Oxford Science Park submits planning application for new lab and office building

By Nicky Godding

15 November 2022

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The Oxford Science Park (TOSP), one of Europe's leading locations for science and technology companies, has revealed the next step in its development plan with the submission of a detailed planning application for a new laboratory and office building on Plot 27. The new building, which will comprise in excess of 75,000 sq ft of laboratory and office facilities over four storeys, is expected to be completed at the beginning of 2025. The plans include a new landscaped area and substantial tree planting.

Plot 27 will be a lab-ready building, providing space to support the growth of existing Park occupiers and new life science companies. In addition to boosting the innovation ecosystem on site, it will further Oxford’s international reputation for improving global health and well-being.

Biodiversity will be protected and enhanced throughout the development, which will target an Excellent rating under the construction industry’s sustainability standard, BREEAM. This will include sustainable design and reduction of carbon use during construction. Submission of the detailed planning application follows a successful public consultation with the local community and the Park’s occupiers.

The project team for Plot 27 consists of: Architects and Interior Designers – Bogle Architects; Project Managers – 3PM Project Management; MEP Consultants - Hoare Lea, Structural Engineers - Campbell Reith, Planners – Savills; Cost Consultants – Exigere; Ecologists - MK Ecology; and Landscapers – Studio DBM.

Rory Maw, CEO of The Oxford Science Park, said: "With demand for R&D space in Oxford showing no signs of abating, we are stepping up our own investment to provide the supporting infrastructure for growing companies as they address global health and environmental challenges. The submission of the detailed planning application for Plot 27 follows rapidly after that for the three buildings on Plots 23-25. With construction of 86,000 sq ft of laboratory and office facilities also underway as The Iversen Building, these developments underline our position as the location of choice for leading science and technology companies."

By Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe.

After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts.

She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.