Wellingborough Town Centre Regeneration
Last year, North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) commissioned a review of its four major growth towns (Corby, Kettering, Rushden and Wellingborough). The objective was to decide which town offered the most potential for regeneration.
The conclusion of the review was that Wellingborough offered “the biggest scale and opportunity for developing a long-term Masterplan”. Producing that Plan is expected to cost £65,000.
Reform UK councillor, Ken Harrington, said that it could help turn the town
“into a place that the people of Wellingborough will once again want to invite people in to visit“.
Reform UK’s Paul Brooke said:
“We need to make it a place where people can work, rest and play. All towns get their nicknames, but Wellingborough is indeed going to be called the ‘closed-down town’ if we carry on the way we’re going.”
“It’s got to change – all of our town centres have got to change.”
NNC made it clear that a Masterplan for other towns, such as Rushden and Corby, will be considered later this year, if funding can be found.
Leader of the Reform UK-led council, Cllr. Martin Griffiths, said:
“We have to start somewhere.”
“The learning that we get from Wellingborough can be rolled out not only across Rushden, Kettering and Corby, but let’s take it further afield – be brave, be ambitious.”
Last year, North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) commissioned a review of its four major growth towns (Corby, Kettering, Rushden and Wellingborough). The objective was to decide which town offered the most potential for regeneration.
The conclusion of the review was that Wellingborough offered “the biggest scale and opportunity for developing a long-term Masterplan”. Producing that Plan is expected to cost £65,000.
Reform UK councillor, Ken Harrington, said that it could help turn the town
“into a place that the people of Wellingborough will once again want to invite people in to visit“.
Reform UK’s Paul Brooke said:
“We need to make it a place where people can work, rest and play. All towns get their nicknames, but Wellingborough is indeed going to be called the ‘closed-down town’ if we carry on the way we’re going.”
“It’s got to change – all of our town centres have got to change.”
NNC made it clear that a Masterplan for other towns, such as Rushden and Corby, will be considered later this year, if funding can be found.
Leader of the Reform UK-led council, Cllr. Martin Griffiths, said:
“We have to start somewhere.”
“The learning that we get from Wellingborough can be rolled out not only across Rushden, Kettering and Corby, but let’s take it further afield – be brave, be ambitious.”