Following a meeting of the Executive Advisory Panel, First Renewable Developments will be
progressing with an outline planning application. This application will be informed by the
Masterplan Document that has been the subject of public and stakeholder consultation. 

The submission of the planning applications follows 3 years of pre-application consultation,
which includes several rounds of public consultation and meetings with the Executive Advisory Panel (EAP)
for Planning Communities at North Northamptonshire Council.

The amended Masterplan Document, summary of the consultation and presentation to the
Planning Communities EAP are now available on this website.

It is anticipated that an application will be submitted in the next few months.
Alongside the application, First Renewable Developments will be submitting a
series of technical documents that will assess matters related to highways,
ecology/biodiversity, planning policy, air quality, noise, design and landscape,
amongst a series of other areas within the planning submission. 

All of these technical details will be reviewed and assessed by North Northamptonshire Council,
and other stakeholders, who will make their own independent judgement on the materials.

Prior to the submission of the application, First Renewable Developments have submitted a
Scoping Request in advance of undertaking an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
that will support a future planning application.

The aim of EIA is to assess the likely impacts of the proposed development
and identify potential cumulative impacts in a particular area. Not all topics are necessarily
included as part of an EIA, but even if not within the EIA they will still be subject to
consideration as part of the application. 

This will allow the decision makers who determine whether to grant permission for the
application to review the likely impacts, any proposed mitigation measures as well as the
benefits of the proposed development. 

As with any planning application, the submission for the Energy Park Proposals
will also be open for formal public consultation so that people in the local area can make their
views known to the Planning Authority.

On Friday 14th March 2025, First Renewable Developments submitted an outline planning application to North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) for the next phase of Kettering Energy Park.

This submission follows a comprehensive four-phase public consultation, conducted from 2022 to 2025. As part of this pre-application engagement, First Renewable Developments consulted 8,800 residents, community councils and elected representatives, multiple meetings of the Executive Advisory Panel, as well as holding public exhibitions and providing various communications and consultation materials.

The application is guided by the Masterplan Document, which has undergone extensive public and stakeholder consultation. Feedback from this process has been carefully reviewed, leading to several proposed changes to the Masterplan Document, seen in the outline planning application.

Alongside the planning application, First Renewables Developments have submitted a series of technical documents that assess key considerations related to highways ecology/biodiversity, planning policy, air quality, noise, design and landscape, amongst a series of other areas within the planning submission. These technical details will be reviewed by NNC and other stakeholders, who will provide their own independent judgement on the materials. These documents will be uploaded to the website and be available to review.