DYSON has submitted its plans to convert two wartime hangars at the former RAF Hullavington into offices and workshops.

The application is part of a multi-million pound masterplan to develop a new technology centre at the airfield announced two weeks ago.

Plans submitted in the past few days show the hangars, numbered 85 and 86, will have their doors fixed open and the opening given a glazed wall.

Lean-to buildings and ducting is to be removed and a temporary car park for 350 cars will be built with access from the A429.

“Due to their powerful appearance and history, we felt strongly to retain the two buildings and restore them to their former glory whilst updating them so that they are able to adapt to modern working environment,” said architects WilkinsonEyre in its design and access statement.

Offices and studio spaces are to be created in hangar 86 and asbestos and parachute drying kilns will be removed while a mezzanine gallery will be built around all four sides of the building.

No internal alterations are planned for the other hangar although lean-to buildings will be demolished and replaced on one side with a single storey service compound and plant rooms on one side.

Sir James Dyson announced his firm was outgrowing its Malmesbury HQ and wanted to create a global hub at the airfield for research and development.

The architects said: “In advance of the masterplan process commencing, there is a short term need to bring forward the current application proposals. However, all future proposals will come forward as part of a wider masterplan.

“For this reason, the currently proposed area of car parking is only temporary and will be constructed in hardcore.

“The wider masterplan proposals, which will be the subject of a future planning application in due course, will describe the permanent car parking solution for the whole airfield site along with other related matters. The current application proposals should be considered in this light.”

The plans can be seen online at wiltshire.gov.uk