Following the creation of Buckinghamshire College Group we worked with the College to compete a detailed analysis of a number of strategic options for the location of the provision in the South of the County and the subsequent development of an outline business case. We concluded that a new consolidated, purpose-built single provision for the South of the County to be the optimal solution.  High Wycombe is the major population centre in the south of the County and locating the new College in the Town Centre will enable the college to grow its further and higher education offering and provide a learning environment that reflects the needs of businesses in the local economy.  

 After the preferred option was agreed, an assessment of three alternative development sites was undertaken with two sites subject to detailed design testing through a Design Approach Competition. Following this thorough site evaluation process, a final site was selected in the town centre at Oxford Road in High Wycombe as a result of its central and sustainable location and position on a prominent corner plot adjacent to a popular traffic route. Due to the limited footprint of the Oxford Road site and demand for spaces on the ground floor, an additional smaller site was chosen on Brook Street, which is less than a 200m walk from the proposed new campus and will accommodate the college’s construction and motor vehicle specialist workshops.