Press release

The GPA submits planning application for Weather Centre

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has submitted a planning application for the new European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) headquarters.

Render of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has submitted a planning application to Wokingham Borough Council to seek planning permission for the new-state of-the-art headquarters for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) at the University of Reading.

The new headquarters will create the largest cluster of weather and climate research and operational forecasting facilities in the world alongside the University’s Department of Meteorology.

Read the full story on the GPA website.

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Published 31 October 2023