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 (primary site occupier)

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

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 made available.

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 (formerly Gravity Link 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 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.

Village Enhancement Scheme (VES)

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.

Frequently asked questions (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.