Aerial photograph of Bailrigg Campus

Estate Development

The Estate Development team project manage new building, refurbishment and infrastructure projects to improve Lancaster University's facilities. Find out more about current and past campus development projects below.

Investing in a sustainable future

The University has invested more than £220 million in development projects since 2013 to build a campus that can support world-class teaching and research. Since the University declared a climate emergency in 2020, the capital development programme has been reshaped to dramatically reduce the impact that new-build developments have on the environment. As the University continues to grow, we are being smarter with space - repurposing existing spaces and adapting the way we work for the good of the planet.

Lancaster University campus

Our Estate Strategy

Drawing on learning following the impact of the pandemic, the changes in the way we now work, the Estate Strategy presents new sustainable space options and seeks to accommodate our demographic growth forecasts against our carbon reduction targets by maximising opportunities to recycle and repurpose our existing space.

Estate Strategy

  • Space Utilisation

    In 2020, the University launched a pilot project to explore different ways of working. The pilot will help us understand the ways in which space on campus can be best utilised in the post-pandemic world.

  • Minimum Design Specification

    The Facilities Division introduced a new document that specifies a minimum standard of build that meets or exceeds British Standards and industry regulations, to ensure our buildings are future-proofed, inclusive, accessible and sustainable.

  • Sustainable Infrastructure

    The infrastructure on campus contributes to a large amount of carbon emissions. It is vital that new technology is embedded into the infrastructure of campus to reduce and offset these emissions and provide an energy-efficient setting for people to live, study and research.

Works News...

Facilities Leadership team receiving the AUDE award

Lancaster University Facilities team win AUDE Team of the Year Award 2024

Lancaster University’s Facilities team have won Gold at the Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE) Awards 2024.

 

The AUDE Estates/Facilities Team of the Year Award recognises Facilities and Estates teams that exhibit exceptional team work leading to significant achievement.
Photograph if south west campus onto Hazelrigg Lane.

Easter closure: campus access and travel information

The gate onto south west campus from Hazelrigg Lane will be closed from Thursday 28 March until the early hours of Thursday 4 April to enhance the security of campus during the Easter closure period.  
The ISS and Infolab buildings on South campus

Southeast campus car park disruption due to drilling works – Friday 16 February to early March

From Friday 16 February until early March, a drilling team will undertake a series of works to survey land in Car Park E, adjacent to the ISS building, in George Fox car park, and on multiple nearby car parking spaces on the Perimeter Road South Drive.
Bowland North quad

Ash House and Bowland North telecom works - 19 to 21 December

From Tuesday 19 to Thursday 21 December, a series of works will take place in Ash House and Bowland North as part of the continuing School of Architecture project.
Perimeter Road parking

Perimeter Road temporary closure next to Bowland College - Wednesday 3 January from 10:30am to 11:30am

On Wednesday 3 January from 10:30am – 11:30am the Perimeter Road next to Bowland Hall and the adjacent pavement will be temporarily closed while a large tree is felled due to its poor and unsafe condition.
Students walking along John Creed Avenue

John Creed Avenue electric vehicle charging point installation works

A programme of works to install six new electric vehicle (EV) charging points on John Creed Avenue, which will result in 10 new EV parking spaces and two new accessible EV parking spaces, will take place from Tuesday 2 January until late January 2024.

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Management School East Estate Redevelopment Project

A project to develop the Management School East Estate into a revamped facility for the students, staff, and businesses of tomorrow will commence in summer 2024.

Management School East Estate
Management School main entrance.
Management School main entrance.
Architects impression of the New Engineering Building from the Spine approach
Architects impression from the Spine approach.

New Engineering Building

John Turner Construction Group have commenced the construction phase of a new, three-storey Engineering Building as the University’s Engineering Department looks to expand to become a prestigious School of Engineering.

New Engineering

Forrest Hills Solar PV Farm Development

Click the images below to view details of the proposed plans for a 16.8MW solar farm that will help reduce the University's energy related carbon emissions.

  • Reducing carbon emissions

    The University declared a Climate Emergency in November 2020 and announced its aim to become carbon neutral by 2035 and more specifically, carbon neutral in its energy emissions by 2030.

  • Using solar power

    To reduce carbon emissions, the University must electrify its heat generation and the most feasible option for this is the development of a solar farm.

The latest version of Campus Master Plan was created by the University's architects and underpins our commitment to provide world-class teaching and research facilities.

Campus Masterplan

Recently Completed...

Take a look through our building archives at various capital development projects and other major campus developments.

Recent projects