GD49 – Huntspill Energy Park

gravity Link road

Gravity is the former Huntspill Energy Park which is being transformed into an innovation campus – a new era of enterprise zone. The 635 acre site, newly named Gravity, will be an immersive, connected, intelligent and sustainable environment that will attract some of the world’s most innovative businesses, drawing inward investment internationally and nationally.     Purpose built, diverse workspaces and resilient technologies will be set against an established natural landscape – supporting a culture of innovation and well-being that blurs the boundaries between work and play. Gravity will be designed to shape connections between people and the places they work for a cleaner, sustainable future.

On-site physical works are progressing with former owners, BAE Systems, and remediation works are forecast to complete on time at the end of 2019. It is anticipated the first tenant will be on site from mid-2020.

As a designated Enterprise Zone, all business rates growth is kept by the local authorities and the local enterprise partnership in the area for 25 years to reinvest in local infrastructure and to boost local economic growth. The site is due to generate around £126m of retained growth funding over a 25-year period, with at least 40% of this being spent on the District Council’s priorities, with a further 40% to be spent by the Local Enterprise Partnership and 20% by Somerset Council.

It is anticipated the site will be home to 50-150 businesses with around 4,000 employees on site – providing direct and indirect job opportunities.

Growth Deal Funding: £3.9m for access road

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    David Ralph

    Chief Executive

    David Ralph started as Chief Executive of Heart of South West LEP at the beginning of June 2018. Previously, he had spent 5 years as CEO of the Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (D2N2) LEP from 2013 where he oversaw the development of the D2N2 Strategic Economic Plan and sector strategies, 3 Growth Deals with HM Government to deliver a £1billion capital investment programme, securing and implementing £200m ESIF programme, the Derby and Nottingham Enterprise Zone, the D2N2 Skills Deal and Time for Innovation programme, community fund and led the executive team to develop the HS2 East Midlands hub. He was also closely involved in the proposed North Midlands Devolution Deal and one of the key architects in establishing the Midlands Engine, chairing the officer steering group. Whilst in this role David was a NED of the Nottingham Enterprise Zone, and Marketing NG, the Outer Estates Foundation and a Governor of Nottingham College and on the advisory Board of Nottingham Business School.

    Before the East Midlands, David was CEO of the Have Gateway Partnership working closely with local stakeholders including the ports of Felixstowe, Harwich and Ipswich and BT Adadastral Park across Suffolk and Essex and prior to that was Chief Exec of the Barton Hill New Deal for Communities programme in Bristol and the Nelm Development Trust in Norwich.

    David is a keen sailor, walker and trail runner.