Plans have been submitted by Rigby Real Estate to extend the Aviation Business Park across Bournemouth Airport’s northern sector as part of a multiphase development masterplanned by leading architectural practice Stephen George + Partners (SGP).
If approved by the newly formed Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP), the plans will deliver more than a million square feet of new commercial floor space over approximately 30 hectare of land. As well as creating an estimated 1,900 fulltime jobs, the proposed development will generate about £93 million annually for the Dorset economy.
Ian Yallop, SGP Chairman, said: “Our masterplan design proposes a high-quality business park based on good sustainable principles. Quality, consistency and colour palette are all key factors in the scheme, creating a development which will attract highquality businesses and employers, generate new employment opportunities and further promote East Dorset as a strong employment location.
The scale of the scheme will allow for a range of business sizes, thus providing a sustainable and holistic development that complements the existing and future proposals for the area.”
SGP’s design presents a cohesive solution that will create a new identity for the business park, linking and extending built form. Detailing and material selection will be carefully coordinated to provide an attractive holistic park. This is seen as a key factor in creating a distinctive and high-quality employment park that will attract inward investment, whilst retaining expansion capacity for local business.
It is envisioned that the site will be able to accommodate units ranging in size from around 2,300sq m to 42,000sq m (25,000sq ft to 450,000sq ft), mainly industrial and warehousing with ancillary office space and hangar space, catering for both airside and non-airside uses.
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