Camden Council has approved planning permission for a £42m building to be developed in partnership between the Royal Free Charity, the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and the University College London (UCL).

Subject to completion of a S106 legal agreement and a range of planning conditions the Pears Building will enable the second part of the UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation (IIT), which is currently situated in the main hospital building. Scientists at the IIT are carrying out research into immune-related conditions such as leukaemia, type 1 diabetes and HIV.


The new building will be constructed next to the Royal Free Hospital.

As well as the IIT, the Pears Building will include patient accommodation, office space for volunteers and a car park.

Construction work is expected to begin in the spring and to finish in 2017.

David Sloman, chief executive of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, said: "I am delighted that planning permission for the Pears Building has been granted.

"The new building will bring huge benefits to patients, including providing on site accommodation for out-patients who live far from the hospital.

"Research being carried out at the IIT will bring benefits to patients across the world as new treatments for cancers and immune-related conditions are developed."

(CD/JP)