This booklet details what the Local Growth Fund is and what D2N2 - the local enterprise partnership for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire - is doing with its share of it.

1. D2N2 and the
Local Growth Fund:
How £192million is being
used to boost the Derbyshire
and Nottinghamshire
economy

2. D2N2 and the Local Growth Fund: How £192million is being used to boost the area’s economy Background
D2N2 and the Local Growth Fund
Background
Creating a good product or a solid building requires design and effort up front, and both need to be
constructed using quality materials.
In a similar way, the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership has built “infrastructure for economic growth”
into its main strategy ­ its Strategic Economic Plan
(a copy can be seen online at www.d2n2lep.org/write/Documents/D2N2_SEP_March_31st.pdf).
The Plan identifies gaps in the area’s infrastructure – around road, rail, cycle and other transport links;
facilities for skills and training, the development of key sectors, and access to broadband and digital
connectivity – which could constrain economic growth.
The ‘materials’ to build that infrastructure are being funded through D2N2’s Local Growth Fund (LGF)
allocation.
In 2013 the Chancellor, George Osborne, announced that £12billion in LGF monies would be
allocated to the 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships around England, with each’s share dictated by the
strength of their long term business strategy.
On the strength of its Strategic Economic Plan D2N2 received one of the largest LGF
allocations; £174.4m announced in July 2014 and raised to £192.2m in January 2015.
This LGF amount is being used to attract additional matched funding from the private and public
sectors, to make a combined investment package worth an estimated £554.4m; to be used to
accelerate economic growth across D2N2’s area of Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and
Nottinghamshire, over a six year period (up to 2021).
By 2021 it is anticipated that this whole LGF ‘pot’ will have, among other benefits, helped create:
• projects worth a total of £1.4billion
• around 20,000 new jobs
• and “unlocked” potential for 12,800 new houses (more on this below).
Nationally, £7.3billion was invested across all 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships, and it is hoped
that this will leverage projects worth a total of £15bn.
In this publication, you will see how D2N2’s Local Growth Fund is already having a big impact
on building and improving on the area’s infrastructure, to aid economic growth.
Chancellor George Osborne (left), visiting
Street Crane, Derbyshire, with Andrew
Bingham, MP for High Peak (centre) .

3. D2N2 and the Local Growth Fund: How £192million is being used to boost the area’s economy Project Case Studies - Transport
Project Case Studies
Transport
Work began on this scheme in October 2015 and it is due to be completed by March 2017.
The Nottingham Cycle City Ambition Programme (NCCAP) will aim to improve cycling by providing
high quality surface cycle paths and signals giving cyclists priority.
Included in the Programme are:
• four state­of­the­art commuter cycle corridors, running
North­South and East­West;
• improvements to existing city­centre cycleways;
• neighbourhood area cycle improvements;
• a ‘greenway’ for cyclists, including an on­road cycle
lane along the River Leen and at Colwick Park, The
Embankment, and Wollaton and Broxtowe County Parks.
The NCCAP’s aims to encourage more people to switch to cycling to improve health, reduce traffic
congestion, and enable those looking for employment without a private vehicle or the funds to use
public transport to travel more easily to job locations.
Nottingham City Council Highway Services is building the new network, providing additional
contracting jobs and apprenticeships. When complete, the NCCAP will have created 16.4km of new
cycle route both on and off­road, 7.5km of additional off­road cycle paths, and 1.8km of on­road cycle
lane alongside the River Leen and within Nottingham parks.
£6.1million – Nottingham Cycle City Ambition Programme
Recorded increases in bike use
Reductions in commuting by car
Health benefits
Reduction in traffic pollution levels
Aiding overall economic growth of
Nottingham.
Key Outputs
The £150m plans to revamp the intu Broadmarsh Centre and the area between it and
Nottingham train station, known as the ‘southern gateway’ to the city centre, went on public display in
December 2015.
Among the significant changes to the Broadmarsh
area will be the pedestrianisation of Collin Street
and the complete refurbishment of the Broadmarsh
bus station and car park. The latter development will
be the first phase of the intu development and
following public consultation, will be considered by
Nottingham City Council's Planning Committee in
early 2016.
£10.4million – The Broadmarsh Southern Gateway
Key Outputs
Boost the local economy by over
£1billion a year
Create nearly 3,000 jobs locally
Attract an extra three million people
a year to the city.
Peter Richardson, Chairman of the D2N2 Local
Enterprise Partnership, said: “The promotion of
sustainable transport is one of D2N2’s key commitments,
as can be seen by our major investment in this project.”
For more information see web link
http://transport2.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/cycle/
D2N2 is providing £10.4m from its Local Growth
Fund to help pay for road and building
alterations linked to the wider project, to create
more pedestrian­friendly access to Nottingham's
city­centre. Work on the Broadmarsh
redevelopment is due to begin in the first half of
2016 and will be delivered in stages, with the
entire scheme expected to take four years to
complete.
Further information is available on Nottingham
City Council’s website at
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/broadmarsharea

4. The ‘materials’ to build that infrastructure are being funded through D2N2’s Local Growth Fund
(LGF) allocation.
In 2013 the Chancellor, George Osborne, announced that £12billion in LGF monies would be
allocated to the 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships around England, with each’s share dictated by the
strength of their long term business strategy.
On the strength of its Strategic Economic Plan D2N2 received one of the largest LGF allocations;
£174.4m announced in July 2014 and raised to £192.2m in January 2015.
D2N2 and the Local Growth Fund: How £192million is being used to boost the area’s economy Project Case Studies - Transport
£2.52million – Seymour Link Road
The Seymour Link Road is due to be completed by August 2016.
D2N2 is providing £2.52m towards the road, with the remainder of the £7.5m provided by the
Sheffield City Region (SCR) Local Enterprise Partnership and Derbyshire County Council.
The SCR and D2N2 LEPs are joint investors in the Markham Vale Enterprise Zone (pictured below
left). Also pictured is former Communities Secretary The Rt Hon Sir Eric Pickles MP on a visit to the
site (right).
The brownfield site, located on the former Seymour Colliery, is being redeveloped for industry ­
particularly the manufacturing, technology, environmental and logistics sectors ­ with the aim of
eventually creating up to 4,100 new jobs across the whole site (well over 700 have been created to
date).
It is anticipated that the Link Road scheme will lever an
additional £82m of private sector investment by 2022
through the delivery of 148,000 square metres of
commercial space on the Markham Vale North Site by
Henry Boot Developments Ltd; indirectly creating
approximately 1,235 new jobs, on the Markham Vale
North site.
The Markham Vale EZ and the Seymour Link Road
were named as priorities in D2N2’s Strategic Economic
Plan.
The Newark Southern Link road will be a new four mile long road, linking the A46 (near Farndon) with
the A1 (near Fernwood), with roundabout junctions at both ends.
It is designed to ease traffic congestion and improve journey times along the Newark bypass, by
providing an alternative A46 to A1 route and a new River Devon crossing point.
A contribution of £7m from the D2N2 LEP’s LGF, towards the major Nottinghamshire road scheme,
was agreed by its Infrastructure and Investment Board in November 2015.
The new road will open up around 278 hectares of land, adjacent to the southern edge of Newark’s
built up area, for housing and employment use. This area has planning permission for up to 3,150
houses (including affordable housing), two retail and commercial centres, a 60 bed care home, two
primary schools, community buildings, a medical centre, 50 hectares of mixed use commercial
development and landscaped green community spaces.
Phase One of the Newark Southern Link road is already
under construction, with contractor Buckingham Group
Contracting Ltd onsite. Phase Two will begin next year, with
the road due to be completed before March 2020.
The route’s £47m cost is being funded by the
Homes and Communities Agency (a public body
sponsored by the Department for Communities
and Local Government), developer Urban & Civic
plc, Newark and Sherwood District Council, and
D2N2.
£7million – Newark Southern Link Road
Ease traffic congestion and
improve journey times along the
Newark bypass
Provide 278 hectares of land,
adjacent to the southern edge of
Newark’s built up area, for housing
and employment use.
Key Outputs
Key Outputs
Creation of up to 4,100 new jobs
across the whole Markham Vale
site (well over 700 have been
created to date)
Leverage an additional £82m of
private sector investment by 2022
148,000 square metres of
commercial space on the
Markham Vale North Site.

5. D2N2 and the Local Growth Fund: How £192million is being used to boost the area’s economy Project Case Studies - Transport
● £3.1million – Towards improvements to the Nottingham Ring Road.
● £6.4m – Improvements to Hucknall town centre (artist's impression pictured below right).
● £1.1m – For the Harworth and Bircotes Access Road, to facilitate employment and housing growth in North Nottinghamshire.
● £1.26m – Derby’s Connected Cycle City and Placemaking Project will develop cycling and pedestrian connections in the city
centre.
Other transport schemes allocated Local Growth Fund monies include:
Further transport projects set to be approved this financial year (2015/16) are:
● £1million – Provision of a new access and link road at Ashbourne Airfield (pictured below centre), Derbyshire, to unlock development land providing an additional 300 housing and 500
jobs.
● £4m – Drakelow Park development, south of Burton­on­Trent. Investment in a new settlement including a 12 hectare employment park and more than 2,000 homes.
● £5.8m – Sustainable Transport Package.
● £4.86m – A61 Whittington Moor Roundabout junction improvements, Chesterfield (a Derbyshire County Council scheme).
● £12m – For Derby’s Our City Our River project (pictured below left), a phased £90million flood defence and cycle connectivity project which will benefit Derby City and the neighbouring
Pride Park business park. Planners approved the scheme in October 2015 and contractor, GBV, began work on its Phase One in November.

6. The ‘materials’ to build that infrastructure are being funded through D2N2’s Local Growth Fund
(LGF) allocation.
In 2013 the Chancellor, George Osborne, announced that £12billion in LGF monies would be
allocated to the 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships around England, with each’s share dictated by the
strength of their long term business strategy.
On the strength of its Strategic Economic Plan D2N2 received one of the largest LGF allocations;
£174.4m announced in July 2014 and raised to £192.2m in January 2015.
D2N2 and the Local Growth Fund: How £192million is being used to boost the area’s economy
Project Case Studies - Skills and Training
Skills and Training
In September 2015 D2N2 confirmed it would be providing £2.6m towards the new £6.5m Vision
University Centre.
Due to open in September 2016, the Centre will aim to improve access to higher education among
local communities.
The Vision University Centre will replace a smaller building and provide a much expanded facility;
with teaching and learning spaces, IT suites, study rooms, a learning resource centre, a 100­seat
lecture theatre and a science laboratory. The College anticipates its new Centre will be taking in 600
students within three years. Students would include those on advanced apprenticeships, and
studying part­time professional qualifications and short courses.
David Ralph, Chief Executive of the D2N2, said: "Providing
access to higher level skills for potential employees of the
area’s businesses is vital for building the economy and job
numbers, allowing all communities to share in prosperity.
“That is why we are investing significant time and
resources in skills and training development, including
through capital investment schemes which create leading
facilities, such as the Vision University Centre at West
Nottinghamshire College.”
£2.61million – Vision University Centre at West Nottinghamshire College Mansfield. £3.48milliion – Chesterfield Centre for Higher Level Skills
The new Centre teaching higher vocational skills to mainly adult learners is due to open on the
site of the former St Helena’s Grammar School in Sheffield Road, Chesterfield, in September 2016.
Engineering, information and communications technology (ICT), business and healthcare courses
will be taught at higher apprenticeship and higher level.
The new facility will feature learning spaces, business
incubation units and ‘innovation labs’; providing employers
and students with access to cutting edge digital and
engineering technologies.
It is estimated that around 1,400 students would use the
Centre in its first five years.
The University of Derby, working in partnership with
Chesterfield College, wants to extend local access to
higher level skills provision to North­East Derbyshire
learners.
For more information see
University of Derby web page
www.derby.ac.uk/campus/campuses/chesterfield/about
Key Outputs
Intake of 600 students for the
new centre, within three years
Expanded facilities; with teaching
and learning spaces, IT suites,
study rooms, a learning resource
centre, a 100­seat lecture theatre
and a science laboratory
Provision of advanced vocational
skills.
Key Outputs
Learning spaces, business
incubation units and ‘innovation
labs’; providing employers and
students with access to cutting
edge digital and engineering
technologies
Estimated use by approximately
1,400 students in the first five
years
Provision of higher level skills for
the local economy.
For more information about West
Nottinghamshire College and its Vision
project see its website at
www.wnc.ac.uk

7. D2N2 and the Local Growth Fund: How £192million is being used to boost the area’s economy Project Case Studies - Skills and
Training/Digital Connectivity
Further Skills and Training projects set to be approved this financial year
(2015/16) are:
£30million – Nottingham Skills Hub
Funding for the Nottingham Skills Hub (subject to business plan), a £60m further education
and vocational skills facility to be built off Canal Street, in Nottingham city­centre, and to be
managed by the merged New College Nottingham and Central College, (pictured below).
£5million – Institute for Advanced Manufacturing
Towards the new Institute for Advanced Manufacturing, to be located at the University of
Nottingham’s Innovation Park campus, (pictured below).
Digital Connectivity
The Local Growth Fund has to date given £2.63m
towards Nottinghamshire’s Better Broadband for
Nottinghamshire (BBFN) programme and £2.19m for
Derbyshire’s Digital Derbyshire scheme, to improve and
widen home and business access to faster broadband
speeds.
Funding is also being provided by their respective
county councils (who lead on the initiatives), BT, the
Government's Broadband Delivery UK and other
partners.
The countywide schemes are connected to the wider
national drive to provide premises with fibre optic
broadband, capable of delivering data transmission
speeds faster than 24mbps (megabits per second).
By building on the commercial broadband coverage
already available, by 2018 the BBFN and Digital
Derbyshire programmes aim to give 98% of their county’s
premises access to a faster, fibre optic broadband
network.
For more information go to the BBFN Website at:
http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/business­employment­and­
benefits/better­broadband­for­nottinghamshire­programme
(Nottinghamshire),
or the Digital Derbyshire Website at:
www.derbyshire.gov.uk/digitalderbyshire
Key Outputs
Upwards of 98% connection to
high speed, faster fibre optic
broadband across the D2N2 area
Helping businesses ­ particularly
Creative and Digital, one of
D2N2's key sectors ­ and homes.
£4.8m for Digital Connectivity

8. The ‘materials’ to build that infrastructure are being funded through D2N2’s Local Growth Fund
(LGF) allocation.
In 2013 the Chancellor, George Osborne, announced that £12billion in LGF monies would be
allocated to the 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships around England, with each’s share dictated by the
strength of their long term business strategy.
On the strength of its Strategic Economic Plan D2N2 received one of the largest LGF allocations;
£174.4m announced in July 2014 and raised to £192.2m in January 2015.
D2N2 and the Local Growth Fund: How £192million is being used to boost the area’s economy Project Case Studies - Key Sectors
Key Sectors
Hundreds of highly skilled, life sciences jobs will be created and
safeguarded in Nottingham, thanks to the £30m, 50,000sq ft
building now being constructed on the BioCity Nottingham site
on Plough Lane in the city­centre. (artist's impression, right)
The five­storey, state­of­the­art facility will expand the current
BioCity complex, and will be operated by BioCity Group.
Nottingham City Council successfully applied to D2N2 for £6.5m
towards the building, with the remaining costs funded through
the Council. The building is due to be completed by spring 2017.
Sygnature Discovery, a current tenant of BioCity, has already announced it will take up 30,000sq ft
in the new building which will free up space in the original for other life sciences companies.
It is estimated the new facility will safeguard around 250 jobs and create 700 more over a 30­year
period. It will be fitted with hi­tech labs in a range of sizes to allow firms to expand, with space for
commercial leasing to both start­ups, and small and medium­sized enterprises.
David Ralph, Chief Executive for D2N2, said: “Nottingham has seen a boom in the life sciences
sector over the last decade and it now needs room to develop further.”
For more information on D2N2's work to support life science development in its area – one of its key
economic sectors – go to www.d2n2lep.org/LifeSciences
£6.5million - D2N2’s investment towards the £30m extension to the BioCity
Nottingham site, currently under construction.
D2N2 promotes eight key sectors, where the area already has a competitive advantage or where
there is the capacity to develop one, to boost its area’s economic growth. These sectors are food
and drink manufacturing, construction, the visitor economy (tourism), life sciences, transport
equipment manufacturing, low carbon technologies, the creative and digital industries, and transport
and logistics.
Whilst there are cross­sector benefits from many Local Growth Fund schemes mentioned in this
publication (colleges teaching sector­specific skills, creative and digital agencies using faster
broadband etc.) additional LGF­funded projects aim to help specific sectors.
Further key sector related projects set to be approved this financial year
(2015/16) are:
£2million –The refurbishment of the Grade I listed
Buxton Crescent building, and associated Grade II
listed natural baths and Pump Room, in Buxton,
Derbyshire, will create a 79 bedroom 5* spa hotel, a
thermal natural mineral water spa, a visitor centre,
six shops and environmental enhancements. This
will enhance the Visitor Economy key sector in the
D2N2 area.
£13.65m – Over a six year period D2N2 will invest in
the infrastructure of the 250 acre Infinity Park
business park in Derby, part of the Nottingham and
Derby Enterprise Zone. It is hoped the site will
eventually support up to 8,000 hi­tech and
knowledge­based jobs; particularly boosting D2N2
key sectors including transport and logistics, low
carbon technologies development and construction.
For example, Infinity Park’s first building, its £11.8m
Innovation Centre, opened to businesses in early
2016; including Enscite, a transport and logistics
consultancy co­founded by D2N2 partner the
University of Derby. (picture left, shows the early
construction)
For further information about D2N2's use of its its Local Growth Fund (LGF) Allocation
to build infrastructure for economic growth, please contact D2N2 Capital Projects
Manager Kevin Hopkinson, on 0115 9578250, or email: kevin.hopkinson@d2n2lep.org,
or D2N2 Capital Projects Assistant Tom Goshawk, on email: tom.goshawk@d2n2lep.org