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Cumulative built total gross internal
area (sq m) by Year
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
Fig. 6
Cumulative gross built space on the Surrey Research Park since its inception
The agreed plan has proved to be not only versatile but also gives comfort to
potential occupiers as they can see that the Park provides accommodation for
future growth of their companies.
2.3 Permitted Uses
One of the features of science and technology park brand of development is the
restriction on the permitted uses on these sites. The importance of this is that it
maintains a standard of occupier and also prevents mission drift towards accepting
tenant companies that may not be appropriate for the site. The permitted use
agreed with the planning authority for the Surrey Research Park allows research,
development and design in any science including the social sciences and is
complementary to the activities of the University of Surrey. This use clause
reflects the difference between a science park and a research park. The former also
allows some limited high value low volume manufacturing on the site.
In 2011 a 40,000 m
2
technical and production facility was completed for a spin
out company (Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd—SSTL) from the University. It is
now clear that the original planning use for the site was too prescriptive as this
failed to provide the flexibility to allow the complete cycle of laboratory to pro-
duction in one location. This issue has now been resolved with a wider use being
permitted on the Park.
The experience in Korea (Oh and Yeom
2012
) is that for a long-term eco-
nomically sustainable activity to develop from a science and technology park there
is a need to provide a land allocation to enable manufacturing to be developed
from the activities on the Park as a development matures.
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