On site in Telford for the Station Quarter BTR Scheme

Our High-Rise Residential MEP team have started work with Blues Electrical to deliver the £5.0m MEP Package for the Station Quarter Scheme in Telford.

The six-storey Build To Rent scheme for Bowmer & Kirkland includes 84 one and two bedroom apartments, a commercial unit alongside a new Hampton Inn by Hilton Hotel.

This project forms part of the wider Station Quarter development in Telford, which will see a former brownfield site repurposed to create a new and vibrant urban neighbourhood in the heart of the town.

Designated as a new town in 1968, Telford was created to address the growing pressures on housing in Wolverhampton and Birmingham in the same way that Skelmersdale was built to house people relocated from Liverpool.

Named after the famous civil engineer Thomas Telford, the town incorporated a number of existing towns and villages, and was expanded into what had previously been a largely rural and post-industrial landscape in the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

The vision for these New Towns was bold. Planners sought to avoid the chaotic sprawl and congestion of older industrial towns by implementing a zoned, car-oriented layout, with distinct residential, commercial, and industrial areas. With its wide roads, pedestrian underpasses, sprawling housing estates and endless roundabouts, Telford was designed for the car and the future.

But as the decades have passed, the cracks in that original vision have become more apparent. These new towns now need redefining for the 21st century. Significant investment has been made in streetscape improvements—upgraded highways, public squares, and amenities—to create a safe, lively, and walkable route from station to centre.

Station Quarter represents a cornerstone of Telford’s revival—transforming a disused site into an integrated, sustainable neighbourhood. With homes, education, jobs, and infrastructure coming together, the project aims to foster a live‑learn‑work community, reshape the town’s identity, and connect its transport hub to its town centre with renewed vitality.

Let’s hope the recently approved £150m regeneration plan for Skelmersdale will achieve the same.