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1 Northamptonshire Strategic Economic Plan: Initial Short-term Investment Proposals 1.1 Infrastructure and Connectivity

1.1.1 Capital (24)

Project Name Strategic Objectives 2015/16 2016/17 Total Cost (£) Total

Required (£)

Match Identified (£)

Wootton Hall Park Development Access

Enabling redevelopment of Wootton Hall Park for housing and education purposes

£1.15m £250,000

Match funding provided by the County Council (£450k) and Northamptonshire Police (£250k)

Joining up St James Mill Road

Link up St James Mill Road to St James Mill Road East to open up development.

£350,000 £350,000 £0

Stanton Cross Development Access (Phase 1 Railway Bridge and Access Routes 4 and 9)

Directly facilitating initial access to the Stanton Cross development. This work will help to release one of Northamptonshire’s top strategic investment sites for commercial development, about 3,400 new homes and an expanded railway station.

£17.9m £5m

Agreed as a priority by the LTB and funding agreed (£5m). Further funding earmarked from the developer with remaining ‘bridge-funding’ provided by the County Council.

Stanton Cross Development Access (Phase 2 Railway Bridges Supporting Access Routes 2 and 6)

TBC £4m

Sandy Lane Relief Road Complete linkage of road £5.42m

Chowns Mill Roundabout improvements

Part of improvements at the junction of the A45 and the A6 to improve safety, relieve congestion and enable developments at Rushden

£9M £5M Development contributions and Highways Authority

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Required (£)


East and Irthlingborough supporting 3,000 new homes

A45 Daventry Development Link (A45 Northampton to Daventry Development Link (Flore-Weedon Bypass)

Directly related to development at Daventry, including the Daventry North East proposal involving 4,000 new homes and other development

£54m £8m

The DDL has been agreed as a priority by the LTB and funding agreed (£8m). Further funding is earmarked from development (£1.5m immediately available) with the remaining ‘bridge-funding’ provided by the County Council.

Smart Commuting and Technology Solutions

This initiative will complement investment in the network and utilise the latest technology and applications to provide better and more accessible information as well as smart ticketing, incentives to reduce congestion, infrastructure to support low emission vehicles and other measures.

Total package cost to be confirmed and will be subject to match-funding to enable it to be up-scaled

£4.5m

Smart Corridors - Local Sustainable Bus Corridor

Targeted investment in bus corridors directly related to facilitating new homes and commercial development. This will complement investment in the road network, manage demand and reduce congestion on key routes.


£3.5m

Inter-urban bus system

Establishing a quality bus contract for inter-urban travel to support access to jobs, skills and education, particularly linking with the 2 university campuses.

£6m £3m

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Required (£)


Local Sustainable Transport schemes to support access to jobs and development

Investment in public transport infrastructure and cycle networks to complement physical investment in the road network. This will help to lock-in the benefits of additional capacity in the network, optimise investment, and relates directly to facilitating new homes and commercial development.


£1.7m

Getting Northampton to Work - Improving Access to the Enterprise Zone and Town Centre

Directly related to the Waterside Enterprise Zone and proposals for 15,000 new jobs and the wider town centre regeneration.

TBC £10.1m

Kings Heath – Phase 1 Northampton North West Bypass

Complete necessary road infrastructure and facilitate housing development totalling 3,000 new homes

£11.3m

There may be a potential for some developer finance as part of this project however, public sector intervention is needed to start to bring this project forward

A43 Abthorpe Junction Transport infrastructure to support the Silverstone development brief

£34.2m £4.5m

Northern Interceptor Road, Wellingborough

Improves transport interchange making it easier to access for buses and pedestrians

£2.1m £1.35m £750,903 has been negotiated through S106 contributions

A43 Northampton To Kettering Link (Phase 1a and 1b)

Directly related to a current planning application for 2,000 new homes and other development north of Northampton.

£20.8m £4.3m

Further funding is earmarked from the developer (£5.9m), and £2.055m Local Pinch Point funding has been awarded, with the remaining ‘bridge-funding’ provided by the County Council

A43 Northampton To Kettering Link (Phase

Directly related to proposals for a further 3,500 new homes £18m £6m Funds for this scheme will come

from development (£6m) with

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Required (£)


2) and a minimum of 10 hectares of employment land, as well as a current planning application for 2,000 new homes and other development, north of Northampton.

the remaining ‘bridge-funding’ provided by the County Council.

Corby Highway Infrastructure 2015/20

Road and junction improvements across Corby to support development and ease exiting constraints

£14.2m

Northampton North and North-West Link

Directly related to opening up potential for over 9,000 new homes and other development

£35.4m £1.2m

Funds for this scheme will also come from development, including via Community Infrastructure Levy receipts from the Northampton-Related Development Area

A509 Isham to Wellingborough Improvements

Directly related to growth at Wellingborough including the 3,200 new homes at Wellingborough North with planning permission and pending commercial development at Junction 9 of the A14.

£39.8M £15M

£24.9m could come from further rounds of NLTB (post 2018)/ through NCC innovative funding mechanisms required from other sources

Northampton North West Bypass

New road scheme - will enable the three urban extensions planned for the west of Northampton

£28m £25m £3m from the North of Whitehills Sustainable Urban Extension (Buckton Fields Development)

A45 Nene Valley Way Pinch-Point Improvements (Part of the Northampton Growth Management Strategy)

Related to enabling the further growth of Northampton and addressing current and forecast congestion on the strategic and local network

£12.2m £2m

SMART grid Trials Extend Ofgen grid management trials to 2 grid £4M £2M Private sector including energy

companies.

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Required (£)


areas in Northamptonshire to provide active grid management of supply

Total 295.82m 106.75m 100.41

1.2 People and communities

1.2.1 Capital (2)

Project Name Strategic Objectives / description 2015/16 2016/17 Total Cost (£)

Total Required

(£) Match Identified (£)

Northampton Cultural Quarter

The redevelopment of the NCC offices, including the use of the Gaol block, to allow for the core of the Cultural Quarter to be substantially enhanced by bringing back into use vacated office space.

Total cost of the project will be £12.12m

Single growth fund - £5.5m

Funding partners: HLF - £5m ERDF - £1.5m Trusts and foundations - £120k

Enhancing the station gateway

Complete development around railway station

The estimated cost of delivering the overall programme would be c£37m with initial public sector support required to address external works (£2.74m) and sewer

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diversion (173K)

Total 49.12 5.5 6.62

1.3 Business and innovation

1.3.1 Capital (4)


Total Required


Unlocking commercial & industrial demand

Develop key sites in Northampton Waterside Enterprise Zone. Programme of capital works at the Northampton Waterside Enterprise Zone: external works required to facilitate development:

£26m £4.36m -

Rockingham Enterprise Area

To undertake detailed ground investigations which will result in costed site remediation proposals

£50,000 £50,000 -

St Marks Business Centre Refurbishment

Refurbish 13,630 sqm of outdated commercial floorspace into new workshop units of SMEs

£342,600 £342,600 -

Digital Economy

Fibre-based Next Generation Access (NGA) to the whole county by 2017 • Adding value to maximise the outcomes and impacts enabled through NGA deployment, particularly for local businesses

£18M £2m BDUK: £10m £8.16 public sector (£4.08m from county council)

Total 44.39m 6.75m 18.16m

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1.3.2 Capital and Revenue (2)


Total Required


Northamptonshire Growth Hub

Develop the capacity within the Growth Hub building on the work achieved to date. Additional capacity would provide front end support for SMEs with high growth potential. This would align with existing programmes delivered through the HUB, including the integration of key sector provision and support businesses with low carbon and environmental costs

£6M £3M £3M NEP, NCC, UON, ESIF funds

Northamptonshire High Performance Technologies Network

Continue to support Research and Development, enterprise support for the network to support jobs growth and financial investment from the private sector. This would build on the existing RGF programme.

£4m £2m £2M Private sector match

InvEnt+

INV-ENT + would extend the support available for businesses with growth potential to support job creation and apprenticeships.

£2m £1m £1m Match from NEP/NCC

Rural Business Development

Building on the work of the LEADER programme in the North to extend support across the county and specifically develop a package to support rural SMEs

£500K £250K £250 Partners and ESIF

Silverstone Business Support

Work with developers MEPC to provide targeted business support to HPT businesses on the developing Silverstone

£187,000 £20,070 £20,070 each from Bucks Thames Valley and SEMLEP and £126,790 match from MEPC

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Science and Technology Park

Total 12.68m 6.27m 6.41m

1.4 Employment and Skills

1.4.1 Capital (1)


Total Required


Tresham Campus, Wellingborough

Full campus redevelopment: complete demolition of the entire existing sub-standard campus buildings (8,584m2) followed by rebuilding of brand new facilities on the existing site (6,000m2).

£16.3m £5m Skills Funding Agency: £5.4m Tresham College: £

Northampton College Campus (In partnership with Moulton College), Daventry

The development of an Enterprise and Skills Centre, providing career IAG, business start-up support and training, particularly high quality vocational training for young people (14+) to facilitate their progression into work, apprenticeships or higher education. The centres will particularly develop work based pathways to higher skills through Apprenticeships and Higher Apprenticeships.

£10m £5m £2m Local Authority; £3m Northampton College

Total 26.3m 10m 10.4m

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1.5 Summary (all projects) Theme Total Cost (£) Total Required (£) Match Identified (£) Land buildings and Infrastructure

Capital £295.2m £106.75m £100.41m

Revenue - - -

Sub-total

£295.2m £106.75m £100.41m

People and Communities Capital £49.12m

£5.5m £6.62m

Revenue

- - -

Sub-total £49.12m £5.5m £6.62m

Business and Enterprise Capital £44.39m £6.75m £18.16m

Revenue £12.68m £6.27m £6.42

Sub-total £57.07 £12.25 £24.58

Employment and Skills Capital £26.3m £10m £10.4m

Sub-total £26.3m £10m £10.4m

TOTAL 428.31m £135m £123.84

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1.6 List of Investment Proposals for further development as part of a longer term investment plan

1.6.1 Infrastructure and Connectivity 1. Kettering East Development Access Pump-Priming – Infrastructure improvements necessary to unlock the Kettering East Development

which includes 5,200 homes and other development including employment land. Including the Weekly-Warkton Improvements and Eskdail Street/Queen Street improvements. There is also a need for a new junction to the east of junction 10 of the AI14 to support growth.

2. iCon2: To take advantage of the success of the iCon innovation centre to provide further capacity for business ‘grow on’ iCon is focused on sustainable construction and allied businesses, and couples incubation space, business support and links to academic research and conference facilities.

3. Daventry Waterspace and Boat lift: a) Generate large scale visitor activity with spin-off expenditure in the local and wider county areas. b) Provide a symbol of Northamptonshire which will be as identifiable as e.g. the ‘Angel of the North’ and thus help create identity and promote inward investment. c) Provide a focus for the development and regeneration of Daventry town centre, thereby supporting the large-scale growth planned for the town.

4. A509 Wellingborough Development Link (Phase 3 including Park Farm Way dualling): Directly related to development at Wellingborough. Scheme related to Phases 1 and 2 and to be progressed with the Wellingborough North development.

5. Towcester Relief Road: Directly related to the Towcester South proposal

6. A43 Northampton To Kettering Link (Phase 3)

7. A509 Wellingborough Development Link (Phase 2 including Isham to Wellingborough Improvements - IWIMP): Directly related to development at Wellingborough

8. Daventry Fixed Link: The provision of a fixed link between Daventry and the national railway network, to support more rapid and higher-value development. Provision of a fixed link between Daventry and the national rail network, ideally including an M1 park and ride facility

9. Relocation of Kettering Fire Station: Remove growth barriers in Kettering

10. A43 South Of Northampton: Directly related to the Towcester South proposal of 2,950 new homes and other development

11. Northampton's Waterside Enterprise Zone Sustainable Transport Route: Northampton’s Waterside Enterprise Zone Sustainable Transport Route will create a continuous cycling/ walking route adjacent to the Enterprise Zone, giving people the opportunity to use the route for both leisure and commuter activities

12. North Gate Bus Station Gateway: Key Northampton Alive and Gateway project enabling the redevelopment of Greyfriars Bus Station and Grosvenor Shopping Centre

13. DDC -Rail connection to Daventry: Daventry to Long Buckby rail link.

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14. A43 Corby Link Road

15. Daventry - Extra Care Housing: Provide better quality care homes for elderly; free-up existing housing stock

16. Transport innovation: Personal and Group Rapid Transport (P/GRT): Daventry to Long Buckby link.

17. Daventry Canal Arm and ‘Daventry Descent’ boat lift: Construction of a boat lift based on the Falkirk Wheel experience

18. Daventry - Catesby Tunnel

19. A14 widening between Junction 7 and 9

20. A43 and A45 Northamptonshire Arc arteries and other schemes which Support Growth and Address Congestion: Improvements to the current trunk road network

21. National Road Programme: M1 junction 19 improvements: Investment underway, crucial to the wider economy. They are also integral to the Northamptonshire Arc and the SEP infrastructure programme, and supported by the Local Transport Body and the County Council.

22. Slade Brook Strategic Flood Storage Reservoir: Remove growth barriers in Kettering

23. Delivery of Junction 10A on the A14 to support establishment of Burton Wold Energy Park: Support to provide green energy generation for existing homes and businesses

24. Flood risk reduction: Flood alleviation schemes which would remove barriers to growth; enhance competitiveness of SMEs; provide employment opportunities; assist in protecting and enhancing the environment.

1.6.2 People and communities 25. Public Realm, Wellingborough: Improvements to Wellingborough Town Centre 26. Kettering Town Centre improvements 27. Daventry – Braunston – Onley – Rugby cycle track: Development of a cycle track. The current track on former railway line at the Daventry

and Rugby ends at Oxford Canal towpath - suggested extension

1.6.3 Business and Innovation 28. Development of 2 Enterprise and Skills Centres based in Daventry and Northampton: To provide businesses with the skilled staff that they

need

29. Daventry Advanced freight: Selective deployment of longer heavier vehicles (LHVs or road trains) and, as part of that, testing and potentially applying rail/road technologies such as the ‘Blade-runner’ concept

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30. Further development of the iCon Sustainability Centre: Develop iCon2 - part of the master plan for development on the site of the existing iCon Sustainability Centre

31. Daventry-Development of non-turbine wind power generation: Potential wind turbine generation (alternative to moving blades)

32. Supporting business quality through effective business regulation

33. Greener Logistics: Lead of new technologies and lower emissions in logistics for UK

1.6.4 Employment and Skills 34. Daventry - Further development of the UTC for New Technologies

35. Daventry - Further development of the centre of excellence at Moulton College: Development of work in food processing and qualifications for low carbon construction and operations at Moulton College; and, Ally a major research university with Moulton College

36. Centre of Excellence in Logistics: Develop management capacity and capability in logistics sector. Attracting new entrants to the workforce, raising skill levels, professional body recognition etc

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