{"id":5792,"date":"2025-06-05T08:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=5792"},"modified":"2025-06-05T08:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:47:02","slug":"ecf-seals-1bn-deal-for-northampton-town-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/ecf-seals-1bn-deal-for-northampton-town-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"ECF seals \u00a31bn deal for Northampton town revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

A \u00a31bn regeneration of Northampton\u2019s long-derelict Greyfriars site has taken a major step forward after West Northamptonshire Council signed a development deal with ECF.<\/p>\n

The agreement paves the way for ECF \u2013 the joint venture between Homes England, Legal & General and Muse \u2013 to lead the long-term transformation of the 25-acre town centre site.<\/p>\n

The plan includes hundreds of new homes, shops, restaurants, and a major new public square featuring an outdoor amphitheatre. It will also bring back into use sites including the former bus station, the Corn Exchange, and Belgrave House.<\/p>\n

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Greyfriars Regeneration masterplan drawn up by Studio Egret<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Construction work could support up to 7,000 full-time equivalent jobs and pump an extra \u00a321m a year into the local economy once completed.<\/p>\n

Cllr James Petter, cabinet member for local economy, culture and leisure, said the deal was \u201ca real coup\u201d for the council and added: \u201cThe plans respond directly to public feedback and will unlock a site that\u2019s been derelict for a decade.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sir Michael Lyons, chair at ECF, said: \u201cWe\u2019re ready to move at pace to deliver a masterplan that brings new homes, workspaces and public spaces to the heart of Northampton.\u201d<\/p>\n

Community consultation will now begin ahead of a planning application.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/eYLlq1m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A \u00a31bn regeneration of Northampton\u2019s long-derelict Greyfriars site has taken a major step forward after West Northamptonshire Council signed a development deal with ECF. The agreement paves the way for ECF \u2013 the joint venture between Homes England, Legal & General and Muse \u2013 to lead the long-term transformation of the 25-acre town centre site. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-5792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5793,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792\/revisions\/5793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}