InvestNN - A space to be

Thrive in a green prosperous environment

Our vision is to create a region where public ambition meets private innovation, offering unparalleled opportunities for businesses to thrive in a green and prosperous environment. This prospectus outlines our strategic approach to achieving this vision, inviting you to be a part of our journey towards a sustainable future.

Vision, space, and infrastructure

In North Northamptonshire, we are committed to fostering a sustainable, vibrant, and forward-thinking community. We have a stable planning regime in place, a 15 year track record of delivering and a strong appetite for significant levels of sustainable growth and development in the future.

Our “Space to Grow” initiative embodies this commitment by providing the vision, space, and infrastructure necessary for businesses and investors dedicated to sustainable growth.

Space, quality of life, infrastructure, workforce

One of the biggest growth areas outside London, positioned in the triangle between 3 of the world's top 10 universities with space to grow in a well-connected, central location with great strategic advantage. North Northamptonshire is a green haven, mixing thriving and historic market towns surrounded by traditional English villages and beautiful countryside. It’s a place for applied innovation, space to grow your ideas, your business, and your family. 

Competitive advantages:

• 60 miles from Oxford, 40 miles from Cambridge and less than an hour north of Central London by train
• 75% of the UK population is within 4 hrs HGV drive
• stable long term planning strategy for growth
• places to live - development pipeline and track record to evidence double digit growth in housing supply

Vision for the future

As one of the UK’s fastest-growing working age populations, with housing and commercial delivery already ahead of national benchmarks, North Northamptonshire is a place on the rise, with the ambition, strategy and space to deliver a green and prosperous economy over the coming decade of growth.

Last updated 03 December 2025