Runnymede Borough Council has approved Royal Holloway University's plans to build an 895-square-metre drone hangar.
The facility, which would be 13.5m high, will allow operators to develop and test specialist electric drones in a "confined, safe space, without disrupting residents or those on campus", the university said.
The drone hangar is expected to be part of the new Omnidrome Research and Innovation Centre at the university for world-leading research, innovation, education and knowledge exchange for air, land and water-based drones.
The building will be a "showcase facility" for the university, planning documents said, which will operators to develop and test specialist electric drones in a confined, safe space, without disrupting residents or those on campus.
The application has called for the exterior of the hangar to be a mix of white and grey to ensure it retains a "subtle appearance".
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