St Modwen gains permission for job-creating veterinary hospital

St Modwen has received planning permission to build a veterinary hospital which will create up to 150 jobs at West Longbridge Business Park.Work on the two-storey hospital and its three-acre site at the southern gateway of West Longbridge will start early next year with a planned opening in 2023.When complete, the facility will feature research, treatment, diagnostic, laboratory and administrative space and will have advanced medical equipment including CT and MRI scanners. Planning permission for the building was sought by St Modwen on behalf of IVC Evidensia, a veterinary care provider with 21,000 staff based across 12 countries, including the UK.West Longbridge Business Park will create up to 5,000 jobs, with work on access roads and landscaping already underway following £20m of infrastructure investment in partnership with the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).