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

Woolavington Road Closure

To connect the site to the necessary utilities, sections of Woolavington Road between Enterprise Way roundabout and Woolavington Village will be closed in phases, starting from April 14^th, lasting up to five months.

Click here for further information.

Agratas (primary site occupier)

In June the first steel for Agratas' Building One arrived on site, marking commencement of construction on site.

Agratas and SRM have had extended working hours for steel related works agreed subject to a Section 61. Until December 2025 working hours will be; Monday to Friday: 07:00 – 19:00, Saturday: 07:00 – 18:00 and Sunday: 10:00 – 17:00. Community queries on this should be directed to the construction team via the SRM contact details listed below.

SRM: agratas.community@srm.com / 0333 566 1122

Useful Agratas links

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)

NGET are a key delivery partner, their proposed Woolavington substation will power the Agratas facility, as well as wider
parts of the Gravity Smart Campus.

Their dedicated webpage can be found here and can be contacted directly via:

woolavington@nationalgrid.com
Freephone: 0800 073 1047 Monday to Friday 9am-5:30pm (An answering service is in place outside of these times)

Community assets & communications

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.

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

Local Development Order (LDO)

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

Click here for more documents.

Enterprise Way (access road)

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 establishing Gravity as a viable commercial destination attractive to international investment and large-scale operators. Read about Enterprise Way's sustainability credentials in Stantec’s case study for The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report.

Watch our construction highlight video.

Village Enhancement Scheme (VES)

Gravity are working with Agratas to deliver this work as soon as possible.

Traffic Calming - we want to avoid unnecessary disruption arising from road works in the area, so have delayed implementing traffic calming measures until after the planned Woolavington Road closure has finished (closed from April 14th for up to five months). We are now exploring opportunities with contractors to undertake traffic calming measures as soon as possible.
Footpath/Cycleway – we need to put certain services/utilities (eg gas) underneath the footpath/cycleway. We are coordinating this work with utility providers. We are unable to give a specific date for these works because of third party involvement, but we are striving to deliver this work as soon as possible.

Gravity FAQ's

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.