Our Strategy
Our vision
“By delivering truly sustainable development in North Northamptonshire we will secure the benefits of growth for the land based sector and rural communities, set within a framework of green infrastructure”
Our strategy
To achieve our vision for the North Northamptonshire rural area, we have produced the North Northamptonshire Rural Action Partnership Local Development Strategy 2009/2013 – Meeting the Sustainable Development Challenge. We shall use this strategy to seek to influence government policy and programmes and to secure the necessary public and private sector investment with the aim of:
- Increasing opportunities for “green” tourism and leisure activities in rural North Northamptonshire
- Helping local land based businesses (eg farmers and foresters) to diversify into new activities and markets, particularly those that take account of energy efficiency and the “carbon footprint”.
- Growing the market for locally sourced food and drink products
- Supporting local small business growth and community enterprise solutions to service provision
Our investment targets
Through securing public and private investment in our Local Development Strategy for rural North Northamptonshire, we are committed to achieving the following targets by the end of 2013:
- 40 farm diversification projects supported and 31 jobs created/sustained
- 12 new tourism projects supported bringing over 700 extra day and overnight visitors and 13 new jobs created/sustained
- 60 small rural enterprises supported and 29 jobs created/sustained
- 9 rural heritage projects supported benefitting 350 people in the rural population
