Projects in our area

Enterprise Adviser Network

Enterprise Adviser Network

10th February 2017
The Enterprise Adviser Network connects local business leaders with schools, helping to motivate and inspire young people. The project supports young people in making choices about their future career, helping to shape and influence their employment plans. Schools are matched with an employer for at least a year – these volunteer Enterprise Advisers work strategically […]
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Exeter Science Park Environmental Futures Campus

Exeter Science Park Environmental Futures Campus

21st September 2016
The project uses £2.5m of Growth Deal grant to fund site infrastructure on Phase 2 of Exeter Science Park. This will be in preparation for a Global Environmental Futures Campus site and to facilitate the adjoining Met Office new £100m supercomputer facility which will be the campus’s anchor occupier. The Global Environmental Futures Campus (GEFC) […]
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GB01 – Torquay Gateway

GB01 – Torquay Gateway

03rd November 2020
Torquay Gateway will unlock a key strategic employment site at the gateway to Torquay, creating 23 jobs immediately and lever in a further £5.5M investment leading to a further 135 jobs in the short to medium term. This project will fund necessary infrastructure on a site that suffers serious engineering constraints making it unviable for […]
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GB03 – Firepool and Taunton Station Access

GB03 – Firepool and Taunton Station Access

18th January 2021
The new signalised all movements junction on Trenchard Way, Taunton will serve  both the Firepool Development and the new multi storey station car park that is part of the Taunton rail station redevelopment.   It includes pedestrian and cycle crossing facilities as well as the widening of an existing signal-controlled pedestrian / cycle crossing located […]
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GB04 – Ilfracombe Watersports Centre

GB04 – Ilfracombe Watersports Centre

18th January 2021
The new Ilfracombe Watersports Centre will be an exciting, state-of-the-art marine leisure hub at Larkstone Cove and a real asset to North Devon. It will provide numerous watersport opportunities for residents and visitors to make the most of our fantastic coastline from the water and enjoy the spectacular scenery including canoeing, gig boats and sailing. […]
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GB05 – The Burrows Centre

GB05 – The Burrows Centre

20th November 2020
The Burrows Centre in Northam looks over the beautiful sands of Westward Ho!, an environmental information centre at the heart of nature and also the impacts of climate change.   Getting Building Fund investment of £400,000 will sit alongside £1.2m Coastal Communities Funding from 2019 to lead to the redevelopment of the centre to provide […]
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GB06 – Exeter Bus Station

GB06 – Exeter Bus Station

18th November 2020
A project to create a new Exeter Bus Station has been awarded £800,000 from the LEP’s ‘Getting Building Fund’. The project is to provide modern, fit for purpose bus station facilities in Exeter city centre which promote the use of green transport and connectivity for the city and surrounding rural towns and villages. The current […]
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GB07 – Exeter College Future Skills Centre

GB07 – Exeter College Future Skills Centre

20th November 2020
The transformation of the former Flybe Training Academy into the Future Skills Centre will enable people and skills development to be at the heart of the economic recovery in East Devon, Exeter and the wider region. The project is a result of an ambitious collaboration between Devon County Council and Exeter College. When fully operational, […]
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GB09 – Welding Centre of Excellence

GB09 – Welding Centre of Excellence

18th November 2020
City College Plymouth will set up a Welding Centre of Excellence (CoE) to enhance and extend welding facilities including virtual welding. The Centre’s provision will address the skills gaps and shortages in the welding profession across the region, with high demand across the area due to developments at Hinkley and increased demand from marine and […]
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GB10 – Exeter Science Park Grow-out Building

GB10 – Exeter Science Park Grow-out Building

18th January 2021
The project will construct a three-storey 1,275m2 (GIA) Grow-out Building (GOB) which will provide: Innovative, flexible floorplates; A proposed 11 units of accommodation (6 x 50m2-70m2 and 5 a100m2-1150m2) A combination of office, production, lab and meeting space in response to business needs. The Grow-Out Building will form part of a growing continuum of ESPL’s […]
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GB14 – EPIC

GB14 – EPIC

18th November 2020
EPIC has been an outstanding success story to date. It has seen more than ten businesses relocate to the centre, three of which are foreign-owned. With 40% of the centre already occupied, focus remains on attracting more companies to EPIC to join this ever-growing technology cluster. Getting Building Fund has been awarded to help EPIC […]
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GB15 – iAero

GB15 – iAero

18th January 2021
The iAero Centre is an emerging 2,400 square metre innovation centre facility in Yeovil designed to provide high-quality space, equipment and support services to foster innovation and collaboration in the aerospace sector and supply chain and, thereby, drive its competitiveness and growth. The iAero Centre Fit Out and Support Project is being led by Somerset […]
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GB16 – Torbay Business Centre

GB16 – Torbay Business Centre

18th January 2021
The project will develop 11,367ft ² of new modern high quality small business studios and maker workspace across five units on the former Torquay Coach station on Lymington Road, adjacent to the Torbay Business Centre. The development will:   ·               Create 38 new direct FTE jobs ·   […]
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GB18 – Bruton

GB18 – Bruton

18th January 2021
The Bruton Enterprise Centre consists of modern, high quality, managed office and light industrial space for SMEs in the Bruton area who are looking for grow-on space, including from current home-working arrangements, and to encourage SMEs to access business support and to collaborate through the Somerset Enterprise Centre Network. Located at Coombe Hill, Bruton, the […]
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GB20 – Centre for Clean Mobility

GB20 – Centre for Clean Mobility

18th January 2021
The Centre for Clean Mobility will be a high-specification collaboration laboratory used for research and development, with strong industrial engagement and co-funding. Located in the University of Exeter’s Engineering Research Centre Building at Exeter Science Park, Centre for Clean Mobility’s plan is to become internationally leading organisation for clean and smart mobility in Marine, Off-highway, […]
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GD01 – Yeovil Western Corridor

GD01 – Yeovil Western Corridor

18th October 2017
The project will deliver a number of transport infrastructure improvements including junction improvements, new footway/cycleway and new and improved pedestrian/cycle crossing facilities. Junction Improvements Junction improvements are proposed at five locations and include improvements to junction pedestrian/cycle crossing facilities.   The proposed junction improvements include: Western Avenue/Copse Road Roundabout (provision of a traffic signal controlled […]
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GD02 – Torbay Western Corridor Capacity Improvements

GD02 – Torbay Western Corridor Capacity Improvements

15th February 2018
The scheme provides capacity improvements on the section of the A3022 (to the west of Paignton) from Churscombe Cross in the north to Windy Corner in the south. The scheme includes: • Road widening with additional lanes, creating 2 lane dual carriageway where possible, increasing • Junction capacity, provision for off road cycling, enhanced pedestrian […]
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GD03 – Bridge Road, Exeter

GD03 – Bridge Road, Exeter

21st September 2016
Bridge Road is a key link on the Exeter outer bypass and Strategic Cycle Network and is critical to the transport infrastructure of Exeter. It provides an important link across the River Exe providing access to the City Centre and Sowton and Marsh Barton Industrial Estates. The scheme provides additional southbound capacity on Bridge Road […]
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GD04 – Derriford Transport Scheme

GD04 – Derriford Transport Scheme

21st September 2016
The Derriford Transport Scheme (DTS) aims to unlock sustainable growth by reducing current congestion and minimising the impact of additional trips on the highway network that will be generated from new developments in the area. The scheme will achieve this through localised highway widening to support additional traffic and bus lanes enabling more efficient use […]
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GD05 – A382 widening, Newton Abbot

GD05 – A382 widening, Newton Abbot

21st September 2016
The A382 is a key route connecting Newton Abbot at Churchill’s Roundabout with the A38 to the west on the Strategic Road Network at Drumbridges roundabout. Teignbridge District Council’s adopted Local Plan 2013-2033 proposes a large amount of development to the west of Newton Abbot. The Phase 1 scheme will improve access between Newton Abbot […]
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GD06 – Torquay Gateway

GD06 – Torquay Gateway

21st September 2016
The Torquay Gateway Scheme will open up key sites for existing and planned employment, capitalising upon the South Devon Highway reducing journey times and increasing trip journey time reliability. This will provide more confidence to inward investors remote to the area that access into the Town and the designated future growth areas is dependable, aiding […]
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GD07 – Huntworth Roundabout Bridgwater

GD07 – Huntworth Roundabout Bridgwater

21st September 2016
Huntworth Roundabout is a key junction in Bridgwater’s highway network, providing the link to the Strategic Highway Network (the M5), and also being part of the Taunton to Bridgwater bus corridor. The junction has experienced significant peak-time congestion and queuing, impacting on access to nearby employment and residential areas and causing blocking back towards the […]
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GD08 – A361 Portmore to Landkey Stage 1

GD08 – A361 Portmore to Landkey Stage 1

21st September 2016
Portmore Roundabout is located east of Barnstaple at the junction of the A361 North Devon Link with the A39 Eastern Avenue. It is the main eastern access for Barnstaple and it is a key junction on the A361\A39 strategic corridor linking the M5 and national road network to North Devon, Torridge and North Cornwall. The […]
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GD09 – Derriford Hospital Interchange

GD09 – Derriford Hospital Interchange

21st September 2016
The Derriford Hospital Interchange (DHI) scheme is part of a package of strategically important infrastructure projects on the Plymouth Northern Corridor, which together are essential to support an increase of 9,000 jobs and the delivery of 2,950 new homes planned for the north of Plymouth in the period to 2030. A key element of the […]
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GD10 – Taunton Rail Station Enhancements

GD10 – Taunton Rail Station Enhancements

05th June 2017
Taunton Rail Station Enhancements There has already been significant growth in rail patronage at Taunton over the last decade, and this is set to continue as the town expands. This scheme enhances the station and expands its facilities, to make it a gateway to Taunton, and to complement the regeneration of the town centre and […]
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GD11 – Torquay town centre access

GD11 – Torquay town centre access

21st September 2016
The Torquay Town Centre Access scheme consists of alterations to the highway network to provide more direct vehicle access into Torquay Town Centre. Previously the route into the town centre from the main highway corridor, the A380, involved diversion via residential streets, whereas the route out of the town centre was direct and passed through […]
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GD12 – Roundswell Phase 2, Barnstaple

GD12 – Roundswell Phase 2, Barnstaple

21st September 2016
The scheme provides a pedestrian / cycle bridge over the A39 at Roundswell linking existing employment and residential areas to the North Devon Enterprise Centre and new employment site south of the Barnstaple Bypass. It provides a safe walking and cycling route to the new employment area. It supports sustainable travel to work, and will […]
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GD13 – A38 Deep Lane junction, Sherford

GD13 – A38 Deep Lane junction, Sherford

21st September 2016
Deep Lane Junction is located on the A38 trunk road (also known as the Devon Expressway) a few miles east of Plymouth. The junction links the A38 to Chaddlewood, Plympton and the Langage employment site to the north via Sandy Road and will serve the proposed new community Sherford to the south via Deep Lane. […]
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GD14 – A379 Newcourt junction, Exeter

GD14 – A379 Newcourt junction, Exeter

21st September 2016
Increasing levels of traffic resulting from additional housing and employment development in Exeter has had a detrimental impact on the performance of M5 Junction J30 during peak periods. The revised Sandy Park junction at Newcourt involves the creation of an all-movements junction, under traffic signal control. This replaces the previous left-in, left-out junction, which required […]
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GD15 – A39 Heywood Junction, Bideford

GD15 – A39 Heywood Junction, Bideford

05th June 2017
Heywood Road Roundabout is located on the A39 north of Bideford. It is the main access serving Bideford, Westward Ho!, Appledore and Northam. It is a key junction on the A39/A361 strategic corridor providing links from North Cornwall, Torridge and North Devon to the M5. Significant growth is planned at Bideford and Northam, including 5943 […]
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GD16 – Marsh Barton, Exeter, New Railway Station

GD16 – Marsh Barton, Exeter, New Railway Station

21st September 2016
Marsh Barton is Exeter’s largest trading estate, and one of the largest employment sites in the region, with around 6,000 existing jobs planned to increase to 8,000 jobs. The estate attracts large numbers of commuters in the peak periods, but has poor transport links. With extremely limited alternatives to the private car, the estate attracts […]
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GD18 – Plymouth Northern Corridor Traffic Signals

GD18 – Plymouth Northern Corridor Traffic Signals

10th May 2017
The Northern Corridor Junction Improvements is a five year programme of schemes to upgrade the traffic signal controlled junctions on the A386 corridor in Plymouth.   The first phase of the five year programme involves three junctions south of the A386 Manadon Interchange. At the Weston Park Road junction the scheme will realign the northbound […]
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GD19 – Plymouth Eastern Corridor Cycle Network

GD19 – Plymouth Eastern Corridor Cycle Network

10th June 2017
The Eastern Corridor Strategic Cycling Network scheme aims to continue the recent transformational shift to walking and cycling in Plymouth by improving connectivity within the city’s heart. A new direct route will link North Cross to the city centre and the waterfront. The improvements to the coastal link between the harbour and Laira Rail Bridge […]
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GD20 – Plymouth Charles Cross and Exeter Road

GD20 – Plymouth Charles Cross and Exeter Road

06th June 2017
Plymouth Charles Cross Growth Deal Project Charles Cross roundabout is a significant junction within Plymouth City Centre. It is a key node on the Inner Ring road, linking to the A374 Eastern Corridor route, which is the focus of major growth including the new community of Sherford. The majority of bus services in the city […]
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GD21 – Support to Hinkley

GD21 – Support to Hinkley

11th December 2020
Support to Hinkley Growth Deal Project This project aims to create facilities to meet the training needs of Hinkley Point C through redeveloping and extending existing facilities, demolition and new build, and investment in equipment, plant and machinery. It will provide state of the art facilities that meet the needs of employers and learners as […]
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GD22 – City College Plymouth Stem Centre

GD22 – City College Plymouth Stem Centre

21st September 2016
Plymouth needs additional capacity to meet the economic and labour market demands for STEM. To achieve this, a future-proof, fit for purpose facility is required. City College Plymouth is building this facility at al total cost of £12.83m. The project is designed to: meet identified future labour market needs; make significant GVA and private sector […]
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GD23 – Hinkley HPTA package

GD23 – Hinkley HPTA package

21st September 2016
As part of the LEP’s Growth Deal allocation £6.5m was made available to Further Education providers to competitively bid into, to help deliver direct skills to support the Hinkley Point C project and to ensure skilled employees are able to backfill jobs due to increased labour market demands from the project. These projects will be […]
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GD23A – Bicton

GD23A – Bicton

11th December 2020
Bicton Growth Deal Project Skills Capital projects have been included in the Heart of the South West LEP’s Local Growth Funding (LGF) in 2015-16 which supports the delivery of its Strategic Economic Plan (SEP). The LEP has received a Skills Capital Funding allocation of £17.96million, of which £6.5m is for a separate competitive call for […]
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GD23B – South Devon College

GD23B – South Devon College

17th December 2020
Suite of small capital investments that will enable the College to extend and enhance the range and quality of our provision to meet the direct and indirect skills needs for the new nuclear development at Hinkley and address the replacement skills resource needs in our locality. It will provide mobile training and assessment facilities, increase […]
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GD23C – Devon Nuclear Hub

GD23C – Devon Nuclear Hub

17th December 2020
The project will provide necessary improvements to the IT and physical infrastructure serving the Mid Devon Campus in Tiverton, which will enable the development of the campus into a nuclear hub for Devon and specifically to meet identified skills needs relevant to the Hinkley Point C (HPC) development. This will include IT infrastructure improvements to […]
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GD23D – Exeter College

GD23D – Exeter College

17th December 2020
To provide a Centre for Advanced Industrial Automation to address the LEP priorities for the HPTA, Hinkley Point C supply chain and the NCfN advanced manufacturing and Business Incubation which will support economic growth in Devon. Cutting edge facilities that are accessible for pre and post 16 students, regional employers and entrepreneurs that will ensure […]
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GD23E – National College for Nuclear

GD23E – National College for Nuclear

21st September 2016
This project creates facilities to meet the training needs of Hinkley Point C through redeveloping and extending existing facilities, demolition and new build, and investment in equipment, plant and machinery. It meets the needs of employers and learners as well as providing a legacy for future training needs of employers and learners as well as […]
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GD23F – Yeovil College

GD23F – Yeovil College

17th December 2020
Delivering skills training and jobs (including Traineeships, Apprenticeships and Higher Apprenticeships at Levels 2 -4) by; upgrading existing facilities, increasing capacity and widening the skills offer through a new build for construction training and an extension to the current hospitality facility to meet skills gaps arising from developments at Hinkley C and its supply chain. […]
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GD24 – Somerset Energy Innovation Centre

GD24 – Somerset Energy Innovation Centre

21st September 2016
The Somerset Energy Innovation Centre is a hub for ambitious businesses seeking to collaborate and exploit opportunities in the low carbon and nuclear energy sectors.   It offers unrivalled business support and low carbon supply chain expertise to identify live opportunities and develop its tenants’ capabilities to secure new contracts and supply the growing sector. […]
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GD25 – Exeter Science Park Environmental Futures Campus

GD25 – Exeter Science Park Environmental Futures Campus

17th December 2020
The project is proposing to use £2.5m of Growth Deal grant to fund site infrastructure on Phase 2 of Exeter Science Park. This will be in preparation for a Global Environmental Futures Campus site (“the Site”) and facilitate the adjoining Met Office new £100m supercomputer facility which will be the campus’s anchor occupier. The Global […]
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GD26 – Bridgwater and Taunton College Advanced Centre for Engineering

GD26 – Bridgwater and Taunton College Advanced Centre for Engineering

21st September 2016
The Advanced Centre for Engineering (ACE) involves two re-development phases on the Taunton campus: Phase 1: Spray booths and body workshop; Laboratories; Mechanical/aeronautical engineering ; Aero engine and part. Phase 2: Electronic suites, laboratories and ICT suites; Taxi status airframe and hangar space; Mechanical & electrical engineering equipment. ACE supports the growth of the advanced […]
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GD27 – Plymouth Science Park Phase 5

GD27 – Plymouth Science Park Phase 5

21st September 2016
Develop Phase 5 of the Plymouth Science Park. Phase 5 centres around a new build subdivided into 11 high quality IT Hub business units of approx 2,000 sq ft as well as alterations to one of the existing buildings on the Park, 5 Research Way, to adapt and subdivide the building to provide units that […]
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GD29 – Flood Action Plan

GD29 – Flood Action Plan

21st September 2016
This project is Phase 2 of the Somerset Levels and Moors 20 Year Flood Action Plan and consists of a package of measures to reduce the duration, depth and frequency of flooding on the Somerset Levels and Moors. This will safeguard houses, commercial premises, communities and infrastructure and increase business confidence, contributing to the creation […]
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GD30 – Growth Hub

GD30 – Growth Hub

10th May 2017
Started: March 2016 The Heart of the South West Growth Hub  is a Service for All contract which has been awarded to south west business support provider Serco. The Growth Hub launched in March 2016 and is available for all businesses, whatever size or sector, in Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay. The aim of the […]
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GD31 – Connecting Devon and Somerset – Broadband

GD31 – Connecting Devon and Somerset – Broadband

06th June 2017
The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) Superfast Extension Programme is the Phase 2 programme of capital investment in the physical infrastructure which aims to extend the coverage of Next Generation Access Broadband – Superfast Broadband – i.e. 30Mbps and above –  to an extra approximately 4,500 – 5,000 businesses by 2020. The project will extend […]
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GD32 – Electronics and Photonics Centre

GD32 – Electronics and Photonics Centre

06th June 2017
Electronics and Photonics Centre The Electronics and Photonics Innovation Centre (EPIC) at White Rock Business Park in Paignton builds on the work of the Torbay Development Agency (TDA) and Torbay Hi Tech Forum. Torbay aims to be a regional hub for innovation in emerging technologies. EPIC comprises a 3,834m2 central building with laboratory, clean rooms, […]
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GD33 – Oceansgate

GD33 – Oceansgate

17th December 2020
The Council of the City of Plymouth are applying for £1.5m ( £1.47m after deduction of GD2 Programme Management costs) Growth Deal 2 funding for a £7,823,954 development of a Marine Industries Production Campus (MIPC) on part of the former South Yard site in Plymouth. The project will include the development of 3 buildings on […]
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GD34 – Unlocking Growth Fund

GD34 – Unlocking Growth Fund

07th June 2017
The Unlocking Growth Fund is designed to fund projects that develop employment and workspace sites and/or premises to support and foster business growth. Several projects are currently in the pipeline with businesses cases being examined and awaiting funding agreements and final allocations. Growth Deal 2 funding for all projects: £4.9m Projects that have confirmed funding […]
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GD36 – Exeter Science Park Open Innovation Building

GD36 – Exeter Science Park Open Innovation Building

07th June 2017
The Exeter Science Park Ltd mission is to support STEMM businesses to achieve growth and create high quality jobs. Exeter Science  Park Ltd  will develop a 20,000sqft 3 storey Open Innovation Building which will provide grow-on accommodation for existing tenants on the park and also attract new businesses. The flexible open plan office/lab accommodation provides […]
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GD37 – Exeter Science Park Grow On Buildings

GD37 – Exeter Science Park Grow On Buildings

10th May 2017
The project will be based at the Exeter Science Park identified as a LEP transformational opportunity and strategic priority for all the shareholders. The project provides two new grow-on office/lab buildings at the Science Park, building on previous LEP investment within the Science Park Centre under the Growing Places Fund programme. The grow-on buildings provide […]
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GD38 – Junction 25 M5

GD38 – Junction 25 M5

28th March 2018
Upgrade of Junction 25, which is the main access point to Taunton and provides a critical link to the second strategic route into the South West via the A358 and A303. The scheme involves full signalisation and enlarging of the roundabout, widening of the eastern exit, a new roundabout to access the proposed Nexus 25 […]
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GD40 – Tiverton Eastern Urban Extension

GD40 – Tiverton Eastern Urban Extension

07th June 2017
New access onto the A361 North Devon Link Road and to serve the new development to the East of Tiverton (Tiverton Eastern Urban Extension)  as without it there would be significant traffic pressure on the existing road network. The junction will accommodate the 1,500 dwellings planned for the east of Tiverton and 30,000m ² employment […]
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GD42A – Boosting Mobile Connectivity

GD42A – Boosting Mobile Connectivity

17th December 2020
The aim is to address small businesses and homeworkers/residential premises in partial or total indoor mobile not spots and to improve their indoor 4G coverage by acquiring a signal booster through a universal voucher scheme across the Heart of the South West. This approach will foster a more mobile, flexible and dynamic workforce and meet […]
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GD42C – 5G Smart Sound, Plymouth

GD42C – 5G Smart Sound, Plymouth

17th December 2020
The aim of the Growth Deal Digital Extension 2020 (GDDE20) funding is to improve accessibility, productivity, innovation and business competitiveness across the Heart of the South West (HotSW) Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area and this submission offers a 5G testbed to improve and enhance connectivity for the marine and maritime sectors accessing and testing technology […]
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GD43 – Constructing Futures

GD43 – Constructing Futures

14th March 2018
Designed to be a sustainable social purpose business, Constructing Futures will purchase properties in need of major renovation, as well as new build sites, and construct quality homes to be sold on the open market. Profit will be reinvested to fund its work in communities throughout Devon. Beginning in the Torbay and Teignbridge areas, Constructing […]
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GD44 – South Devon College Hi Tech Centre

GD44 – South Devon College Hi Tech Centre

07th June 2017
High quality new build facility providing higher level tech skills, supporting a significant number of local businesses. The project has been developed in consultation with over 40 local businesses of all sizes. The Centre will provide individuals with the skills that employers need to support their growth in a range of important local Hi-Tech businesses […]
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GD45 – iAero (South) Centre

GD45 – iAero (South) Centre

07th June 2017
Construction of an aerospace innovation and collaboration space in Yeovil with machinery and equipment donated by Leonardo. £3.83m Growth Deal funding Latest news on iAero
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GD47 – Houghton Barton Package

GD47 – Houghton Barton Package

07th June 2017
Houghton Barton covers an area of 160 hectares of land to the west of Newton Abbot. The site is bounded by the A382, A382 and A38. The area has been allocated for a mix of residential and employment development as part of the adopted Teignbridge Local Plan, with the site expected to deliver 1,800 houses […]
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GD48 – Taunton Toneway

GD48 – Taunton Toneway

07th June 2017
The Toneway is the heavily used highway route linking Taunton with the M5 motorway at Junction 25. It carries an annual average daily traffic (AADT) of 36,600 vehicles. Weekday peak hours see around 3,000 vehicles per hour. There are three major junctions on the Toneway – Heron Gate Roundabout, Creech Castle traffic signals and Obridge […]
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GD49 – Huntspill Energy Park

GD49 – Huntspill Energy Park

07th June 2017
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.   […]
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GD50 – Plymouth Railway Station

GD50 – Plymouth Railway Station

07th June 2017
Plymouth Station is the busiest railway station in the Heart of the South West area. Operating with six platforms, the station has around 2.5 million passenger movements a year, with forecast longterm growth of 4% per annum, equating to an additional 1 million passenger movements over the next 10 years. The station currently experiences capacity […]
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GD51 – North Devon Innovation Centre, Roundswell

GD51 – North Devon Innovation Centre, Roundswell

17th December 2020
Development of a high-quality purpose-built Enterprise Centre facility (c.2000m2) as the flagship scheme at the new Roundswell South Business Park, Barnstaple, providing small office accommodation, collaboration & networking space and tailored business support. The project will serve the whole of northern Devon, filling a gap in the supply of quality small office accommodation and dedicated […]
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GPF – Concise Homes, Bridgwater

GPF – Concise Homes, Bridgwater

27th September 2016
Development of 125 new homes and starter business units and flood defences in Bridgwater. The £1.4 million loan from the Growing Places Fund designed to create jobs and help economic growth enabled Concise Construction to decontaminate the former Federal Mogul site and begin the regeneration of the site was derelict for more than 10 years. […]
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GPF – DC Homes, Bridgwater

GPF – DC Homes, Bridgwater

27th September 2016
New fully serviced hotel, including two ground floor commercial units and a stand-alone roof top restaurant at Eastover in Bridgwater. In April 2016, developer DC Hotels (Bridgwater) Ltd signed a franchise agreement with ACCOR Hotel Group for a ‘MERCURE’ branded hotel to occupy the development. The new hotel will have 100+-bedrooms with destination restaurant, bar, […]
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GPF – Millfields, Plymouth

GPF – Millfields, Plymouth

27th September 2016
The Millfields Trust’s new state-of-the-art building Genesis was crowned “Building of the Year 2015” by The Building Forum for Devon and Cornwall. Genesis is the first phase of redeveloping the Millfields Trust HQ site that lies at the heart of Union Street, a civic spine that connects the three old towns of Plymouth. The pioneering, […]
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GPF – Ocean Studios, Plymouth

GPF – Ocean Studios, Plymouth

21st September 2016
The renovation of a Grade 1 listed factory to provide artist studios and workshops, exhibition space and retail units. Ocean Studios is a Community Interest Company whose aim is to provide affordable studios for over 100 artists within the Royal William Yard, Plymouth. By creating specialist provision in the form of a unique managed workspace, […]
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GPF – Oceansgate Phase 1

GPF – Oceansgate Phase 1

27th September 2016
Capital build to create new Marine Enterprise Zone at Southyard, Plymouth. Oceansgate is the first exclusively marine Enterprise Zone in the country, and part of the Heart of the South West LEP’s portfolio of three nationally designated enterprise zones. Oceansgate is attracting commercial attention from businesses across the UK keen to move into the new […]
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Hinkley Supply Chain

Hinkley Supply Chain

13th June 2017
The Heart of the South West and West of England have launched a new business support service to enable small and medium-sized businesses take up the multiple supply chain opportunities from EDF’s new build of two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C. The service contract allocated £1million, jointly funded by the two LEPs, over a […]
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Local Growth Fund End of Programme Report 2021

Local Growth Fund End of Programme Report 2021

11th October 2022
Through 2014 – 2021, the Heart of the South West LEP secured and deployed funding from each of the three rounds of Growth Deal provided by Government through a competitive bidding process which delivered to three of the priorities outlined in the HotSW Strategic Economic Plan. These were enhancing transport connectivity across the area, building […]
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Regional Growth Network

Regional Growth Network

14th June 2017
The Rural Growth Network (RGN) Pilot Initiative was set up in 2012 with £12.5m from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and £1.6m from Government Equalities Office (GEO). The RGN Pilot Initiative was established in response to barriers to rural economic growth identified in the Rural Economy Growth Review. It sought to […]
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South West Rural Productivity Commission

South West Rural Productivity Commission

12th April 2017
South West Rural Productivity Commission Report – the Next Steps for SW LEPs Building on the work of the Great South West partnership, four South West LEPs – Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Dorset, Heart of the South West and Swindon and Wiltshire – commissioned an independent enquiry  to identify opportunities to stimulate rural […]
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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.