Kettering Introducing
“Kettering is the prime retail centre within North Northamptonshire. Over £3 billion worth of investment is underway and being delivered on budget.”
Kettering is at the heart of North Northamptonshire, the UK’s largest single growth area outside of London, an area that is set to grow in planned population of over 370,000 people, a community equivalent in population to the size of Bristol today.
A vision for Kettering is being delivered. It is seeing several major redevelopments and more than £40 million of public secured investment in the coming months and years to further improve the town centre that creates a vibrant heart for Kettering and the surrounding area that will make people want to return again and again.
This investment is more than just a plan, it is a reality. Kettering’s new Market Place has won the Regional Town Planning Awards beating off competition from other major towns and cities in the region. Other projects that have been successfully delivered and paying dividends include Chesham House a business technology and design centre.
Millions of pounds of private sector investment are fl owing into the town centre from retailers and employers alike.
Next phases of our town centre development include the completion of a new restaurant quarter in early 2011, high street brands and niche shopping, and a new station and offi ce quarter will soon follow.
With planning consent approved for 5,500 high quality new homes to the East of Kettering bringing with it over
Key Information
• Kettering is at the centre of the largest growth area outside of London
• £253m Government investment secured for infrastructure
• £22.6m secured for town centre investments to 2011
• Over £2 billion private sector investment fl owing into the area
• By 2021 – 52,000 new homes 85,000 increase in population 44,000 new jobs
£180 million of investment that will be put into the town centre, local transportation links and improvements, schools and community facilities Kettering will continue to turn its vision into reality.
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