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A new flagship UK headquarters for global transport and logistics company DSV is underpinning plans for a 120-acre logistics and industrial scheme being proposed by developer IM Properties near Thrapston in Northamptonshire. The developer has notified the local community to its plans through a consultation document, which states that it is looking to develop the…

Residents of Titchmarsh and Thrapston are preparing for two major planning applications. An action group set up to fight the development of two proposed warehouses on land close to Thrapston will join forces with others across the area as a pressure group. STAUNCH (Save Titchmarsh and Upper Nene Countryside and Habitats) is a group formed…

For years, the town has welcomed thousands of European workers to fill warehouse roles – but that’s now changing Anyone passing through industrial areas of Corby recently can’t have failed to spot the glut of signs that have popped-up on fences offering work to those who need it. For more than a decade, the economy of Corby…

In case you missed it, the plight of the Glebe Land and Castle Manor Farm sites have been in the local news recently. First Alison Bagley penned a piece in the Northants Telegraph: From spires and squires to huts and trucks: consultations start on huge warehouse schemes near Thrapston This was followed a few days…

About 150 people, from Titchmarsh and beyond, came to an exhibition at St Mary’s Church last Thursday, November 18th, held by Newlands Developments, who propose to build up to 200,000 sq metres of warehouses on the 175-acre Castle Manor Farm site, a mile south of Titchmarsh on the north side of the A14. If planning…

There are now three confirmed public consultations being held in the immediate future regarding the development of both the Glebe Land and castle Manor Farm sites: Castle Manor Farm Thursday 18th November at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Titchmarsh – between 2:30 – 7:30pm Wednesday 24th November at St James Church Hall, Thrapston –…

Planning permission for a warehouse that promised nearly 1,400 jobs has been overturned after a parish council challenged the decision. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council approved the distribution centre, reportedly for Amazon, in April. However, the authority later said it had wrongly described the landscape impact on Dummer village. More than 100,000 people signed a petition to stop…