Local Environment

How the Campus will enhance west-Watford

One of the primary focuses of the Watford Health Campus project is to regenerate what is currently a run-down, dilapidated part-urban wasteland site in the heart of the town, taking a once industrial brownfield land and transforming it into a place local people can be truly proud of, featuring stunning architecture and modern, effective buildings.

Even in the earliest project stages, plans for the Campus drew great praise from CABE – the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment – who praised the stakeholders for their commitment in presenting a realistic, robust and well considered masterplan that has also considered, from the outset, traffic and parking issues that too often are taken in isolation to the wider context of planning.

As the Campus reclaims predominantly brownfield land – including contaminated sections of the site, which will be remediated – this alleviates pressure for greenbelt, greenfield or in-fill development for the building of hospitals homes and business that are included in the masterplan for the Campus site.

A brief look at today’s decaying site, juxtaposed with the vision for the future, clearly defines the objectives of the Watford Health Campus, which aims to make west-Watford a brighter, safer, healthier place to live, work and play in.