Plans revealed for new Tech Box Park at Hartpury

Plans have been unveiled for the second phase of Hartpury’s Digital Innovation Farm. The construction of a new Digital Innovation Farm Tech Box Park will allow Hartpury to expand its range of agriculture facilities.Due to launch later this year, the Tech Box Park will create a new kind of workspace dedicated to enabling the growth and development of Gloucestershire’s agri-tech businesses.The £2m facility will provide dedicated working space and support packages, access to Hartpury Farm and an extended farming network for practical trials.Funding for the Tech Box Park has been provided by the GFirst Local Enterprise Partnership Getting Building Fund, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust.Designed and manufactured by ISO Spaces, a designer and manufacturer of container conversions and modular buildings, the 10 x 40ft High-Cube Tech Box units will be created using environmentally friendly, repurposed shipping containers clad in cedar wood.The first Digital Innovation Farm Tech Box Park Unit has been reserved by Novazera, a UK company that creates biodegradable plastic alternative products and ground-breaking anti-viral and bacterial coatings.