Details of new Silverstone emerge
Formulated by Spencer Canning and a property advisory committee of BRDC members, the Silverstone Master Plan aims to release value from the Silverstone Estate in order to provide the financial means for the BRDC to implement necessary works required to retain the British Grand Prix at Silverstone beyond 2009.
In addition to developing and improving circuit facilities, the Silverstone Master Plan will enable Silverstone to realize its ambition of becoming more than a Grand Prix Circuit, and retain its position at the heart of motorsport valley. The long term objective is to expand its function and relevance to motorsport, leading technologies, education and training and, finally, to ensure that the UK continues to be the global leader in these specialist areas.
If all goes well the track will remain as it is but the land around the facility will be substantially developed with a new pit and paddock complex, new grandstands, three hotels, residential developments and leisure and conferencing facilities. The key to the development is 11 acres of land that is owned by the BRDC to the north of the circuit, between the A43 and Silverstone village. These are currently open fields but the BRDC wants permission to create up to 220 homes in a carefully landscaped area, with building design reflecting the local styles and the scale of the village. To the south of the A43 in areas which are currently used for parking, the plan is for an extension to the existing Technology Park with 41 of the 93 acres to be developed with the rest remaining as parkland. This would greatly increase the size of the existing park.
There would be new grandstands all the way down the existing pit straight. More at GrandPrix.com