Save Weekley Hall Wood

15/07/2026

Have you heard about Kettering Energy* Park?
It’s a plan to turn an area the size of Burton Latimer into warehouses between Burton, Finedon and the Addingtons.

We are sharing this on behalf of CPRE Northamptonshire and campaigners at Landscape not Industrial Estate as they are holding a public meeting on Wednesday 22nd July at Kettering Arts Centre.

It’s a VITAL meeting people need to come to in Kettering - covering info on warehousing developments and specifically the Kettering Energy Park, which would eat up the green space the size of Burton Latimer. It’s warehousing greenwashed as something else and people are NOT aware.

Please share and let people know.

There is an event on Facebook with more details here: Kettering Energy Park - Public information Evening

*It’s misnamed and should be ‘Kettering Warehouse Park’ ☹️

01/07/2026

The last chance to respond to the local plan scoping consultation is midnight tonight!

Weekley Hall Wood campaigners urge Kettering area residents to comment on Local Plan vision - TODAY - before the midnight deadline

29/06/2026

A huge thank you to Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service and those who alerted them, who extinguished a wildfire at the woods last week 👏👏

28/06/2026

We need your help to protect Weekley Hall Woods and Meadow for years to come! 💚

It’s free, and will take about five mins.
*The deadline is July 1st.*

Back in January 2024, the planning inspector rejected plans to build on Weekley Hall Wood and Meadow - hurrah!🍾🎆

Unfortunately, the area is still not safe; it’s still earmarked for development in the council’s ‘local plan’.
We want to get the area ‘de-allocated’, so it’s safe for the future.

To help, all you need to do is…

1. Click the link in the comments.
2. Click on ‘Have your say’, then ‘Go to event’, then ‘10 Building a Strong Effective Economy’
3. Scroll to Question 26 and click ‘add comment’. You will need to log in or register at this point.
4. Write “I believe the new Local Plan should determine that the Kettering North employment site is de-allocated,” or whatever you prefer to write.
5. Submit your answer

💐🌾🦋THANK YOU 🦅🕊️🌳



Love Kettering KNG Kettering's wildlife and nature Natural-Ise William Street Community Garden All Saints Kettering Town Council

22/06/2026

We need your help… again.

In January 2024, after a four-year fight and a public inquiry, we defeated the Duke of Buccleuch’s planning application for warehouses at Kettering North. We owe that outcome to supporters who signed petitions, objected, marched, wore merch, donated, and spoke at the inquiry.

Is it all over? Unfortunately, not. They haven’t put in a fresh application yet, but we’re sure they haven’t been idle. The problem is that the current Local Plan for North Northants has earmarked the area for employment development.

What’s happening now? North Northants Council are reviewing the current Local Plan, which expires in 2031. The new Local Plan, coming into being in January 2029, will be vital: through it NNC can either de-allocate Kettering North, preserving it from future development, or re-allocate it for something else, such as housing.

If we can persuade NNC to de-allocate Kettering North, our aim will have been achieved. It won’t be easy, but we are determined.

In 2022 NNC consulted on what residents wanted in the new Local Plan, and many of us asked for Kettering North to be de-allocated. Some asked for it to become a country park.

NNC are now holding another consultation to update residents’ views. The link is in our comments. The deadline is midnight on Wednesday 1st July.

What can you do? The consultation is long. We ask you to focus on paragraphs 10.3 and 10.9, which acknowledge the public’s desire to see Kettering North de-allocated, or at least re-allocated.

You can answer as many questions as you like, but we ask you to answer Question 26: “Should the Local Plan determine whether existing employment sites could be re-allocated for alternative uses?” We suggest answering: “I believe the new Local Plan should determine that the Kettering North employment site is de-allocated.”

You can respond online via the consultation document, or by email. If you only want to answer Question 26, email might be easier: [email protected], with your name and address.

Don’t forget: the deadline is midnight on Wednesday 1st July. See the link in our comments.

Thank you.


🖤 Love Kettering 🇬🇧 KNG

28/05/2026

The Midlands Festival of Nature 2026 returns to Wicksteed Park this weekend. Organised by the amazing Kettering Nature Group.

For more information please see the event page: Midlands Festival of Nature

The park will be packed with wildlife groups, conservation organisations, artists, musicians, authors, walks, workshops, talks and hands-on activities for all ages.

You’ll be able to:
• Join a bat walk at dusk
• Dissect owl pellets and discover what owls have been eating
• Head out on guided bird and wildlife walks
• Enjoy poetry and wild storytelling
• Spend the afternoon listening to live music in the sunshine
• Get involved in real citizen science
• Explore the Badger Exhibition - a collaboration between Northamptonshire Badger Group and 16th Kettering Scouts group - running throughout the weekend in the Learning Centre.

Rivers of Hope will be joining the festival on the Saturday, with their Boat of Hope, and a special River Rights Workshop on the Saturday evening at 6 pm in the Terrace Suite.

There will also be a free bat walk, led by Kettering Nature Groups Adam Riley, setting off from the Learning Centre at 8 pm.

Sunday is a quieter, more focussed day, with the stage packed away to make room for citizen science, guided walks and opportunities to get closer to the work, the wildlife and the people helping protect it.

Sunday includes:
• Small Mammal Surveying
• Moth Trap Releases
• Owl Pellet Workshops
• Bird, Wildlife and Ranger Walks
• National Emergency Briefing screening and discussion.

The National Emergency Briefing is on Sunday from 1pm to 3.30pm in the Terrace Suite.

Love Kettering Mayor of Kettering Kettering Town Council Kettering Eco Group Natural-Ise Kettering Green Party Glendon Farm Montessori and Forest School William Street Community Garden The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants

26/05/2026

This weekends Midlands Festival of Nature is going to be incredible.

Head along to Wicksteed Park on Saturday and Sunday 💚😄