 Plans
submitted for Kettering eastern expansion
Alledge Brook LLP, the joint venture between Bee Bee Developments
and Buccleuch Property, promoting the eastern expansion of Kettering,
has submitted an outline planning application to Kettering Borough
Council to build 5,500 new homes along with new jobs, schools,
community facilities and substantial parkland, as well as the
infrastructure needed to support the development.
The proposals will help Kettering Council meet its ambitious
housing targets and provide a major boost to the town centre
and local economy.
Meeting the housing challenge
The UK needs to build three million new homes by 2020 to meet
housing need and ensure that housing is affordable for young
families and first time buyers.
Kettering, as part of the Milton Keynes & South Midlands
sub-region, has been identified as one of four national ‘growth
areas’ and will benefit from investment in the area’s
infrastructure. Over 50,000 homes will be built in North Northamptonshire
(Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and East Northants) by 2021
with a further provisional 28,000 by 2031.
To deliver the 13,000 new homes that are needed in Kettering
Borough by 2021, the Council is planning to make more intensive
use of the existing and brownfield sites in the town. The planning
policies also propose a major new development to the east of
the town.
The East Kettering development area covers over 300 hectares
and extends from the A43 in the north of the site to the A14
in the south.
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Consulting on our plans
We have been working on our plans for
more than three years. In this period we have held a
series of design and environmental workshops for key
stakeholders, undertaken widespread consultation including
public exhibitions in December 2005 and October 2006,
and met with local groups. These consultations helped
establish core principles that have underpinned our
proposals.
We will now holding a further series of public
exhibitions in September 2007 to allow local residents
to see the plans and talk to those involved in the drawing
up the proposals. The exhibitions will take place at
a number of venues in the eastern part of the town and
nearby villages and the dates will be announced shortly.
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