British Library Boston Spa, West Yorkshire Storage Building Development, UK Property News
British Library Boston Spa, West Yorkshire
7 January 2022
Design: Carmody Groarke
Getting the green light: sustainable British Library redevelopment granted planning permission by Leeds City Council.
Planned improvements will transform the Library?s site at Boston Spa into a modern and sustainable home for the UK?s growing national collection
Location: Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England, UK

images : Carmody Groarke
British Library Boston Spa, West Yorkshire building
? New low carbon automated storage building will use the highest levels of air tightness to achieve maximum energy efficiency
? Major refurbishment to deliver an improved environment for staff and visitors, as well as greater biodiversity On 23 December Leeds City Council granted planning permission for the large-scale redevelopment of the British Library?s site at Boston Spa in West Yorkshire. A major construction project will transform the 44 acre site – originally a World War II armaments factory, and for the past six decades the northern home of the UK national library – into a modern archive capable of storing its growing collection for decades to come. The £95 million Government funded redevelopment will create much-needed storage capacity, with further work dedicated to improving facilities for staff and visitors and making significant improvements to the environmental sustainability of the site.

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