AGRI-TECH INNOVATION Centre

£1.9 million Agri-tech Innovation Centre at Dorset Innovation Park, Wool.

Project Status - Completed

  • Start Date: July 2020
  • End Date: June 2025
  • Growing Places Fund Loan allocation: £740,000
  • Awarded to: Draper Ventilation Limited (draperVENT)

UPDATE: The building was sold in 2024 and all funds have been repaid to Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership

Dorset LEP allocated a £740,000 Growing Places Fund loan to Draper Ventilation Limited (draperVENT), who increased the total investment to £1.9 million, for the purchase of land and development of an agri-tech research and innovation centre at Dorset Innovation Park, an Enterprise Zone in Wool.

Project outputs:

  • Land purchased = 0.86 Hectares (2.12 acres)
  • Existing building renovated = 470m2
  • New building constructed = 1,250m2

 

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