Environment

Green Hill Solar Farm was approved by the Planning Inspectorate on October 8

Northants MPs pen letter to NNC leader to support review of huge solar farm

New woodland for Kettering/Google/NNC

New woodland will see horse paddock transformed with planting of 3,100 trees

MP for Corby Lee Barron and Cllr Martin Griffiths leader of North Northants Council/IMG

MP makes fresh call to council to publish plan for toxic land

Bedfordia Lt planning application: L-r Richard Scarfe and Roger Barnes from the Cluck Off campaign/IMG

Rushden industrial chicken factory racks up more than 3,262 objections

Anglian Water is installing hundreds of kilometres of new pipes across its network and progressing plans for two new reservoirs and a desalination plant

Hosepipe ban for Northamptonshire to remain in place as drought continues

A motion to support Zane's Law was put forward by Green councillors on North Northants Council /LDR service

Councils unite in calling for stronger contaminated land protections

The Planning Inspectorate announced that permission has been granted today (October 8)

Final decision on massive 3,000-acre solar farm across Northants announced

Over 70 people attended the meeting in Hall Park on Monday evening

MP says frustrations ‘clear to see’ at Rushden meeting about flies

The meeting, which had been intended to take place in Rushden Hall, had to be moved outside due to the number of people who attended

‘It’s literally biblical’ – Rushden residents attend meeting about flies

Protesters and councillors before the NNC meeting at the Corby Cube/IMG

Climate emergency declaration rescinded by Reform -run council

Corby Cube /IMG

Protest planned ahead of Reform motion to rescind climate emergency declaration

Flooded- Silverwood Road in Kettering /IMG file picture

'Get on with it' - promised survey of flood-prone Kettering waterway delayed

The clean-up operation on the A45 between Wellingborough and Raunds

2.4 tonnes of litter cleared from A45 between Wellingborough and Raunds

Fridge-freezer storage capacity has been increased at Enva's Corby site / Residents can only dump one fridge-freezer per trip/ NNC

Why ID must be shown at all NNC household recycling centres

The tankering operation in Meadow Park, Kettering to suck up sewage from the Slade Brook started in the summer/IMG

Town centre toilets caused three-month-long Kettering sewage spill

Corby's Oakley Rangers Youth Club at the Make a Difference Awards/UGC

Musical Corby litter pickers recognised at awards event for environmental work
Members of Corby’s Oakley Rangers Youth Club have been recognised for their environmental work at a BBC awards event.
Alison Bagley

Butterfly Conservation has received the Natural England funding to expand its Chequered Skipper reintroduction programme in Rockingham (Picture: Pete Hughes)

£150,000 grant for team which returned extinct butterfly to Corby woodland

National Emergency Briefing, Kettering/IMG

Kettering emergency briefing on climate change backed by James Acaster

New kerbside collections will be rolled out in Kettering and Wellingborough/IMG

Bin lorries on their way as new collections set to start 'as soon as possible'

Meadow Park, Kettering and the Slade Brook pipe that has been discharging contaminated water/IMG

Operation to suck pollution from Kettering river paused after heavy rain

Cllr Emily Fedorowycz (Green), Cllr Scott Brown (Ind), Cllr David Howes (Cons) and Cllr Kelly Duddridge (Lab) and Cllr Chris Munday (Reform)/IMG

'Embarrassing' Reform council U-turns on cross-party cost-saving panel plan

Minerva Way, Wellingborough Credit: Google Maps

Fly-tipping incidents increased by nearly 25 per cent in past year

Business owners along Studfall Avenue have said that rubbish bags left next to litter bins have attracted flies and maggots (IMG)

Corby businesses raise concerns over uncollected rubbish bags in the street

Oundle/Ashton Lock/the X4 bus/IMG

Oundle residents demand action on 'X4' teens behind anti-social behaviour

The Slade Brook in Meadow Road Park, Kettering where contaminated water has been pouring into the waterway/IMG

Stinky 'wastewater' from Kettering town centre continues to spill into river

File picture - Northants Fire and Rescue Service/IMG

Firefighters battle blaze as 10 acres of farmland destroyed near Brigstock

Rewilding spaces are coming to neighbourhoods across the Wellingborough area

New ‘rewilding spaces’ to boost biodiversity across Wellingborough
Northamptonshire housing association Greatwell Homes is creating a series of new ‘rewilding spaces’ across its communities in the Wellingborough area.
Stephanie Weaver

Extreme heat warning for Thursday, August 13/ Met Office

Extreme weather warning issued for Northamptonshire with possible high of 37°C

Kettering peregrine falcons 2026 /Steve Sharpe

Kettering prolific parish peregrine parents make it four out of four again

Meadow Road Park, Kettering drought conditions in Northamptonshire/IMG

Prolonged dry spell in Northamptonshire as virtually no rain falls in July

The new boardwalk in Desborough Pocket Park created by A&C Carpentry Ltd/Desborough Pocket Park

Free family fun at Desborough Pocket Park boardwalk launch

STAUNCH campaigners at the July planning meeting, where North Northants Council approved the 60-hectare warehouse park. Credit: Staunch

Campaigners lose Thrapston warehouse judicial review

North Northants Council’s waste team has been working alongside teams at HWRCs across the local area to address the growing issue of businesses and rogue traders

55 warning notices and 16 fines issued in illegal trade waste disposal crackdown

A tanker has been stationed in Rockingham Road, Corby to suck up contaminated water from the surface water drain/ IMG

This may be the reason why Corby smells of fish

21 volunteers took to Queensway Park this weekend and collected 38 bags of litter Image credit: Wellingborough Eco Group

Wellingborough litter pickers collect 38 bags of rubbish from Queensway Park

Plans for Nunnery Farm Harrington Road Rothwell/Harworth Estates Investments Ltd

Residents urged 'have your say' on huge Rothwell warehouse development

The fly-tipped rubbish by the A14 before the clean up included tyres, oil and a matress /National Highways/Environment Agency

Environmental 'disaster' prevented with £500k clean-up of waste dumped by A14

Stanwick Lakes

Work under way on new dog walking field at Northamptonshire beauty spot

Cluck Off campaigners protesting the broiler unit plans by Bedfordia on the edge of Rushden - 22 hens would be kept in a one-metre square pen /IMG

Cluck Off group voices objections to controversial chicken farm plans

Works to start on new section of the Greenway in Kettering /NNC

Work starts on new Kettering section of Northamptonshire Greenway off-road route

Northants Police's Rural Crime team are investigating the death of two badgers near Yarwell/Google

Investigation after dead badgers found dumped in bag on county footpath

Anglian Water sucking sewage from Slade Brook in Meadow Road Park, Kettering tanker /IMG

Dodgy sewer connections causes smelly 'wastewater' to spill into Kettering river

A petition was sent to Downing Street in February opposing the plans for Green Hill Solar Farm

Plans for huge solar development across Northamptonshire enter 'decision' stage

Kettering Energy Park information meeting/First Renewables/IMG

CPRE objects to proposed Kettering Energy Park and invites public to meeting

Zane Gbangbola's dad has been campaigning on behalf of his son. Image: Zane's Law

Corby Town Council backs law to give greater transparency over contaminated land

A chicken in a broiler unit - file picture/ SWNS/ The sign in Avenue Road, Rushden protesting the plans/IMG

Controversial chicken farm plans for Rushden back for third time

Blue-green algae has been found at Corby Boating Lake

Warning after blue-green algae found in Corby Boating Lake

North Northants Council issued 19 Fixed Penalty Notices for fly-tipping offences last month (Credit: NNC)

19 fixed penalty notices for fly-tipping totalling £11,500 issued by NNC in June

Six parks in north Northamptonshire were handed a Green Flag Award for 2026/27

Praise for north Northamptonshire parks handed prestigious Green Flag awards

Burton Wold /IMG

Kettering Energy Park meeting to cut through application jargon

Lowick village /file pictures of hollyhocks in Lowick/IMG

Village hollyhock fear unfounded as flowers grow tall near pavements

Corby Childhood Cancer are holding a protest outside the Corby Cube on Thursday. Image: Submitted

'Enough is enough', say parents of Corby children with cancer ahead of protest

Google image of the grassland in July 2023/Bob Pike with the grass between Roman Way and Wilton Close, Desborough/IMG /Google

Residents living near ‘fire risk’ grass left unmown by council demand action

A hosepipe ban has been announced by Anglian Water for the East of England, which includes Northamptonshire (Credit: Getty)

Hosepipe ban for Northamptonshire as Anglian Water introduces restrictions

Pen Green lakes is a valuable wildlife haven. Image: IMG

Call for Pen Green balancing lakes area to be protected long-term

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