North Northamptonshire Annual Monitoring Report 2010-11
North Northamptonshire Annual Monitoring Report 2010-11
North Northamptonshire Annual Monitoring Report 2010-11
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• Improvements to the public realm in George Street, Corby;<br />
• Improvements to the public realm in Wellingborough town centre<br />
• Various transport schemes completed in Kettering and Wellingborough;<br />
• A new outpatients clinic has opened in Irthlingborough providing patients with more choice in a fit for<br />
purpose building;<br />
• A new secondary school has been completed on the site adjacent to Beanfield Primary School, Corby; and<br />
• Kings Cliffe Active - a sport and community facilities centre has been completed having secured £1.5m in<br />
funding to provide 2 football pitches, all weather pitch, play area, skate park, indoor community facility,<br />
changing rooms and offices. The next stage is for a sports hall to be delivered in around 5 years, once a<br />
further £2.5m has been secured.<br />
There are a variety of projects underway that are also of note for <strong>North</strong> <strong>North</strong>amptonshire:<br />
• Corby Link road (A43) planning application has been submitted and funding has been secured from<br />
Department of Transport, start on site in May 2012 at the earliest;<br />
• Rushden High Street public realm improvements, which are nearly completed;<br />
• The old Tresham College in St Marys Road, Kettering has been demolished and planning permission<br />
secured for redeveloping for housing to meet affordable, private and elderly accommodation needs; and<br />
• The old Tresham college in Corby is to be developed for mixed use to include housing, cinema and office<br />
spaces as well as retail uses and car park<br />
There does remain uncertainty over how other key infrastructure requirements will be funded. This will be an<br />
issue in considering individual planning applications as the planning authority will need to be satisfied that there is<br />
a reasonable prospect of funding being available to deliver the required infrastructure that is necessary to serve<br />
the development. The JPU have been working with partners to create the robust evidence base that will be vital to<br />
securing scarce resources over the coming years. Work on the preparation of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)<br />
Charging Schedules for each Charging Authority is being undertaken by the JPU with an examination currently<br />
timetabled in for early 2013. Furthermore the implication of funding from central Government in the form of the<br />
New Homes Bonus is being explored but is not significant enough to underpin major road or other infrastructure<br />
schemes.<br />
Strategic Planning for the Districts and Boroughs of Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough & East <strong>North</strong>amptonshire