
The revised plan proposed to replace the multi-storey car park included in the original design – which was approved by the planning committee in June 2019 – with surface level parking. Apart from that, the amended application proposed no other changes to the pre-approved plans.
