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27/06/2009 62,000 NEW HOUSES PLANNED FOR WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
	People across West Northamptonshire are being asked for their views on proposals which will help shape the future economic and population growth around the towns of Northampton, Daventry, Brackley and Towcester. West Northamptonshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee will meet on July 6 to debate and vote on whether a strategy for the direction of future growth in West Northamptonshire should go out to public consultation. Known as the Emergent Joint Core Strategy, this document outlines current thinking on how growth will take place over the next 15 to 20 years and which areas and infrastructure have been earmarked as pivotal to the process. As the principle urban area within West Northamptonshire the successful regeneration of Northampton’s central area, is in itself, an essential piece of infrastructure that will be delivered through this strategy. The document, which has been drawn up by the West Northamptonshire Joint Planning Unit on behalf of the Joint Committee, in close co operation with the partner authorities and WNDC, explains how important choices for the area are being informed by technical evidence and previous public consultations. West Northamptonshire has been selected by the Government as part of the Milton Keynes South Midlands Sub Region as one of four key zones in England which will deliver growth in homes and jobs from now to 2026 and beyond. Committee chairman, Cllr Tony Woods, said: “The government has decided that growth is going to take place in this area and what we have to do is to ensure that this takes place in the best possible way. Population growth needs to be balanced with economic expansion, while at the same time providing infrastructure and minimising the environmental impact. “These plans are not the final plan, but they are based on current evidence covering everything from flood risk assessment, transport planning, economic modelling for jobs growth and the requirements for education and health care. “The plans are vital to providing the framework for growth and development of West Northamptonshire for the next generation and over the next few months’ further work will be undertaken to add detail to these plans. It is therefore hugely important that we get as much feedback as possible to help shape this development.” The strategy aims to provide around 62,000 new homes both private and affordable in towns and rural areas in West Northamptonshire and generate between 37,000 and 68,000 new jobs from a range of economic sectors along with creating new schools, leisure centres, shops and green areas. Central to this new growth is the enhancement of existing public transport links and networks and the provision of new ones, including a new dedicated public transport route developed solely for travel into the heart of Northampton. There is also a strong emphasis on reducing the number of car journeys on our county’s roads with the aim of reducing the amount of single occupancy car trips by 2026. To relieve the existing through-traffic travelling on the A45 and to reduce congestion and delays, a new road link will be a developed from the A45 to the M1. As well as development on green-field sites the strategy also factors in the necessity for increased town centre regeneration in Northampton, Daventry and Towcester while maintaining the area’s cultural heritage. West Northamptonshire, as part of the wider Milton Keynes and South Midlands growth area promoted by the government, has been earmarked to be a centre of growth up to 2026 and beyond. The Joint Planning Unit is comprised of Daventry District, Northampton Borough and South Northamptonshire councils and Northamptonshire County Council. If the West Northamptonshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee approves the proposals for consultation at the Committee meeting on July 6, there will be a six week consultation period. During this time comments will be invited on the proposals and interested parties will also be able to make comments through an electronic consultation portal, follow the links via the Joint Planning Units website at www.westnorthamptonshirejpu.org Following this a “pre-submission” plan is due to be submitted to the Government in November of this year with a full plan submission by March 2010. A full public inquiry is scheduled to take place in the summer of 2010.	CLICK HERE FOR SILVERSTONE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION

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