5,500 new homes are to be built in East Kettering, North Hamptonshire.

The Local Infrastructure Fund (LIF) has awarded £15 million which will be used to deliver 5,500 new homes, three new schools, a health centre, supermarket, shops, hotel and leisure facilities all set within a system of parks, open spaces and play areas.

LIF is now preparing the site to get the first 1,750 homes underway.

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Louise Wyman, Lead for Large Sites in the HCA, Midlands said;

“We have been working closely with Kettering Borough Council, Northamptonshire County Council, developers Alledge Brook and across government to align priorities and ensure maximum investment in East Kettering and the wider County.

"We're actively engaged in the ambitions for growth in this part of the Midlands and we continue to support this through targeted alignment of government investment, HCA programmes and local funding.

"Our role as a national agency working locally has been to broker the relationships across the many public bodies and departments involved in East Kettering, the private sector and the local authority."

(CD/MH)