HBD has submitted a planning application for a £120m aviation technology campus at IWM Duxford in South Cambridgeshire.
The firm is progressing the Duxford AvTech scheme, which is located alongside the historic Duxford airfield, in partnership with IWM Duxford and Gonville and Caius College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
Duxford AvTech is a proposed aviation technology campus comprising 425,000 sq ft of high-specification ‘mid-tech’ research, development and manufacturing space.
The proposals comprise a series of flexible mid-tech buildings alongside new public realm, green spaces and walking and cycling routes. The planning application also includes a detailed application for Phase 1B, comprising 35,000 sq ft of space within a single building, divided into five units of 7,000 sq ft each.
Hamer Boot, managing director of HBD, which is part of Henry Boot, said: “Submitting the planning application is an important step forward for Duxford AvTech. We have worked closely with our partners to develop proposals that respond to the needs of the aviation technology sector and provide the right environment for businesses to grow. By bringing together specialist research, development and manufacturing space with access to an airstrip and Cambridge’s world leading research expertise, the campus has the potential to make a significant contribution to the future of aviation technology in the UK.”
