Architect Geoffrey Reid Associates has received detailed planning permission for the £30m Rushes retail and leisure development in Loughborough, Leicestershire. Construction on the 200,000 ft2 project is to begin in January, and is expected to take 18 months. Clients are Metrobrook and Highland Loughborough; project manager and QS is John Rowan & Partners; civil and structural engineer is Redlich Silber & James and M&E engineer is Chapman & Partners International.