Green light secured for driverless vehicle testing facility

Leicestershire-based Andrew Granger & Co’s planning and development team has helped to secure the green light for a new testing facility for driverless and automated car technology.Oakley Airfield, located between the villages of Oakley and Worminghall near Aylesbury, was closed in 1947, with the land returning to agricultural use in the 1950’s.Following Buckinghamshire Council’s approval of the application, work on the CAVWAY project has now started and is due to be complete by the end of 2021.The project is supported in part by a proportion of £100m of funding from the UK Government with the intention of making the UK a centre of excellence for CAV testing.The CAVWAY project was awarded to a consortium of two companies, Applus IDIADA and Prova Developments Ltd. IDIADA has more than 30 years’ experience within the field of automotive engineering and in the management of this type of facility in Spain and China, while Prova staff also have experience of operating an automotive proving ground in the UK.