Garden Communities and Sustainable Urban Extensions
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Wellingborough East (Stanton Cross)
The Wellingborough East area was first identified for significant mixed-use development in the local plan in 1999.
Bovis Homes Ltd first submitted a planning application in August 2004 with further submissions in December 2005 and October 2006 and a variation (WP/15/00605/VAR) in 2015 which was approved in 2016.
Stanton Cross - the name explained
Bovis ran a public competition through the Evening Telegraph to name the development. Stanton refers to the former Stanton Ironworks company which operated in Wellingborough in the 1930s. Stanton is also derived from the Anglo-Saxon for stone farm and the Cross part of the name refers to the river and rail crossings required to link the development to Wellingborough.
The mixed-use scheme comprises:
- 3750 residential units
- Industrial and commercial development
- new public transport links and interchange at the station
- town park
- new and enhanced walking and cycling routes
- a neighbourhood centre with health facilities, a small supermarket and other shops, a community hall and a primary school
- 2 further secondary local centres
- construction of access roads, bridges and cycle or footways
The Council has completed 2 Compulsory Purchase Orders of land within the Stanton Cross Development. To request a copy of the Compulsory Purchase Orders email [email protected].
Last updated 17 August 2023