The Heart of Slough programme is set to revitalise and re-energise the Berkshire town’s centre and will result in:

* 1,500 new homes built in the town centre,
* over 34,000 sq m net of new office space created,
* a new bus station, and
* a new hotel established to form the hub of a restaurant quarter. 

In addition a stunning new building will provide an iconic landmark for Slough and house the new library alongside St Ethelbert’s church

The public will get a chance to see the plans in detail at a public exhibition in the Queensmere Centre, Slough on 24, 25 and 26 January.

The new plans feature the removal of the existing roundabout on the A4.  This   will then release land, on each of the corners of the new junction, and facilitate the wider development for residential and commercial growth while replacing the bus station with a more modern friendly alternative.  The project will also provide improved street level pedestrian links between the bus, train and commercial areas to the existing shopping district and High Street.

English Partnerships’ £13.5m role in assuming responsibility for  the masterplan; designing and implemented infrastructure works to the junction; and  building the new bus station, has facilitated this comprehensive scheme.

The scheme has sustainability as a core development principle and all homes, constructed by Berkeley Homes, will be to a minimum of Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes as a minimum requirement on all English Partnerships schemes.  Equally the office space provided by Development Securities will conform to a minimum BREEAM “Very Good” standard.

David Ashworth, Area Director for English Partnerships, is delighted with the plans: “I’m pleased English Partnerships is playing such a pivotal role in  revitalising the Heart of Slough. It is exciting to see the masterplan take shape and help it come to fruition.

"I congratulate the whole development team on bringing the project to life as they have. I know that, having consulted widely and taken advice we will deliver a scheme that will bring real benefits to the community and make Slough a city ready for growth in the 21st Century.