Wider Growth

The area was first identified for significant mixed-use development in the local plan in 1999. The current local plan sets out some overall development principles in Policy Site 1.

Stanton Cross

Bovis Homes Ltd, first submitted a planning application in August 2004 with further submissions in December 2005 and October 2006 and a variation (WP/15/00605/VAR) in 2015 which was approved in 2016. 

Stanton Cross - The name explained

Bovis ran a public competition through the Evening Telegraph to name the development. Stanton refers to the former Stanton Ironworks company which operated in Wellingborough in the 1930s. Stanton is also derived from the Anglo-Saxon for stone farm and the Cross part of the name refers to the river and rail crossings required to link the development to Wellingborough.

The Development

The proposed mixed use scheme comprises:  

1. 3750 residential units
2. Industrial and commercial development
3. New public transport links and interchange at the station
4. Town Park
5. New and enhanced walking and cycling routes
6. A neighbourhood centre with health facilities, small supermarket and other shops, a community hall and primary school
7. 2 further secondary local centres
8. Construction of access roads, bridges and cycle/footways 

The Council has successfully completed two Compulsory Purchase Order of land within the Stanton Cross Development. 

Details of all past and current planning applications for the site are available to view on the website. In addition to the planning consents and planning obligations, development of the site is guided by a number of approved documents listed below:

• Masterplan
• Design Brief for Parcels 3, 4 and 5
• Neighbourhood Centre and South Slopes Design Brief
• Station Island Design Brief
• Ise Valley Design Brief
• Irthlingborough Road Design Brief
• SSSI SPA Compensatory Habitat Management Plan and Access Strategy 2017
• Town and Country Park Masterplan
• Primary School Plan

Plans identifying the various parcels and routes within the site are also available:

• Stanton Cross Route Map
• Stanton Cross Parcels Map