Rugby Radio Station - A new direction of growth for Rugby

Location: Rugby
Client: BT and Aviva Investors (Rugby Radio Station Limited Partnership)

Rugby Radio Station has been at the heart of the nation’s radio communication system since the first transmitter opened in 1926. Its central location adjacent to major transport networks and single ownership by Rugby Radio Station Limited Partnership (RRSLP) - the joint venture between BT and Aviva Investors - makes the site a prime opportunity for new development in the M1/M6 corridor between Birmingham and London.

The development of a new mixed use sustainable urban extension to Rugby town and a potential extension to the highly successful existing DIRFT facility have been promoted by DLA on behalf of RRSLP since 2003. The portion of the site in Rugby is identified in Rugby’s emerging Core Strategy as the larger of two sustainable urban extensions to the town. An outline planning application is being prepared for 6,200 homes, re-use of the listed ‘C’ Station, mixed use development in district and local centres, primary and secondary education, community facilities and services, open space and a sustainable transport link to Rugby’s town centre.

A separate application is being prepared for an extension to DIRFT.