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Royal Town Planning Awards go to Kettering Borough Council's Market Place

11 November 2009

Kettering Borough Council is delighted to announce that it is the winner of two prestigious planning awards for work completed on Kettering’s Market Place from the East Midlands Royal Town Planning Institute.

The Market Place was shortlisted for the 2009 East Midlands Planning Award for Town Regeneration for work completed by Kettering Borough Council and its partners including North Northamptonshire Development Company and Northamptonshire County Council in transforming the underused space into the vibrant public place we have today.

On the day Kettering Borough Council also came away with the much sought after award for overall Planning and Achievement 2009 also for their work on the Market Place.  This is a great achievement, beating competition from High Cross Shopping Centre in Leicester (which won the metropolitan / City Award).

Through careful and thorough planning the Council have been able to produce the transformation of the Market Place on-time and on-budget even when at stages it looked like the project would not be finished to schedule.

The Market Place has set the standard for future regeneration projects around the town such as the restaurant quarter where work has already started. It was identified by the council as integral to the town’s regeneration and as such designed to act as a ‘vibrant heart’ for the town.

Since its official opening by teen singing sensation Faryl Smith back in August, the new design has already proved to be a big hit creating a more user-friendly and attractive space than previous incarnations.

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The Royal Town Planning Institute aims to lead the way in the creation of places that work now and in the future. The registered charity’s work involves; promoting good planning, raising the standards of the planning profession and educating and training future planners.

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The Market Place is one of 16 key regeneration projects identified by the council as integral to the success of the town.

The Market Place has played host to a number of different performers and activities since its opening with plenty more planned for the run up to Christmas and beyond, including an ice skating rink and the Big Switch On.  All events are organised by Kettering Borough Council and with a year long programme of events lined up for 2010 they are keen to make sure that the Market Place stays an important and used focus for the town.

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