Enterprise Zones

• The Space to Innovate Enterprise Zone comprises 10 sites across Norfolk and Suffolk. This multi-site zone will help to create 18,500 jobs over the next 25 years.

Norwich Research Park, Norfolk – One of the largest single-site concentrations of research in food, health and life sciences in Europe, Norwich Research Park has world-leading credentials to secure the UK’s position as the global leader in these emerging multi-billion pound sectors.

Suffolk Park, Bury St Edmunds – The EZ sits within a 68 hectare extension to the Suffolk Business Park, which is seeking to create a successful business environment for companies in the digital and new media, food and agriculture and high value manufacturing clusters.

Scottow Enterprise Park – a 26 hectare ex-RAF site on the northern edge of the Greater Norwich urban zone. The site provides a unique offering for grow on space. 

Egmere Business Zone – a 7.4 hectare site to the south of port facilities at Wells-Next-The-Sea, which has been established to support investment associated with the growing offshore renewables sector off the north Norfolk coast. 

Greater Ipswich, Suffolk – a cluster of sites (listed below) to support Ipswich Vision, the blueprint for the regeneration of the town:

• Futura Park – a market-ready site in south east Ipswich with potential for up to 600,000 sq ft of new build units in 44 acres of superb landscaping.
•   Princes St Office District – the Princes Street corridor connects the railway station with the town centre and is a High Priority Area for employment growth in the Ipswich Vision.
• Waterfront Island – an area of port land within the Ipswich Waterfront that is bounded by the Wet Dock and the tidal river. Ipswich Waterfront is a major investment area for the public and private sectors.

 Eastern Gateway, Sproughton – a 14 hectare site between the A14 and Sproughton Road, in the Babergh district area. It provides excellent road links to the M25, Felixstowe Port, Cambridge and the Midlands.

Nar Ouse Business Park, King’s Lynn, Norfolk – a 15 hectare site on the southern edge of the town close to the A47, A10 and A17. The site is also home to the King’s Lynn Innovation Centre. Opened in June 2016, the £5m business hub was built with the aim of stimulating business growth, driving research and development and attracting new international businesses.

Gateway 14, Stowmarket – a 17 hectare Enterprise Zone which includes the existing Food Enterprise Zone, located on the edge of the town. The main theme of the Park will be agri-tech, food and health sectors as well as digital and media-based businesses.