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src="/web/20220401233018im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/19fc78c0facbc0ebb37db42962df269df1689e5e.jpg" width="300" height="180" alt="Architect's impression of the 200 acre mediacity:uk development at Salford Quays (day). Copyright: Wilkinson Eyre Architects" border="0"></td> <td width="15" bgcolor="#000000"><img src="/web/20220401233018im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif" width="15" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr></table><div width="420">  <br><h1 class="transp"><font size="4">BBC move to Salford gets green light</font></h1> <br><font size="2"> <div class="textSpacer">Category: <a href="/web/20220401233018/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/category/bbcissues_index.shtml" class="catLink">BBC</a><br> Date: <a href="index.shtml" class="dateLink">31.05.2007</a><br><a href="/web/20220401233018/http://www.bbc.co.uk/print/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/05_may/31/salford.shtml" class="poLink"><img src="/web/20220401233018im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/60916902428ea4bf1770d77009c887425e4e4a4d.gif" width="13" height="16" alt="" border="0" align="left"> Printable version</a></div></font></div> <br><p class="description"><font size="2">The BBC has reached agreement with the developer Peel Holdings over the detailed terms under which it will occupy buildings in the <strong>mediacity:uk</strong> development at <strong>Salford Quays</strong>.</font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2">The <strong class="textColor2">BBC Trust</strong> has today approved the terms of the deal, meaning that the BBC's proposed move of five of its London-based departments to the North of England will now definitely go ahead.</font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2">BBC Director-General, <strong>Mark Thompson</strong>, said: "I'm delighted that the BBC's vision for its expanded presence in the North of England is now firmly on the road to reality. I'm excited by the plans and believe they have a key part to play in the BBC's future. </font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2">"The modern, multimedia broadcast and production centre in Salford will shift the BBC's centre of gravity away from London, bringing a range of creative benefits to us and, I hope, helping us to better reflect and represent the whole of the UK. </font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2">"I'm glad that the BBC Trust agreed that this project represents value for money for licence fee payers and that we are now able to proceed."</font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2">It is expected that preliminary work will begin at mediacity:uk in Salford Quays within days, followed by the start of construction works in September 2007. </font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2">The mediacity:uk site is being developed by a partnership comprising the Central Salford Urban Regeneration Company, the North West Regional Development Agency, Peel Holdings and Salford City Council.</font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2">The BBC will move five London-based departments, including two television channels and two radio networks, to Salford Quays:</font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2"><ul><li><strong class="textColor2">BBC Children's</strong> (including CBBC and CBeebies television and radio);<br><br></li> <li><strong class="textColor2">BBC Children's Learning</strong>;<br><br></li> <li>parts of <strong class="textColor2">BBC Future Media & Technology</strong> (including BBC Research & Development);<br><br></li> <li><strong class="textColor2">BBC Radio Five Live</strong> (including Five Live Sports Extra);<br><br></li> <li><strong class="textColor2">BBC Sport</strong>.</li> </ul></font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2">Approximately 1,500 London-based posts will relocate to Salford Quays in 2011. Around 800 staff currently based at the BBC in Manchester will also move to the new site.</font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2"><strong>Caroline Thomson</strong>, Chief Operating Officer of the BBC, will be the Executive Director with responsibility for delivering the implementation of the BBC's move to Salford. </font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2">She said: "I'm delighted that we have now finalised the terms for the BBC's presence at the mediacity:uk development. This is a really exciting project for us all and I look forward to working with colleagues in Peel Holdings and the development consortium to turn the vision into a reality."</font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2"><strong>Pat Loughrey</strong>, Director, BBC Nations & Regions, who has led the project up to this point, continues his responsibility for the BBC's wider Out Of London strategy, which is committed to distributing the BBC's production spend and commissioning decisions more widely across the whole of the UK.</font></p> <p>聽</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="420"><tr><td colspan="3"><img src="/web/20220401233018im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif" width="1" height="15" border="0" alt=""></td></tr><tr><td width="105" height="180" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000"><div class="textspacer3"><strong><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF">聽</font></strong></div></td> <td width="300" height="180"><img src="/web/20220401233018im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/a6bc8e44288bad40fe8d9dbcdf4f43d11ffaccd1.jpg" width="300" height="180" alt="Architect's impression of the 200 acre mediacity:uk development at Salford Quays (night). Copyright: Wilkinson Eyre Architects" border="0"></td> <td width="15" bgcolor="#000000"><img src="/web/20220401233018im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif" width="15" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr></table><p>聽</p> <p><font size="2"><strong>Notes to Editors</strong></font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2">Key dates:</font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><font size="2"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" valign="top"><tr valign="top"><td width="20%"><font size="2">Jun 2004</font></td> <td width="80%"><font size="2">Building Public Value published, the BBC's contribution to its Charter Review process. Building Public Value outlines the BBC's vision for a less "London-centric" BBC, including a potential move of major departments to the North of England.</font></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2">聽</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><font size="2">Dec 2004</font></td> <td><font size="2">BBC Director-General Mark Thompson announces the move of five London-based BBC departments to the North of England: BBC Children's; BBC Children's Learning; BBC Future Media & Technology; BBC Radio Five Live; BBC Sport.</font></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2">聽</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><font size="2">Aug 2005</font></td><br><td><font size="2">BBC identifies four potential sites - two in Salford and two in Manchester.</font></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2">聽</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><font size="2">Jan 2006</font></td> <td><font size="2">Four possible sites reduced to two - Salford Quays in Salford and Central Spine in Manchester.</font></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2">聽</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><font size="2">Jul 2006</font></td> <td><font size="2">BBC announces mediacity:uk Salford Quays as the preferred bidder, a brownfield site based on 200 acres of former dockland at Salford Quays and developed by a partnership of Central Salford Urban Regeneration Company, Peel Holdings, Salford City Council and the North West Regional Development Agency.</font></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2">聽</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><font size="2">Apr 2007</font></td> <td><font size="2">Final planning permission granted for BBC buildings by Salford City Council.</font></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2">聽</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td><font size="2">May 2007</font></td> <td><font size="2">Agreement reached between BBC and Peel Holdings and approved by BBC Trust.</font></td> </tr></table></font></p> <p>聽</p> <p><em><font size="2">BBC Press Office</font></em></p> <p>聽</p>  <br></td> <td width="5"><img src="/web/20220401233018im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif" 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