Community
Welcome to Gravity, the UK’s first smart campus, home to the Agratas gigafactory development.
Together with Agratas, we are accelerating the UK’s shift towards a zero-carbon economy, placing Somerset at the centre of the clean growth revolution and benefitting local villages, the county and wider region.
Through the creation of up to 7,500 new jobs, we want to secure a legacy of opportunities for people who wish to live and work locally and enjoy the unique Somerset countryside.
Find out more by exploring the pages and links below, subscribing to our newsletter and visiting the Agratas website.
Useful Links
Agratas hosted a series of in-person community events in Spring. Click here to view the boards that were presented across those community events.
Useful Agratas links
Gravity publishes Look ahead notices in advanced of expected changes to works on site. Gravity shares these documents directly with Puriton & Woolavington Parish Council's, ensuring that local communities are aware of on-site activity. All past versions are available below.
- October - December 2024
- July - September 2024
- April - June 2024
- January - March 2024
- October 2023
- Summer 2023
- Spring 2023
- Summer 2022
Gravity is committed to creating social value locally, our legacy initiative continues to ensure the 37 Club facilities are replaced and embedded in the wider area.
- Puriton Park
- Zip wire & Quite Room
- 11-a-side football pitch at Bristol Road Playing Fields
The Gravity Local Development Order is a streamlined form of planning consent, ideally suited to the Gravity Enterprise Zone. the Gravity LDO was adopted in February 2022 by Sedgemoor District Council (now Somerset Council), for more information click here.
Adoption
- Gravity Local Development Order Adopted
- Gravity LDO - Design Guide
- Gravity LDO - Compliance Form
- Gravity Section 106 Agreement
Click here for more documents.
This award winning piece of infrastructure connects Gravity to the A39 and to the wider UK motorway network via Junction 23 of the M5.
The link road named ‘Enterprise Way’ opened to the public in October 2021 with landscaping currently being monitored.
This is a key step in bringing Gravity forward as a viable commercial destination that is attractive to international investment and large-scale operators. Read about the sustainability credentials of Enterprise Way in Stantec’s case study for The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report.
Watch our construction highlight video.
On May 2nd 2023 Gravity received the planning decision notice from Somerset Council for the proposed Village Enhancement Scheme ("VES").
- Click here to view Planning Decision Notice.
- Click here to view the online suite of planning documents.
We are working in collaboration with the Villages Together team to introduce leisure facilities into the VES. Once the completion certificate is received for Enterprise Way, this will then trigger the VES timeline and the formal Adoption of the Link Road.
Click here for answers to our most frequently asked questions.
Working together
We are acutely aware that local businesses are the backbone of our economy. Gravity is committed to supporting small businesses to support a strong and sustainable local economy foundation. As our smart campus progresses, new opportunities will present themselves to local and regional businesses.
Please fill in our form to register your interest and we will be in touch when an opportunity arises.
Featured News
Gravity Look Ahead – Q4 2024
As we move into Autumn, activity at the Gravity site will continue to accelerate. This is Gravity (TIG) continues to support the delivery of the advanced battery manufacturing facility, site infrastructure and wider campus amenities.
Look Ahead – Q3 2024
This is Gravity continues to support Agratas, and other leading partners in the delivery of the advanced battery manufacturing facility, site infrastructure and wider campus amenities.
Look Ahead – Q2 2024
Read about the latest activity taking place on site at the Gravity smart campus and the upcoming Agratas community events.
New partnership set to upskill workforce and advance research to achieve more sustainable future
University of Bristol and Bridgwater & Taunton College have penned an MoU to formalise their commitment to leverage strengths and harness their collective experience and resources.
March 2024 Newsletter
Our March 2024 newsletter will update you with everything Gravity, including the Agratas announcement and important work streams.
Local Development Order Delivery Group
This is Gravity Limited (TIGL) in collaboration with Somerset Council (SC) and delivery partners, are in the process of gearing…
Look Ahead – Q1 2024
An updated community look ahead document has been produced for Q1 2024.
Gravity hosts well-attended heritage community event, celebrating ROF37
Gravity, supported by the South West Heritage Trust and Somerset Film hosted a community event following its successful heritage project started in 2019.
Gravity – Look Ahead Summer 2023
The Gravity team continues to work across multiple workstreams to ensure that the site is ready for mobilisation and implementation of a large-scale advanced manufacturing facility.
The Gravity Zipwire is open
Gravity is proud to have supported Puriton Parish Council in the funding of a brand new zip wire to complement the new village assault course.
Gravity sponsors and attends inaugural Bridgwater Business Expo
Gravity sponsored and attended the first edition of the Bridgwater Business Expo, hosted in partnership between Bridgwater Chamber of Commerce and Bridgwater Town Council.
March 2023 Newsletter
Our March 2023 newsletter will update you with everything Gravity, including local and regional events and community work with stakeholders.