North KestevenThe place to investThe place to grow

North Kesteven covers an area of 92,000 hectares, of which 95% is classified as green space.

Tourism plays a vital role in supporting over 1,000 full time equivalent jobs locally.

Tourism and day trips within the District generate £162 million to the local economy.

Why invest in NK

We are a rural district in the ‘Heart of Lincolnshire’ lying immediately south of the city of Lincoln, a vibrant cathedral city with major tourist attractions and fast-improving universities. The University of Lincoln ranks 48th out of 130 universities in the country.

North Kesteven (NK) offers attractive rural lifestyles for working people and their families with lively towns and villages and excellent schools. NK is one of the safest places to live in England and one of the safest places to live in terms of lowest recorded crimes per head of population. Of the seven Lincolnshire districts, it has the lowest crime rate overall.

A record £220 million capital investment programme has been mapped out by the Council for enhancements across a range of initiatives in NK through to 2030. More than half of this, £120 million, will be committed to increasing the availability of affordable housing and a further £50 million spent on building up opportunity for business and jobs growth.

The Council’s focused support of businesses, from large enterprises through to sole traders, has escalated across the pandemic to guide them through restrictions, grant schemes and fresh trading opportunities. Up to the start of March 2021, the Council had administered £28 million of government grants in almost 5,000 payments across 12 distinct grant schemes, supporting approximately 2,000 businesses.

Prior to the pandemic, the local economy had consistently grown faster than that of its neighbours and the national average. Key growth sectors include food and farming, manufacturing, wholesale and retail, human health and social work and education. In recent years there has been considerable growth in the services sector, particularly business services, retail and tourism.

The Council is leading an ambitious £56 million investment scheme to create more high quality and flexible business units in the Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park and £2.2 million investment in new workshop units at Discovery Park, North Hykeham.

A factory in North Kesteven

Latest News

Major green investment coming to Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park

Clean-tech company Clean Planet Energy has chosen Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park as the location for its second-only ecoPlant in the UK.

Pending planning approval, the proposed facility would bring 50–70 new green jobs to the area, support around 100 jobs during construction and process up to 25,000 tonnes of hard-to-recycle plastic annually, supplied from waste processing companies by contract.

Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park was selected by Clean Planet Energy for reasons including the site’s access to industrial infrastructure and its aim to lead on local sustainability and economic growth goals, in line with the Council’s priorities.

North Kesteven District Council will continue working closely with the company to support the next stages of development.

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