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Foreword North Essex needs to foster growth and prosperity as the generating force to deliver strong healthy & vibrant communities and to protect and enhance the natural and built environments.These are the fundamental policy building blocks set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. This Concept Proposal can provide the basis for an important part of local planning strategy to meet these objectives.This document will show how it is possible to maximise the significant potential for the University of Essex to transform local economic prospects by forging opportunities to link innovation with entrepreneurship in its Knowledge Gateway. It will also explain how an emerging symbiotic relationship between it and local businesses will expand economic and social benefits via a ripple effect to a wider area.

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Page Rapid Growth in Innovation Sectors 3 Scale 7 The Joint Growth Area Concept 11 Interrelated Activities 14 Summary 17

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“The University’s Knowledge Gateway with its 10 year strategy predicting up to 2000 jobs being created in SMEs and based on innovation”

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hub. The South East Local Enterprise Partnership and the Essex County Council’s Growth Strategy both recognise this as a successful growth location.” Since that document was produced the concept of academic facilities working in co-creative partnerships with business has grown rapidly. Sir AndrewWitty’s review of Universities and Growth ‘Encouraging a British Innovation Revolution’ was published in July 2013. In his introduction he said: “Universities generating cutting edge research and resulting insights may be likened to the tip of an arrow, with the arrowhead behind it representing the economic

produced a document entitled ‘A New Joint Growth Area for Tendring and Colchester’; the

document outlined their proposal for a University

linked project on the eastern fringe of Colchester on land within both districts.The project addressed the ambitions of key stakeholders and concluded that: “An ‘employment first’ Joint Growth Area is a sound and achievable objective. It is based on both government and sub-regional strategies. The scheme is centred on supporting the A120 corridor, linking the A120 to the A133, improving connections with Harwich, and utilising the strengths of Essex University as a knowledge and innovation

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