Wednesday 25 October 2017

Plan approved for £66m Inverness prison

The Scottish Prison Service has secured planning permission in principle for a new £66m prison in Inverness.

To be built on land to the south of Inverness Retail and Business Park, it would be the first building of its kind to be constructed in the Highlands for 112 years.

A Scottish Prison Service spokeswoman said: “We are delighted that planning permission in principle has been granted for HMP Highland.”

The proposed area of the building will be 123,000 sq ft  including circulation which represents an increase of over 66,000 sq ft from the existing prison facility.

Morgan Sindall’s multidisciplinary design and engineering consultancy BakerHicks has helped to drawn up the plans for new prison, which would be capable of accommodating more than 200 inmates.

The houseblocks consist of a three storey modern two-wing building with in-cell showering facilities and space provision for dining with circulation areas.



from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2017/10/25/plan-approved-for-66m-inverness-prison/

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