Chalfont Drive, Nottingham

Of a reinforced concrete construction, the smaller War Room with its central map room, control cabins, offices and plant was later absorbed by the later RSG but remains entirely intact, as does the remainder of the structure, both in terms of external envelope and interiors.

More recently running to disuse, the now vacant building currently exhibits equipment seemingly abandoned following the last national crisis in which the site was active, this being the 1967 Foot & Mouth outbreak.

This important structure exists as the only purpose-built RSG surviving in England, and is one among only three structures designed to operate in an environment arising post-nuclear attack.

On behalf of Bellway Homes, we sought to secure planning permission and provide heritage advice to support the removal of late twentieth century supporting structures within the setting of the RSG, and redevelopment of the site with an additional 345 homes.

Photo Credit: Heritage Advisory