Lessons Learned 2020

BfL12 monitoring is undertaken in North Northamptonshire (NN) every two years through Policy 8 of the JCS and the associated indicator to help gauge the policy's effectiveness. The assessments include residential schemes of 10+ dwellings that have been completed during those two years across all four NN authorities; Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and East Northants.

The Lessons Learned report provides a summary of the key issues and lessons learned from the latest Building for Life 12 monitoring of developments in North Northamptonshire over this two year period.

Building for Life 12 (BfL) is recognised as the industry standard toolkit to help developers and local authorities assess residential development and to assist in developing well designed schemes.  BfL12 is a design tool endorsed by the government, cited in the NPPF and informed the North Northamptonshire Place Shaping Principles, Policy 8 of the Joint Core Strategy (JCS 2016).  BfL12 was recently updated in July 2020 with the new edition Building for a Healthy Life (BHL)