News - Midlands
£20.8m boost for North Northants
Work on major house-building projects in North Northamptonshire is to resume following confirmation of £20.8m of government funding through the Kickstart Programme. More than 640 new homes will be built by 31 March 2011 as a result of the funding package, which will deliver hundreds of new construction jobs. The funding will bring forward the development of a new community at Priors Hall, the first sustainable urban extension (SUE) to be created in North Northamptonshire. The Kickstart funding has been secured as a result of joint bid and initiative Partnership Villages, which was put together by the local delivery vehicle North Northants Development Company (NNDC), Corby Borough Council and the developer and landowner Bela Partnership.