Local Benefits Intro

Thames Enterprise Park will revitalise what was once a major employment site, bringing jobs and economic life back to this important industrial area of Thurrock. It will deliver a wide range of significant benefits to Thurrock and the South East.

  • Major regeneration – transforming 412 acres of unused brownfield land into a strategic employment and infrastructure asset for the community, forming part of the wider 669-acre regeneration site to be delivered over time.
  • Creating up to 5,500 new jobs for the local area.
  • Providing training and learning opportunities for young people.
  • Generating an additional £340 million per year for the local economy.
  • Creating a clean, sustainable and commercially-relevant employment hub which will attract new businesses to Thurrock and the wider regional area.
  • Play a significant role in transforming the regional economy and delivering benefits at scale though the Thames Freeport, which as a whole could create 25,000+ new jobs. Visit www.thamesfreeport.com for more.
  • Supporting and enabling the ambitions within the Thames Estuary Growth Board and its ‘Green Blue’ initiative and contributing to sustainable regeneration and growth of the area.
  • Delivering extensive package of transport improvements both on and off site for improving the road, rail, cycling and pedestrian links connecting into existing communities and the established transport network.
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5,500

New jobs for the local area

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412 acres

transforming 412 acres of unused brownfield land

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£340 million

per year for the local economy