Work on major housebuilding projects in North Northamptonshire is to resume following confirmation of £20.8m of government funding through the Homes and Communities Agency’s (HCA) Kickstart Programme.
As part of the HCA’s £1bn Kickstart housing delivery programme, more than 640 new homes will be built in North Northamptonshire 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 a joint bid initiative known as ‘Partnership Villages’ put together by the local delivery vehicle North Northants Development Company (NNDC), Corby Borough Council and the developer and landowner Bela Partnership.
Following the shortlisting of development projects in July 2009, the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) and the HCA have confirmed that work is to re-start on the following developments:
- Priors Hall – An 388 home urban extension to the north east of Corby which has benefitted from Kickstart funding of £12.4m, home to the £30m Corby Business Academy and location for the £8.3m Corby Enterprise Centre – currently under construction.
- Kingswood – £4.8m of Kickstart funding to enable the delivery of 116 new homes.
- Little Stanion – a new village of 50 new homes which has received £1.9m of Kickstart funding.
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