White Arkitekter has secured detailed planning consent for its Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff, which has been designed to utilise low-embodied-carbon bio-based materials to deliver a natural calming environment for staff, patients, and visitors.

The new facility for Velindre University NHS Trust will replace a 1950s centre that serves south-east Wales.

The trust secured outline consent for the project in 2017 but Cardiff Council’s Planning Committee only approved reserved matters for the project last week.

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