Oxford technology park gets go ahead

Joint developers Hill Street Holdings and Bloombridge have secured planning permission for a £90M steel-framed technology park in Oxford.

The UMC-designed Oxford Technology Park will create 40,000m² of research and development space at Kidlington on the northern outskirts of the city.

The park will comprise two Grade A, three-storey buildings with office, research and development and innovation space, plus a range of two-storey research and development buildings.

According to UMC, all of the buildings have been designed as steel-framed structures for speed of construction, flexibility and in order to create the long spans required in the research spaces.

Hill Street Holdings CEO Angus Bates said: “Oxford Technology Park will deliver top quality office and R&D space for businesses of all sizes, set within 20 acres of landscaped grounds.

“Each unit will be modelled as bespoke units and we are able to offer ‘design and build’ solutions to suit individual occupiers.”

Construction is expected to start this year,