Join existing world class leaders and Tier 1 suppliers at Dorset Innovation Park
Secure site with outer perimeter facilities which have been risk assessed for List X and List N contractor purposes
Searching for exceptional office space to grow your business? From start-up to global HQ, Dorset Innovation Park is the perfect location
Dorset Innovation Park provides the right space to grow your business in Dorset
An advanced tech campus surrounded by Areas of Outstanding Natural beauty and a World Heritage Site
Streamlined planning process able to grant planning consents within 28 days
Searching for a forever home for your company? Dorset Innovation Park offers you space to locate, re-locate and grow

ABOUT DORSET INNOVATION PARK

Welcome to Dorset Innovation Park, Dorset's only economic development site with Enterprise Zone status. Dorset Innovation Park is developing as an advanced engineering cluster of excellence for the South West, building on its strengths in marine, defence, energy and cyber-security.

The Park offers office space, workshop facilities and fully serviced commercial employment land with Enterprise Zone status benefits such as business rate relief, simplified planning and full fibre accessibility.

The Park offers the space and support to expand, access to local finance and a growing occupier community. It offers a secure facility and the presence of two world leaders in defence technology - Atlas Elektronik and QinetiQ.

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BENEFITS TO BUSINESS

Enterprise Zone business rate relief - up to £275,000 p.a. over a five year period for pre-2022 occupation
Local Development Order providing simplified planning process (28 days)
Secure site with security gatehouse and 24/7 access
Fully serviced parcels of land ready for development
Flexible tenure/leases for workshop units and office space
Highly skilled local workforce
- Access to two universities and several higher education institutions
- Several civil and military centres of excellence within a one-hour radius
Collaboration across the South West region with like-minded fellow AEM occupiers, universities, centres of excellence and target sectors

DORSET INNOVATION PARK STATISTICS

804

People on the park

36

Number of companies

8654

Commercial space created/refurbished in m²

794

Jobs created/safeguarded

LOCATION

Dorset is home to a thriving and varied advanced engineering sector specialising in aerospace, defence, composite and marine technologies. Altogether, they employ around 17,300 people and contribute over £803 million to Dorset’s economy.

Dorset is a highly attractive region. Advanced engineering & manufacturing businesses locate to Dorset for many reasons including:

the presence of major prime contractors
a highly skilled workforce
a vibrant and dynamic supply chain supported by key trade associations
50:50 split between military and civil work
excellent universities and colleges with specialisms in innovative target sector research and education
a superb quality of life – acting as a magnet for skilled people





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SECTOR PRIORITIES

Dorset Innovation Park Enterprise Zone is developing into an advanced engineering cluster of excellence for the South West, building on existing strengths in the marine, defence, energy and cyber security sectors. It already lies at the intersection of the burgeoning South West aerospace, marine, defence and energy clusters, and priority sector companies locating to the Park may benefit from up to five years of business rate reductions, a simplified planning process and access to ultrafast broadband. The Park also welcomes advanced engineering and manufacturing (AEM) supply chain and support service companies.