North Northants Green Party Planning Responses
Kettering Energy Park
Kettering Energy Park is a proposed large development of 445 hectares of agricultural land to the south of the A14 in between Burton Latimer and the A510.
North Northants Green Party objected to the EIA Scoping opinion for development of energy infrastructure
North Northants Green Party objected to the masterplan. You can read our objection letter here: NN Green Party response to KEP consultation 2024-05-13
We also objected to the Environment Statement Scoping Opinion consultation which you can read here: Kettering Energy Park Application NK/2024/0613 NNGP Comments
Further links
Kettering Energy Park website
Landscape Not Industrial Estate Facebook group
Change.org Petition
Media Coverage
3 June 2024 – Northants Telegraph – Town and parish councils send open letter objecting to ‘disaster’ plans for Kettering Energy Park
14 May 2024 – BBC News – MP concerned about revised ‘energy park’ masterplan
23 April 2024 – Northants Telegraph – ‘Greenwashing’, ‘patronising’ and ‘fairytales’ say members of public at Kettering Energy Park consultation
14 April 2024 – Northants Telegraph – Consultation begins on Kettering Energy Park near Burton Latimer and Finedon that could see farmland used for warehouses and businesses
11 April 2024 – Northants Telegraph – New public consultation opens for rural Kettering Energy Park which would be bigger than Burton Latimer
17 November 2023 – BBC News – Kettering Energy Park: More consultation needed, say town councils
BARTON SEAGRAVE SPINNEY
The Spinney in the middle of Barton Seagrave is an important green space in an area. The Spinney is currently subject to a planning application to build up to 58 houses there.
North Northants Green Party has objected to the planning application in its current form (and in previous forms). Here you can read our comments dated 29-07-2024.
Our previous objections are here and here.
Further links
Save Barton Seagrave Spinney (SBSS) Facebook group
Planning Application NK/2024/0338 on North Northants Council planning portal website
Media Coverage
22 December 2023 – Northants Telegraph – Barton Seagrave ‘deserves better’ say residents fighting back against spinney development
31 May 2023 – Northants Telegraph – Residents show opposition to village development plans at Barton Seagrave exhibition
16 May 2023 – Northants Telegraph – Housing development plans on show at Barton Seagrave public exhibition for Barton Road and spinney application
Photo [L-R] Green Cllrs Dez Dell and Emily Fedorowycz, SBSS campaigners Cllr John Hunter and Tina Murphy, Greens Maja Raczkowska, Adrian Watts and Sue Watts
CUETOPIA (AKA SPOT-ON)
Cuetopia is on the first floor of a two storey building on Montagu Street, Kettering. The owner of the building has put in a planning application to remove the snooker club and build three new floors of apartments on top of the existing ground floor shop units.
The Cuetopia (previously Spot-On) snooker club has been here for nearly 30 years.
North Northants Green Party objected to the planning application. You can read our objection letter here: NN Green Party response.
Further links
Planning Application NK/2023/0701
Media Coverage
23 December 2023 – Northants Telegraph – Bid to demolish Kettering snooker hall and build 30-apartment ‘superstructure’ on top of shops
Photo [L-R] Green campaigner Liane Robinson, Cuetopia owner Paul Martin and Kettering Town Cllr James Towns