UK’s covid vaccine centre to open a year early after council fast-tracks planning process

By Tom Lowe2020-09-09T05:00:00

Oxfordshire scheme will be finished next summer

Teams building the UK’s covid-19 vaccine manufacturing centre in Oxfordshire have hailed planning officers for fast-tracking the scheme to allow it to complete a year ahead of schedule.

Construction of the £260m Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre at Harwell is speeding ahead after planners at the Vale of White Horse district council ripped up the rulebook to allow construction to begin while the planning application was still being processed.

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