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What makes

Silverstone Special?

Bridget Pearce*Terence O’Rourke Ltd

*Failed racing driver but enthusiastic supporter

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Photo of me in car….

"Only a few more laps to go

and then the action will begin,

unless this is the action, which

it is."Murray Walker

What makes

Silverstone Special?

Bridget PearceTerence O’Rourke Ltd

The planner’s perspective

"This is an interesting circuit,

because it has inclines. And not

just up, but down as well."

Murray Walker

IntroductionSite

Surroundings & environment

Opportunities

Constraints

History and association

People

BackgroundTerence O’Rourke & Silverstone

"Racing drivers have balls,

unfortunately, none of them are

crystal"

David Coulthard

Since 2000Over 30 planning applications

100% success rate

• Brands Hatch challenge

• A43 improvements

• Track reconfigurations

• Grandstands & camp sites

• Three pits and paddock buildings

• Advanced technology park

• Innovation Centre

• Porsche

• Snoozebox

• Master plan

Vision statements

Silverstone development brief approved 2009

The master planPlanning permission granted 2012

• Business park

• Technology park

• Education campus

• Three hotels

• Ancillary retail and spectator facilities

• Improved leisure and event spaces

• Grandstands

• Support paddock

• Bridge & tunnel

• Landscape works

Benefits8,400 permanent jobs

550 construction jobs per annum

4,800 jobs MINIMUM will be entirely new to the area

“The client is not always right.”

Enzo Ferrari

MEPCHistory of quality developments

Long-term commitment

Grow

Succeed

Belong

Deliver

The Vision 2013

“With your mind power, your

determination, your instinct, and the

experience as well, you can fly very

high.”

Ayrton Senna

Enhance status of Silverstone

World-class centre for motor sport and engineering

High quality business park

Exemplar development to serve the business

community

Attract world class occupiers in a high quality

landscape

OpportunitiesHeritage

Technology

Education

OpportunitiesCommunity

Location

Setting

Destination

ChallengesHighway and utility improvements

Drainage

Historic setting

Next stepsCommercial knowledge

Fine tune master plan

Viable

Deliverable

Sense of place

Success = PartnershipLocal community

Decision-makers

Wider business and technology community

“Desire is the key to motivation,

but it's determination and

commitment to an unrelenting

pursuit of your goal - a

commitment to excellence - that

will enable you to attain the

success you seek.”Mario Andretti

Thank you

"I'm fine, but I'm going to need

to change my shorts when this

race is over."

Greg Moore

Michigan 500