Glenn Howells Architects and McDowell + Benedetti have emerged as the two preferred teams to develop a masterplan for the site following an RIBA competition.

The four other design teams who took part in the design stage of the competition were Bauman Lyons Architects, with ARUP, Witraz (Copenhagen), and Latz & Partner Landscape Architects (Munich); DEGW with Camlin Lonsdale, Peter Brett Associates, Hoare Lea, Arup Planning, Buro 4, Gardiner & Theobald; Letts Wheeler Architects with Whitelaw Turkington, Martin Stockley Associates; and Robert Adam Architects with Gillespies Landscape Architects, WSP, ESD.

JCB will now hold further discussions with the two teams. The relocation of the Heavy Products business to a new, larger and more accessible £40m plant next to the JCB World Parts Centre on the outskirts of Uttoxeter has presented the opportunity to redevelop the town centre site and contribute to the wider renaissance of Uttoxeter.