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culture and heritage of our district Welcome to include proposals for a new canal arm, boatlift and green gateway into District, Daventry, to boost tourism and attract well connected for further investment into our District. business, living Council prides and leisure itself on taking a forward-thinking approach and we’re keen to work closely with like-minded investors on Our District is growing fast, offering a range of opportunities aimed at unlocking our District’s full potential new markets and development as a desirable location to live, work opportunities for investors of all and prosper. sizes in an affordable location to live and work at the heart of the nation’s If you’re thinking of moving to, transport network. investing or expanding in Daventry Daventry District Council has a clear District and would like to know more vision to Develop a Better District and about the opportunities available, an innovative strategy for business please get in touch and we’ll be growth and jobs, for new quality happy to talk about your plans. housing, education, retail, leisure and community facilities.

Central to this strategy is our Centre Vision – a £175 million investment programme to regenerate the heart of Daventry into a thriving destination town. Ian Vincent Chief Executive We are bringing this Vision to life Daventry District Council by working with our partners in the private and public sectors to deliver a series of major developments, including an improved shopping and leisure experience, a national centre of excellence for business innovation and one of the UK’s first flagship university technical colleges. Our plans to invest in the

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Daventry District is in the west of By rail with excellent transport links, proving itself to be Home to the Daventry a popular location in the centre of International Rail Freight Terminal, the UK for businesses seeking the UK’s premier rail-linked distribution bases, company logistics development on the headquarters and warehousing West Coast Mainline, connecting and manufacturing facilities. businesses to continental Europe. is just 78 minutes’ travel By road time from Daventry District’s train station at , while Strategically placed at the heart of journeys to take less the national road network, with easy than an hour. access to the , the M6/ A14 interchange, the A5 and the A45. By air Regular bus services provide strong links to the local area and Five international airports within surrounding region, with a new bus convenient reach – Heathrow, interchange in Daventry town among , Stansted, East further investment planned. and Birmingham International. A homely destination

About Daventry District Helping to meet Defined by its beautiful West housing demand Northamptonshire countryside setting Seeking sustainable solutions to a rise and strategically placed at the centre in housing demand, Daventry District of the national road network, Daventry Council recently completed an innovative District provides a rare and sought-after £3.45million scheme to build 45 new balance of urban and rural lifestyles. homes for rent in the Middlemore area The district covers more than 250 square of Daventry. miles and is made up of the historic The Council has retained 32 properties of Daventry, and 78 villages, for private rent, with the 13 remaining contributing to its distinctive character affordable homes transferred to East and rural charm. Midlands Housing Association. Latest figures give a district population Each property is built to high of about 79,000, with approximately environmental standards with long-term, 25,000 living in Daventry town itself. sustainable living in mind and lower The health of people in Daventry District running costs. The Council now plans is generally better than the to move forward with a second private average and crime levels are low. rented scheme in the town. A growing property market Daventry District, along with neighbouring and District, makes up the housing market area, with all three local authorities working in partnership to understand the drivers and dynamics of the housing market to help support future development and sustainable growth.

Daventry District is located in a place where the economic strength of London and the South East meets reasonable land and house prices. Daventry town is growing fast, with the current population expected to grow to 40,000 by 2026.

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A District of distinctive character, mixing urban and rural lifestyles Explore at your leisure

Set among rolling Northamptonshire The District benefits from a wide hills, Daventry District offers a range range of sporting facilities including of exciting leisure opportunities for golf clubs, all-weather pitches, football people of all ages. and rugby clubs and a number of local gyms. From picturesque villages to woodlands, canals, reservoirs, country Daventry Leisure Centre, conveniently parks and many elegant country located in the heart of the town, houses and gardens, the District is features two swimming pools, a sports full of treasures to discover. hall, state-of-the-art gym and squash courts, while a modern skate park It boasts some of the finest stately in the town centre provides an ideal homes in the country, including spot for people to practice their skills House, , on skateboards, bikes and scooters. Hall and Hall, while its range There is also karting at Mill of hotels, restaurants and fine country near Daventry town which has Motor pubs offer the warmest of welcomes. Sports Association registered circuits for advanced and novice drivers. Steeped in history Daventry District is an area rich in history. In 1925, in Daventry became home to the BBC’s world service transmitters, relaying radio signals around the world with the renowned radio call sign ‘Daventry Calling the World’. Borough Hill also Reservoirs including , has National Scheduled Ancient and Drayton offer superb opportunities Monument status as it was the site for sailing, while running through the of one of the largest hill heart of the District is the picturesque forts in the country. , a popular route for pleasure cruises, walking, cycling The District was also the focus for and angling. There is canal heritage historic events such as the Civil War’s around every corner, ranging from deciding battlefield at and the the village of at the junction Gun Powder Plot at the village of Ashby of the Grand Union and St Ledgers, the Manor House being the Canals through to tunnels, lock plotters’ command centre and home of flights and bridges. the lead plotter, Robert Catesby.

Drayton Reservoir in Daventry is a Discover more great days premier location for angling and just out in Daventry District at a stone’s throw away is the Green www.lovedaventry.com Flag Award winning , offering tranquil picnic spots, an adventure playground, a nature trail around the reservoir and a wealth of wildlife. 06 07

Main picture Kelmarsh Hall. Inset: Althorp House, Diamond Jubilee Skate Park, Daventry Country Park Inset: Daventry UTC students

08 Fresh facilities for improving education

From early years and primary provision to secondary schools and colleges, the District has a distinct mix Plans are progressing on the of facilities providing both academic relocation of Northampton College’s and vocational qualifications. Daventry Daventry campus from its current District Council is committed to site in Road West to purpose- improving this education offer further, built new premises. taking a strong lead in identifying The proposals have attracted and developing fresh educational £6.5m of government funding opportunities with its partners. and the new campus will provide places for 700 students, including University Technical 200 apprenticeships, with a College Daventry college curriculum focusing on vocational training. Daventry’s University Technical College (UTC) is part of a new national Daventry Special concept in education. Located off Ashby Road, the Daventry UTC offers Academy 14 to 19-year-olds the chance to follow Plans are under way for the Daventry a high quality, technically orientated Special Academy, a new special course of study in engineering, school for children aged 4-18 years. sustainable construction and It will be operated by the Education environmental sustainability. Excellence for All Trust, catering for The unique institution provides 175 children when full with a range of students with the opportunity to work learning difficulties in new specialist with local and national employers such facilities in Daventry town centre. as Cummins, Hi–Force Ltd, Cosworth, Adjoining the Daventry UTC, this will DHL, Prologis and SDC. Daventry create a new learning quarter in the District Council provided land for heart of the town. the facility, which was sponsored by and the University Moulton College of Northampton. Following the successful construction of an £8.7 million development to Monksmoor provide accommodation for 160 students, Moulton College continues its ongoing plans to enhance the facilities Work is continuing on proposals for with the addition of a UK competition a new primary school to serve the standard athletics track for the students new Monksmoor estate in northern and the local community due to open in Daventry. The Council plans to build 2015 and is also progressing with plans the primary school, funded by the for a state-of-the-art food technology developer under planning obligations, centre, which has attracted £3.5m of to ensure that places are provided for government funding. residents of the new estate as early in the development as possible. To find out more about Daventry’s distinct education offer, visit www.daventryschoolsmatter.com 09 Encouraging employment opportunities

Daventry District benefits from a Motorsport balanced economy, generated by a Motorsport and its supply chain continue broad mix of employment, with to grow with several companies achieving growing sectors including logistics, outstanding results and winning trophies. high performance technology, motorsport, food and drink and They include Mercedes AMG High creative and cultural industries. Performance Powertrains at , which designs and manufactures Unemployment levels are significantly Mercedes-Benz Formula 1 racing lower than the national and regional engines and hybrid power systems for average, including for young people. the Mercedes AMG Petronas, Vodafone By 2029 an additional 28,500 McLaren Mercedes and Sahara Force jobs are estimated for the West F1 teams. Northamptonshire area, including Daventry District. Ilmor Engineering Ltd, also at Brixworth, designs and manufactures high- National companies already based performance race engines, currently in the District include Ford Motor enjoying a very successful IndyCar Company, Cummins, Hambleside partnership with Chevrolet. Ilmor is , Tesco, DHL, Wincanton, also involved in aero, marine and Exova and Volvo Trucks. Daventry is defence engineering. home to a high number of independent businesses, helping the area to JR Motorsport in Daventry enjoyed withstand the recent economic GT track racing success with its Nissan downturn well. GT-R Nismo GT3 and rally success with its Subaru WRX STI.

Thriving business High performance technology sectors Daventry’s success stories include Hi-Force Ltd, which achieved Logistics Northamptonshire’s International Trader The District’s strategic location at of the Year Award in 2013, and Exova, the heart of the nation’s road and which specialises in material and rail network makes it a prime choice component testing for the industrial, for logistics operations. Future job oil and gas and transportation sectors. opportunities will arise from schemes such as the expansion of the Daventry Stimulating the rural International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT III project), to construct a new rail link economy and up to 731,000 square metres of new Daventry District is part of the North distribution and storage for businesses, and West Northamptonshire Local along with operational facilities and Action Group and, through delivery of a lorry park. Once completed, it is its LEADER programme between 2015 expected to provide up to 9,000 jobs. and 2020, will promote the sustainable Plans are also moving forward for a new growth of local rural businesses, logistics skills centre at the site. covering sectors including agricultural, 10 forestry, tourism and food and drink. 11 Bringing shopping and leisure to life

Mulberry Place Waterloo superstore Mulberry Place is the centrepiece Progressing simultaneously with of major plans to transform Daventry the Mulberry Place development town centre into a thriving retail and are proposals for a new 7,500sq m leisure destination. superstore and petrol station, retail units and 500 parking spaces on land in the Waterloo area of Daventry on the north-west side of the town centre.

Henry Boot Developments is also moving this development forward, which will form an attractive base for national retailers and together with Mulberry Place will help anchor the existing town centre retail offer. The site links to the proposed Daventry WaterSpace The development will provide a new development, on land off Eastern Way. shopping centre, cafes, bars and restaurants, multiplex cinema and new Abbey Retail Park library, creating around 10,000 square metres of extra retail space on land to The first physical changes to the north of the town’s High Street and significantly improve Daventry’s retail approximately 250 parking spaces. offer were completed in early 2009 with the opening of the Abbey Retail Park. The scheme is being brought forward by Daventry District Council’s development partner Henry Boot Developments Ltd.

Mulberry Place is an important feature of the Daventry Town Centre Vision, a £200m investment programme by the Council and its partners to regenerate a series of key locations in the town – The bulky goods retail park, based off itself at the heart of substantial growth South Way in the heart of the town, – to improve local amenities for local features a number of high street chains people and visitors. including Homebase, Halfords, Pets at Home, CarpetRight and Leisure Lakes Bikes.com. As part of the development, a new purpose-built Working Men’s Club was constructed. A new undercroft car park also opened, offering additional long stay public car parking to this area of the town.

All short stay and long stay public car parking in Daventry’s town centre is free. 12 13 14 Gateway to a growing town

Positioned off Eastern Way, Daventry, As the centrepiece to this innovative the proposed Daventry WaterSpace engineering project, the Council is development will offer a vibrant proposing to build a unique boat lift. extension of the town centre, blending This modern, significant landmark, leisure, residential, office and together with two locks on the canal community use. arm, would accommodate the 18-metre height difference between the Grand Indicative plans for the 5.5Ha development Union Canal and Daventry Town Centre. include housing, offices, a health centre, a hotel, and restaurants, cafes and bars, The boatlift would place the District and to be scenically set around new water wider region on the tourism map and, due basins and moorings. Land to the north to its location near strategic road and rail accommodates the Daventry University networks, possibly rival the popularity of Technical College and proposed new the Falkirk Wheel, which attracts hundreds Daventry Special Academy. of thousands of visitors each year.

The WaterSpace would, in time, link to the proposed Daventry Canal Arm, An iCon of innovation two miles to the north-east of the town The iCon Environmental Innovation centre, providing a visitor destination Centre is a home for the businesses for boaters, walkers and cyclists. and organisations that are changing the way we design, construct and manage The Council will be working with the environment. development partners as and when opportunities arise to take forward Daventry succeeded above competitors various elements of the scheme. to be chosen as the home for the award-winning, multi-million-pound iCon The vision to create a building, which provides 4,000m sq of new piece of Britain’s facilities including business incubation units, conference centre, exhibition built heritage space and a café. As part of plans to encourage tourism Located within the proposed WaterSpace and economic growth, Daventry District development area, the iCon opened in Council is proposing to build the 2011 and has been recognised as an nation’s first destination canal arm exemplar of progressive design and for more than 150 years. energy efficiency. It is operated by the University of Northampton. The proposed Daventry Canal Arm and boatlift would connect Daventry Daventry District Council provided town centre to the Grand Union Canal land towards the project, which as part of the vision to encourage obtained funding from the European visitors to Daventry and contribute to Regional Development Fund and the major regeneration and development former Development of the area. Agency and West Northamptonshire Development Corporation. The proposed two-mile stretch of canal would provide a valuable piece iCon’s success stories include Frost of green infrastructure and could EV Systems, which specialises in low also open up opportunities for local carbon vehicle technology, and research businesses connected to the waterway. management firm Axillium Research. 15 Accommodating growth, enabling expansion

Our strategy for a thriving economy Long March’s new is not just about attracting new business, but providing existing companies with lease of life the support they need to enable future Rejuvenating one of Daventry’s former expansion. industrial estates resulted in the The Council has a strong track record of development of purpose-built facilities working with businesses on redeveloping its for award-winning roofing products portfolio of commercial land and property manufacturer Hambleside Danelaw. to accommodate growth and improve The company worked in partnership with sustainability and energy efficiency. Daventry District Council on a purpose- This commitment has been matched with built 5,000 sq m factory in the Long March multi-million-pound investment from the area of the town. authority, with recent projects focused Formerly known as Middlemarch, the site towards breathing new life into Daventry’s contained around 20 units originally built industrial heartlands. in the 1960s, but many were no longer fit for today’s commercial and industrial Royal Industrial tenants. The new building showcases a number of eco-friendly measures, Estate redevelopment including energy-saving rooflights and Among the recent success stories is arrays of solar photovoltaic panel. the construction of a purpose-built Hambleside Danelaw leased the new manufacturing base for international premises from the Council on a 25-year hydraulic tool specialist Hi-Force Ltd, term. They worked in partnership again which replaced the Council’s outdated recently to complete a 30,000 sq ft industrial units in the Royal Oak industrial extension, to enable further expansion of area of Daventry. the business and new production lines. Hi-Force expressed an interest in moving to larger, modern premises in Daventry The Knoll at whilst staying a tenant of the Council. These aspirations provided an opportunity South March for the authority and Hi-Force to work Fresh opportunities are being created together to redevelop a site, and the for commercial development on land Council constructed a more energy owned by the Council at The Knoll, located efficient and visually attractive building, within the Marches Industrial Estate to the incorporating recycled materials, high south-east of Daventry town centre. standards of insulation and renewable The Knoll is conveniently close to the energy technology. town’s ring road and the A45, with its After relocating to the new £4.5m facility, surrounding area primarily developed Hi-Force experienced further growth for industrial use. The site has outline and required more manufacturing planning consent and future development and warehousing space, so a second will be restricted to single storey units not redevelopment took place at the rear of exceeding 2,700 sq mt. The sites will be the premises – again on the site of old marketed for B1 and B2 use, to attract units owned by the Council – with the High Tech Business units, to this key authority investing a further £2million to gateway location. create a new warehousing facility.

17 Partnering up for major investment

Daventry District Council and its partners Northamptonshire will be investing around £350 million in Enterprise capital expenditure from now until 2034 Partnership in support of economic and community Daventry District Council also works growth. This rises to a staggering £1.5 closely with Northamptonshire Enterprise billion when planned private sector Partnership, a Local Enterprise Partnership investment in commercial premises with a clear objective: to grow the and housing are added. Northamptonshire economy by £4 billion. Among the projects benefiting from the South East Midlands £67.3 million Local Growth Deal is the Local Enterprise Daventry Development Link Road, which Partnership received a £6million cash boost. The project The Council is a member of the will provide the infrastructure necessary South East Midlands Local Enterprise to open up further housing growth Partnership (SEMLEP), which is focused beyond 2020. on accelerating economic growth across www.northamptonshireep.co.uk the strategic location at the crossroads of London, the Midlands, Oxford and Henry Boot . The Local Growth Deal of Developments Limited £64.4 million for investment includes Appointed in 2007 as Daventry District £6.5 million which will be used to help Council’s preferred development fund the new Northampton College partner, Henry Boot is bringing forward campus in Daventry. the proposed Mulberry Place and the www.semlep.com Waterloo superstore schemes. Despite a series of challenges, including the Northamptonshire economic downturn, the company County Council has remained true to its plans and A key public sector partner in the its partnership with the Council, economic development of Daventry demonstrating the private sector’s District, Northamptonshire County confidence and commitment towards the Council (NCC) is spearheading vision to improve Daventry Town Centre. infrastructure projects including the www.henryboot.co.uk Daventry Development Link Road off the A45, to improve access to Daventry from Construction Futures the M1 and vice versa and enhancing This pioneering communications with the roll-out of Northamptonshire-based superfast broadband countywide. NCC apprenticeships scheme uses the planning is also involved in the regeneration of and procurement system to secure Daventry Town Centre, by helping to jobs and training on construction sites. put new infrastructure in place for the Initially launched in 2009 by the former developments, supporting the delivery West Northamptonshire Development of new educational facilities. Corporation, the initiative has been transferred to leading social enterprise Fusion21, helping it to expand across the UK. In the East Midlands it has delivered over 3,000 weeks of training across more than 20 construction sites, including Daventry Town Centre Vision developments. 18 www.constructionfutures.org.uk 19

Support for your business

Velocity NEP Funding and SEMLEP’s Velocity Business Support programme provides a broad range of A comprehensive and varied programme of resources to help businesses unleash their business support providing the fundamentals potential and support growth ambitions. for new and growing businesses, large and Call 0300 01234 35 or visit small. Call 01604 609 393 or visit www.velocitybusinesssupport.com www.northamptonshireep.co.uk/funding- business-support Northamptonshire Growth Hub Fredericks Run by NEP in partnership with the Northamptonshire University of Northampton and The local arm of the Fredericks Foundation Northamptonshire County Council, this charity lends money and provides a mentoring free service offers a comprehensive mix service to disadvantaged businesses in the of support for businesses of all sizes. county that cannot get finance by any Call 0844 5560101 or visit other means For more information, visit www.northamptonshiregrowthhub.co.uk www.fredericksfoundation.org/northamptonshire or call 01276 472722. Daventry District Council, Lodge Road Daventry NN11 4FP T: 01327 871100

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