Protecting our green fields against warehouse development
Rothwell Against Warehousing (RAW)
RAW represents the residents of Rothwell and surrounding villages to protect our landscape against more unnecessary warehousing development. Help us save our rural landscape.
Latest News.
LATEST NEWS (29/07/2026).North Northamptonshire Council has decided to have a new consultation period as so much time has elapsed since original Harworth application. Therefore this gives everyone another opportunity to put their objections forward before Saturday 22nd August 2026. PLEASE even if you submitted an objection previously, dont be afraid to submit another -
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO PUT YOUR OBJECTIONS FORWARD TO THIS AWFUL MONSROSITY OF A DEVELOPMENT ON YOUR DOORSTEP!!
Please see the link HERE to the planning portal where you can make your comments. You will need to register if you haven’t comments before.
Alternatively write directly to NNC Planning Dept by email on planning@northnorthants.gov.uk (quoting planning reference 2024/0717 OR by letter to NNC Planning Dept, Sheerness House, 41 Meadow Road, Kettering NN16 8TL.
RAW’s Public Meeting was a great success with over 200 residents attending last night. Thank you to everyone who took the time to attend, and to our amazing speakers who gave a very informative overview of the impact to transport and landscape that would occur if this development was to go ahead.
DON’T FORGET! You can still lodge your objections by emailing planning.kbc@northnorthants.gov.uk or write directly to Planning Dept, North Northamptonshire Council, Bowling Green Road, Kettering NN157QX. If you have objected before, you can send objection again stating what new concerns you have about this development.
RAW are still actively doing their research and getting ready for the Planning Officer’s response which we thought would be November but there has been delay due to the large scale of documents the Planning Officer needs to review. Updates will follow soon.
Over 800 OBJECTION LETTERS were received by NNC.
NNC have updated their planning portal so objections are split across the old planning portal and the new one.
***NEXT PUBLIC OPEN MEETING ***
OUR NEXT PUBLIC MEETING IS ON TUESDAY 21ST APRIL 2026 AT 7PM AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH IN ROTHWELL. PLEASE COME ALONG AND PASS THE WORD ON TO YOUR NEIGHBOURS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
RAW DELIVERS THEIR OBJECTION LETTER TO NNC OFFICES (22/02/2025).
Open Public Meeting We had a fantastic response to our open public meeting and would like to thank everyone in attending, sharing your concerns and asking lots of questions. Not long left to put your objection forward. If you need help with this, please email us.
Rothwell Town Council vote unanimously to oppose Harworth’s planning application at their meeting on 23/01/2024
RAW Campaign Growing. News of the local community’s opposition to the proposed developed is attracting media attention.
RAW Public Meeting date set. RAW will be holding an Open Meeting at Holy Trinity Church Rothwell at 7pm on Wednesday 29 January - attendance welcome!
Harworth lodges Formal Application on 17/01/2025
North Northamptonshire Council extended the deadline date due to huge volume of opposition.
Time is of the essence now that the formal application has been received. Objections to this proposed development will need to be submitted to North Northamptonshire CounciL
The application can be found here and objections can be registered via the North Northamptonshire Council planning portal.
See our How to Object section for more guidance.
Please Donate here to help us keep fighting
See RAW’s informative Landscape report here
See RAW’s Hydrology objection report here
This relates to movement of water on and off the site.
This week, Northants Telegraph wrote an article about RAW and the campaign so far.
Delivery of Objection letter to NNC offices
Our open public meeting in April 2026 with over 200 people in attendance.
Another public meeting will follow soon
What we know
Harworth Group purchased Nunnery Farm near Rothwell with its 120 acres of rural green land in 2021. The site is adjacent to the A14 Junction 3 and the A6 roundabout.
Harworth’s proposal is to gain outline planning permission to develop approximately 1.8 Million square feet of industrial and logistics warehousing.
An application has been submitted and has now been validated by North Northamptonshire Council.
Planning application number is NK/2024/0717.
This development is HUGE!
To put it into context …
The proposed development will cover an area of land that is close to over 75 full size football pitches! Click here to see the marked land Harworth have put in planning permission to erect their warehousing.
See also our drone footage of the gridlocked traffic experienced nearly every day on the A14/A6 and surrounding areas.
The potential height of these warehouses could be up to 25m or 75 feet in height and built on raised land, this will be a complete eyesore on our landscape and seen for miles around.
There will be increased HGV traffic in the area, potentially 600 lorries in and out of the development daily, adding further congestion on our roads leading to and from the site and likely cause further delays on the A14, delays on your journeys to your workplace, school runs.
Light, noise and air pollution will be generated by the 24/7 operations from the development, not to mention the impact on established wildlife.
The A14 was originally built to take 30,000 vehicles. Today it carries around 80,000.
See our drone footage here of the already congested A14/A6.
STOP THIS TRAVESTY
Here’s an AI representation of the potential development, damaging our countryside forever, increasing traffic and pollution on our roads.
DID YOU KNOW …. if these warehouses are built to maximum ridge height, the whole of Holy Trinity Church tower in Rothwell would fit inside it!
This image is a closer representation but likely still not be to the height of the units.
Remember from our public meeting, our landscape expert stated the height of Trinity Church in Rothwell would easily fit inside. Stand next to the tower of the Church and imagine the height of those warehouses towering above you …
This is Harworth’s attempt to show how you “won’t” see the warehouses but realistically if they are 25m in height, they will tower these trees
What can we do …
It has now been decided by North Northamptonshire Council that as so much time has passed since original application and the planning officer overseeing this application has changed, there is now a new consultation period where you can submit your comments on the planning portal. PLEASE even if you submitted an objection before, do not be afraid to send another with further comments, the more the better!
You will need to register if you have not submitted an application before. Use the link here. Comments need to be in by Saturday 22nd August 2026!!THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO PUT YOUR OBJECTIONS FORWARD
See our “How to Object” for help and suggestions.
UPDATE - NEW PLANNING OFFICER HAS BEEN APPOINTED AND SET A NEW CONSULTATION PERIOD. THIS IS A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS AWFUL DEVELOPMENT. COMMENTS ARE TO BE IN BY SATURDAY 22ND AUGUST 2026.
RAW WILL NEED ALL YOUR SUPPORT TO BATTLE THIS HUGE DEVELOPMENT - THAT MIGHT BE STANDING WITH YOUR OBJECTION BILLBOARD, HELP RAISING FUNDS TO HELP RAW KEEP FIGHTING, PUTTING YOUR COMMENTS FORWARD OR JUST SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT.
IF YOU DON’T WANT THS DEVELOPMENT ON YOUR DOORSTEP, HELP US TO HELP YOU ..
If and when the application is brought before the Planning Committee at Corby Cube, we will NEED YOU to come with your banners and your voices to show your objection.
CPRE are in support of RAW’s campaign. Please see letter sent to the Planning Officer at North Northamptonshire Council.
