New Development
Several housing projects are currently taking place, such as "The Grange", a joint project by several house building companies, and Jelson Homes's "Carisbrooke Grange".
Magnetic Park is a project to build a business park in Desborough, most construction has been completed.
There were plans to build a Sainsburys near Magnetic Park but Kettering Borough Council’s planning committee turned down the company’s proposals. Committee members voted 4-3, with one abstention, against the plans. On 25 January 2012, the Council again rejected the plans by 7 to 1 votes, with one abstention.
Plans have been submitted to Kettering to redevelop the town centre Lawrence Factory site with a new Tesco store. In September 2011, Kettering published a report recommending approval of the Tesco plans, but the Planning Committee due to consider the application on 13 September 2011 was cancelled. On 25 January 2012, Kettering Borough Council voted unanimously to approve the plans.
Magnetic Park is in the process of bring developed for industrial use. It already holds an engineering firm and the Great Bear Distribution Centre. More recently a poroposal to build a Waste to Energy Centre at Magnetic Park has been submitted to Northants County Council. This plan was submitted by Origin Renewable Energy to build a two stage Gasification plant in order to supply local businesses and the new homes on Grange two with hot water. Municipal and commercial waste destined for landfill and not recyclable will be used. A Community Liaison Group(CLG) has been set up, four of its members have already visited a state of the art energy centre in Sarpsborg Norway. The Energos plant in Sarpsborg is of the type that is proposed for Desborough. Energos already operate 8 Energy Centres on main land Europe including one at Stavanger. A group of local residents under the name of 'Fresh Air for Desborough' is campaigning against this development.
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