MP urges backing for staff 'campus'

A 500-BED campus for staff at Somerset's new £4bn “gigafactory” could be built opposite a crematorium.

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The Gravity enterprise zone, between Puriton and Woolavington, will create up to 4,000 local jobs.

To reduce housing pressure on nearby towns and village, Agratas wants to build a campus near Sedgemoor Crematorium in the hamlet of Stretcholt.

Conservative councillor Mark Healey, whose Huntspill division includes the Gravity site, has urged Somerset Council to speed up a decision on the plans to ensure the gigafactory can successfully begin operation without immense disruption to local residents.

The proposed campus will be built opposite the crematorium on the A38 Pawlett Road, on the land once occupied by the Crooked Chimney public house.